19/12/2022 - Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s film has been crowned as the audiovisual producers’ Best Feature of 2022 and one of its leads (France’s Denis Ménochet) as Best Actor

The crew of The Beasts, with their Forqué Award for Best Feature of 2022

Saturday 17 December ended up being a great night for Rodrigo Sorogoyen. The Madrilenian filmmaker watched as one of the leads from his tense thriller The Beasts [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
film profile] (Denis Ménochet) went up on stage to collect the José María Forqué Award (handed out by EGEDA, Service Provider for Audiovisual Producers) for Best Actor in a 2022 Film. The French thesp thus trounced Spaniards Nacho Sánchez (nominated for his striking work in Manticore [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Vermut
film profile]), Luis Tosar (On the Fringe [+see also:
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interview: Juan Diego Botto
film profile]) and Miguel Herrán (Modelo 77 [+see also:
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film profile]).

While this occurred at the start of the ceremony, at the end of the gala, it was the director himself who collected the Award for Best Film from the hands of Marisa Paredes at the 28^th edition of these trophies. His movie, which screened at Cannes, has proven to be a box-office hit in Spain (having raked in more than €3 million), recently won an award from the Spanish Cinema Federation, and is in the running for a whopping ten Feroz Awards and 17 Goyas. Furthermore, in the series category, the victor was deemed to be Offworld [+see also:
trailer
interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
series profile], staged by Movistar Plus+ and Buendía Studios, and created by Fran Araujo; the show’s high-octane first episode was directed by Sorogoyen himself.

The other most-awarded film title of the night was Lullaby [+see also:
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interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
film profile], the feature debut by Alauda Ruíz de Azua, which had been vying for four statuettes and which, in the end, scooped both the Forqué for Best Actress (for Laia Costa) and the Film and Values-based Education Award. At the opposite end of the spectrum, several films went home empty-handed: Alcarràs [+see also:
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interview: Carla Simón
interview: Carla Simón
interview: Giovanni Pompili
film profile], the second feature by Carla Simón, which emerged triumphant at the Berlinale this year and is the Spanish representative in the current Oscars race; the feature debut by Juan Diego Botto, On the Fringe, which took part in Venice; and Modelo 77 by Alberto Rodríguez, which opened San Sebastián. They all started the night with two nominations apiece at this edition of the Forqué Awards.

During the evening, which included a tribute to Verónica Forqué on the first anniversary of her death, the EGEDA Gold Medal was given out in recognition of the career of producer José Luis Bermúdez de Castro (who has been behind films by names of the likes of Eloy de la Iglesia, Sergio Leone and Fernando Fernán Gómez, among others). Also, the acting work of Mónica López in the series Rapa [+see also:
trailer
series profile] (also created by Fran Araujo, together with Jorge Coira) was rewarded, as was that of Jesús Carroza in the Offworld episode directed by Alberto Rodríguez; Chords by Estíbaliz Urresola snagged Best Short Film (after having won the Rails d’Or in the Cannes Critics’ Week and been a candidate for the Goyas); Labordeta, un hombre sin más, directed by Gaizka Urresti and Paula Labordeta, was considered to be Best Documentary; and Argentina 1985, helmed by Santiago Mitre, pocketed Best Latin American Film.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Best Fiction or Animated Feature
The Beasts [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
film profile] – Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain/France)

Best Actress in a Film
Laia Costa – Lullaby [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
film profile]

Best Actor in a Film
Denis Ménochet – The Beasts

Best Documentary Feature
Labordeta, un hombre sin más – Gaizka Urresti and Paula Labordeta

Best Short Film
Chords – Estíbaliz Urresola

Best Latin American Film
Argentina, 1985 - Santiago Mitre (Argentina/USA)

Film and Values-based Education Award
Lullaby – Alauda Ruíz de Azua

Best Series
Offworld [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
series profile] – Fran Araújo

Best Actress in a Series
Mónica López – Rapa [+see also:
trailer
series profile]

Best Actor in a Series
Jesús Carroza – Offworld

EGEDA Gold Medal
José Luis Bermúdez de Castro

(Translated from Spanish)