31/08/2020 - As expected, Pilar Palomero’s remarkable first work picked up the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film at the 23rd edition of the film festival

The Málaga Film Festival Jury gave the official awards on Saturday and, as usual, one Golden Biznaga was given to the best Spanish film and another to the Best Latin American Film. In the first category, the Biznaga went to Aragonese filmmaker Pilar Palomero’s first feature film, which scooped the honour (and the €12,000) with a chronicle of the education received by a whole generation. Schoolgirls [+see also:
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From day one, when Icíar Bollaín opened this edition with La boda de Rosa [+see also:
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In the Zonazine section, another success was predictable from the outset: Lois Patiño and his Red Moon Tide [+see also:
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Here is the full list of winners:

Competition

Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film
Schoolgirls [+see also:
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Golden Biznaga for Best Latin American Film
Summer White (Blanco de verano) – Rodrigo Ruíz Patterson (Mexico)

Silver Biznaga – Special Jury Prize 
La boda de Rosa [+see also:
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Silver Biznaga for Best Director
Arturo Ripstein – Devil Between the Legs [+see also:
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Hotel AC Málaga Palacio Silver Biznaga for Best Actress (ex aequo)
Kiti Mánver – One Careful Owner [+see also:
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Regina Casé – Three Summers [+see also:
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Vibuk Silver Biznaga for Best Actor (ex aequo)
Alberto Ammann and Pablo Echarri – El silencio del cazador (Argentina)

Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress
Nathalie Poza – La boda de Rosa

Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actor
Fabián Corres – Summer White (Blanco de verano)

Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay
Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson and Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla – Summer White (Blanco de verano)

Silver Biznaga for Best Score
Pascal Gaigne – Malpaso (Dominican Republic)

Silver Biznaga for Best Cinematography
Daniela Cajía – Schoolgirls

Silver Biznaga for Best Editing
Paula Rupolo – El silencio del cazador

Zonazine Competition

Silver Biznaga for Best Spanish Film
Red Moon Tide [+see also:
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Silver Biznaga for Best Latin American Film
La botera – Sabrina Blanco (Argentina/Brazil)

Silver Biznaga for Best Director
Pau Cruanyes Garell and Gerard Vidal Barrena – Yesterday's Two Nights [+see also:
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Silver Biznaga for Best Actress
Nicole Rivadero – La botera

Silver Biznaga for Best Actor (ex aequo)
Arnau Comas and Oriol Llobet – Les dues nits d’ahir

Silver Biznaga – Audience Award
Filho de Boi – Haroldo Borges and Ernesto Molinero (Brazil)

Documentary Competition

Silver Biznaga for Best Documentary
Partida – Caco Ciocler (Brazil)

Silver Biznaga for Best Director
Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan – A media voz [+see also:
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interview: Patricia Pérez and Heidi Ha…
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Special Jury Mention
Dios – Josefina Buschmann, Christopher Murray and Israel Pimentel (Chile)
La Mami [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish by Marcos Randulfe)