The 6st Argentinian Film Critics Aociation Awards

This Monday 7th the 61st Argentinian Film Critics Association Awards were celebrated at the Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires, in honor of Argentina's choice of cinematography of the year 2012, bestowing the coveted Silver Condor prize in 21 different categories.

The indisputable winners of the evening were Armando B 's The Last Elvis (El ltimo Elvis), with 6 wins, including Film Debut, Art Direction, Editing, Original Soundtrack and Male Revelation (John McInerny), and Benjam n vila's Clandestine Childhood (Infancia clandestina), with 5 wins, including Best Movie, Director, Supporting Actress (Cristina Banegas) and Actress (Natalia Oreiro). Both movies shared the Original Screenplay award.

Carlos Sor n's Fishing Days (D as de pesca) followed with 3 awards, including Best Photography, Sound Design, and Actor (Alejandro Awada), while Pablo Trapero's Elephant White (Elefante blanco) failed to secure any of its 11 nominations. Curiously enough, none of the cast or crew of this movie were in attendance.

Argentinian Film Critics Association Secretary General Claudio Minghetti opened up the ceremony with an apology on behalf of the critics (dubbed chroniclers by the association). Many times we critics are called failed filmmaker - true enough, sometimes - and said to be cruel or unfair. We're but people who give their schooled opinion, but we can make mistakes as well. In the name of those who ever did, I apologize . The ceremony thus commenced, and numerous Trajectory awards were given to special guests, actresses Dora Baret and Mar a Concepci n C sar, former child actor Oscar Rovito, journalist Adela Montes and writer/director Eva Landeck. Ricardo Soul of Vox Dei played their hit Presente during an in memoriam section honoring the deceased artists of 2012.

BEST MOVIE: Clandestine Childhood

BEST DIRECTOR: Benjam n Avila (for Clandestine Childhood)

BEST ACTOR: Alejandro Awada (for Fishing Days)

BEST ACTRESS: Natalia Oreiro (for Clandestine Childhood)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Daniel Fanego (for Everybody Has A Plan)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cristina Banegas (for Clandestine Childhood)

MALE REVELATION: John McInerny (for The Last Elvis)

FEMALE REVELATION: Ana Font n (for The Well, El pozo)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Etnographer (by Ulises Rossel, El etn grafo)

BEST FILM DEBUT: The Last Elvis (by Armando B )

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (shared): Nicol s Giacobone and Armando B (for The Last Elvis) and Benjam n vila and Marcelo M ller (for Clandestine Childhood)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Eugenia Capizzano and Daniel Rosenfeld (for Cornelia at Her Mirror, Cornelia frente al espejo, based off Silvina Ocampo's homonymous tale)

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY: Juli n Apezteguia (for Fishing Days)

BEST EDITING: Patricio Pena (for The Last Elvis)

BEST ART DIRECTION: Daniel Gimelberg (for The Last Elvis)

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: Sebasti n Escofet (for The Last Elvis)

BEST SOUND DESIGN: Jos Luis D az (for Fishing Days)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Walter Jara (for The Revolution is an Eternal Dream, La revoluci n es un sue o eterno)

BEST SHORT FILM: Chronicle of the Death of Paco Uribe (Cr nica de la muerte de Paco Uribe, by Santiago Canel)

BEST IBEROAMERICAN FILM: Heist! ( Atraco!, by Eduard Cortes, Argentine-Spanish co-production)

BEST NO SPANISH-SPEAKING FILM: A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin, by Asghar Farhadi, from Iran)

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