Rita Morenois earning another more well-deserved recognition…
The 87-year-old Puerto Rican actress, singer and EGOT winner is set to receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award as part of this year’s Peabody Awards.
The honor will be bestowed May 18 at a gala event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The Peabody Career Achievement Award is for individuals whose work and commitment to electronic media has left an indelible mark on the field.
“Rita Moreno is a unique talent who has not only broken barriers, but whose career continues to thrive six-plus decades after her acting debut,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody. “We are delighted to celebrate her many contributions to entertainment and media, as well as her passion for children’s programming and important social issues.”
The award will be in addition to Moreno’s Oscar, Tony, two Emmysand a Grammyin a career that has spanned more than six decades beginning with her Broadwaydebut at age 13.
Moreno has starred for three seasons in the popular Latino remake of Norman Lear’s classic sitcom, One Day at a Timeon Netflix, which was nominated for a 2017 Peabody Award. Just recently, she signed on as an executive producer in the Steven Spielberg remake of West Side Story,a film in which she is also co-starring.
Moreno received The Kennedy Center Honor for her lifetime contributions to American Culture and was honored by her peers as the 50th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Moreno was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bushand the National Medal of Artsby President Barack Obama.
Nominees for the 78th Peabody Awards will be announced Tuesday, April 9. Winners will be announced by category on April 16 (Documentary), April 18 (Entertainment/Children’s), and April 23 (News/Radio/Web/Public Service).
The Peabody Awards are based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communicationat the University of Georgia.
The 2019 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards have been doled out, with the 26-year-old Mexican American actress and singer claiming the 11thorange blimp award of her career.
Gomez was named Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie for her voice work as Mavis in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
Meanwhile, Noah Centineopicked up his first-ever Kids’ Choice Award.
The 22-year-old part-Latino actor was named Favorite Movie Actor for his role as Peter Kavinsky in Netflix’s hit original movie To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards were held over the weekend at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.
DJ Khaledhosted the kids-voted show, which dumped buckets of slime on unsuspecting celebrities, and handed out honors for music, movies, TV and video games.
The 27-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer/songwriter was named the Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Year at the 26th annual BMI Latin Awards.
Ozuna was recognizedfor writing a record-breaking nine of the most-performed Latin songs of 2018, including “Ahora Dice,” “Criminal,” “El Farsante,” “Escápate Conmigo,” “La Modelo,” “La Rompe Corazones,” “Se Preparó,” “Te Boté (Remix)” and “Tu Foto.”
Ozuna attended the night’s festivities and took the stage to accept each one of his nine awards.
Legendary Mexican singer/songwriter Mario Quinteroof Los Tucanes de Tijuanareceived the BMI President’s Award.
Quintero, who has seen the fortunes of his Tucanes de Tijuana ebb and rise through the years, is in the midst of a major resurgence that includes an appearance at Coachella next month. On Tuesday night, his words of appreciation were mostly to his wife.
“I have few opportunities to recognize her,” he said, admitting he was nervous. “My wife. I call her mi cielo (my heaven). Thank you, mi cielo, for giving me the freedom I need. It’s important to say that when your partner gives you too much freedom, you can make mistakes. But when you give your partner the liberty they need to grow, it’s amazing. And it’s reciprocal.”
Producer Sebastian Krys was honored with the BMI Champion Award. Krys was not only honored for his work as a producer (Elvis Costello, Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Vives, La Santa Cecilia, Luis Fonsi and Enrique Iglesias, among many others), but also for his work as a philanthropist through his Los Producersinitiative — which raises money for multiple music education initiatives — asked songwriters to “dig deeper” in a time of short attention spans.
“You create the raw material on which our culture is based,” he said. “Most of our music does not reflect our truth. I challenge each of you to speak from your truth. We cannot allow popular music to become a version of Instagram. Some people say ‘this is what the labels want’ or ‘this is what the platforms want.’ But as Henry Fordsaid, if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. Be bold, be brave, be real influencers.”
Other winners of the evening included J Balvin, who won Contemporary Latin Song of the Year for “Mi Gente,” and Espinoza Paz, named Regional Mexican Songwriter of the Year for his hits “Ésta Es Tu Canción,” “Las Cosas No Se Hacen Así” and “Ojalá Que Me Olvides.” Omar Robles won Regional Mexican Song of the Year for “El Color de Tus Ojos.”
The 49-year-old Brazilian writer, screenwriter, and film director’s picked up an audience award at this year’s SXSW Conference & Festivals in Austin for his film The Garden Left Behind.
Alves’ film, which he co-wrote with John Rotondo, picked up the award in the Visions category.
The Garden Left Behind, which stars Carlie Guevara, centers onTina Carrera, a Mexican trans woman, struggling to make a life for herself as an undocumented immigrant in New York City.
Meanwhile, Jorge Teresoand Fernando Maldonado, co-directors of the film Gloomy Eyes, picked up the Storytelling award in the Virtual Cinema category.
One final round of winners from the festival will be announced on March 19 when the Headlinersand 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award winners will be unveiled.
Here’s the full list of Audience Award winners:
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Audience Award Winner: Saint Frances Director: Alex Thompson
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION Audience Award Winner: For Sama Directors: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT Audience Award Winner: The Peanut Butter Falcon Director: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT Audience Award Winner: Running With Beto Director: David Modigliano
VISIONS Audience Award Winner: The Garden Left Behind Director: Flavio Alves
MIDNIGHTERS Audience Award Winner: Boyz In The Wood Director: Ninian Doff
EPISODIC PREMIERES Audience Award Winner: Ramy Showrunner: Bridget Bedard
GLOBAL Audience Award Winner: Cachada: The Opportunity Director: Marlén Viñayo
FESTIVAL FAVORITES Audience Award Winner: Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins Director: Janice Engel
SXSW Film Design Awards
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN Audience Award Winner: Spider-man: Into The Spider-verse Directors: Brian Mah, James Ramirez
VIRTUAL CINEMA JURY AWARD WINNERS The 25 projects in the Virtual Cinema, which ran Monday 3/11 through Wednesday 3/13, were eligible for 360° Video: Documentary, 360° Video: Narrative, Interactive, Storytelling, Best Use of Immersive Arts, plus special jury awards. The 2019 Virtual Cinema jury was composed of Eliza McNitt, Laura Mingail, and Lori Schwartz.
360° VIDEO: DOCUMENTARY – Send Me Home Director: Cassandra Evanisko
360° VIDEO: NARRATIVE – Metro Veinte: Cita Ciega Director: Maria Belen PoncioINTERACTIVE – Runnin’ Director: Kiira Benzing
STORYTELLING – Gloomy Eyes Director: Jorge Tereso, Fernando Maldonado
BEST USE OF IMMERSIVE ARTS – Home After War Director: Gayatri Parameswaran
SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION – The Future of Experience Director: Jessica Brillhart
The 26-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer proved to bethe night’s biggest winner at Premio Lo Nuestro, taking home nineawards.
Ozuna picked up the award for Single of the Year and Collaboration of the Year for “Me niego,” his single with Reik and Wisin, as well as Tour of the Year and Remix of the Year for “Te boté Remix,” his single with Nío García, Casper Mágico, Bad Bunny, Nicky Jam and Darrell.
Reikpicked up their first-ever Premio Lo Nuestro trophies in the history of the awards, five in total, for “Me niego,” their collaboration with Ozuna and Wisin, who also earned five trophies for the song.
The most nominated artist of the night, Natti Natasha, took home four awards.
The 32-year-old Dominican singer and songwriter won the award for Tropical Song of the Yearfor “Quién sabe” and Tropical Collaboration of the Year for “Justicia,” her single with Silvestre Dangond.
Natti Natasha also won the awards for Urban Song of the Year and Collaboration of the Year for “Sin pijama,” her single with Becky G.
J Balvin won artist of the year for the third consecutive time and Anuel AA won new artist of the year.
Cardi B and Selena Gomez picked up the first-ever Premio Lo Nuestro prize of their careers.
The 26-year-old half-Dominican American rap sensation and the 26-year-old Mexican American singer won the award for Crossover Collaboration of the Year for “Taki Taki,” their smash single with DJ Snake andOzuna.
Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 took place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, and this year gave Roberto Carlos the Premio a la Excelencia, while Intocable and Daddy Yankee received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Here’s the full list of winners:
GENERAL CATEGORIES
Artist of the Year J Balvin
Single of the year ‘Me niego’ – Reik ft. Ozuna y Wisin
Collaboration of the year ‘Me niego’ – Reik ft. Ozuna y Wisin
Song of the year ‘Me niego’ Reik ft. Ozuna y Wisin
“Crossover” collaboration of the year ‘Taki Taki’ – DJ Snake ft. Selena Gómez, Ozuna y Cardi B
Remix of the year ‘Te boté REMIX’ – Nío García, Casper Mágico y Bad Bunny ft. Ozuna, Nicky Jam y Darrell
Tour of the year Aura Tour – Ozuna
Social artist of the year J Balvin
New Artist of the Year Anuel AA
Video of the year ‘Mi cama REMIX’ – Karol G y J Balvin ft. Nicky Jam
“Replay” Song of the year ‘Por amarte’ – Enrique Iglesias
POP/ROCK
Song of the year Pop/Rock ‘Me Niego’ – Reik ft. Ozuna y Wisin
Artist of the year Pop/Rock Maluma
Pop/Rock – Group or duo of the year CNCO
Pop/Rock – Collaboration of the year ‘Me Niego’ – Reik ft. Ozuna y Wisin
TROPICAL
Tropical Song of the year ‘Quién sabe’ – Natti Natasha
Tropical Collaboration of the year ‘Justicia’ – Silvestre Dangond y Natti Natasha
Tropical – Artist of the year Carlos Vives
URBAN
Urban – Song of the year ‘Sin pijama’ – Becky G y Natti Natasha
Urban – Male artist of the year Ozuna
Collaboration of the year ‘Sin pijama’ – Becky G y Natti Natasha
Urban – Female artist of the year Karol G
REGIONAL MEXICAN
Regional Mexican – Song of the year ‘Tu postura’ – Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Banda song of the year ‘Tu postura’ – Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Regional Mexican – Group or duo of the year Calibre 50
Norteño song of the year ‘Mitad y mitad’ – Calibre 50
Sierreño artist of the year T3R Elemento
Regional Mexican – Artist of the year Christian Nodal
The 26-year-old half-Dominican American rap sensation, a five-time nominee at this year’s Grammy Awards show, didn’t leave empty-handed.
Cardi B took home the award for Best Rap Album for chart-topping debut album Invasion of Privacy, becoming the first woman to win the prize.
50-year-old Argentine Singer/songwriter Claudia Brant, who has built a career as one of the top songwriters in Latin music, won as a performer in the Best Latin Pop Albumcategory for Sincera, a collection of personal, heartfelt songs set to acoustic, Brazilian-tinged arrangements, courtesy of producers/engineers Cheche Alaraand Moogie Canazio.
The Best Latin Rock/Alternative/Urban Albumwent to Mexican band Zoé’s Aztlanin a hard to predict category where the alternative sounds of Monsiuer Perinéand the urban sounds of Orishas also stood a good chance of winning.
There were no big commercial releases in the Best Tropical Albumcategory, which went to critically acclaimed Spanish Harlem Orchestrafor Anniversary.
The only fully expected win was Luis Miguel’s, for his Latin Grammywinning ¡México Por Siempre!
Earlier in the evening, Lucy Kalantari, who won Best Children’s Albumfor All The Sounds by Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats, gave a shout out to her mom in Dominican Republic.
“This album was recorded by a Latina woman. It was produced by a woman,” she said.
Here are the artists, albums and songs that received awards.
Record of the Year “This Is America” — Childish Gambino
Album of the Year “Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves
Song of the Year “This Is America” — Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
Best New Artist Dua Lipa
Best Pop Solo Performance “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)” — Lady Gaga
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance “Shallow” — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Best Pop Vocal Album “Sweetener” — Ariana Grande
Best Rock Performance “When Bad Does Good” — Chris Cornell
Best Rock Song “Masseduction” — Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
Best Rock Album “From the Fires” — Greta Van Fleet
Best Alternative Music Album “Colors” — Beck
Best R&B Performance “Best Part” — H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar
Best Urban Contemporary Album “Everything Is Love” — The Carters
Best R&B Album “H.E.R.” — H.E.R.
Best Rap Performance “King’s Dead” — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake and “Bubblin” — Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Song “God’s Plan” — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)
Best Rap Album “Invasion of Privacy” — Cardi B
Best Country Solo Performance “Butterflies” — Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Album “Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves
Best Jazz Instrumental Album “Emanon” — The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Best Latin Pop Album “Sincera” — Claudia Brant
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album “Aztlán” — Zoé
Best Americana Album “By the Way, I Forgive You” — Brandi Carlile
Best Song Written for Visual Media “Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Pharrell Williams
Best Music Video “This Is America” — Childish Gambino
Best Comedy Album “Equanimity & the Bird Revelation” — Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album “The Band’s Visit” — Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer and lyricist
Best Instrumental Composition “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)” — Terence Blanchard
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella “Stars and Stripes Forever” — John Daversa
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals “Spiderman Theme” — Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman and Justin Wilson, arrangers
Best Recording Package “Masseduction” — Willo Perron, art director
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package “Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic” — Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll and Al Yankovic, art directors
Best Album Notes “Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” — David Evans, album notes writer
Best Historical Album “Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter and Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical “Colors” — Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp and Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar and Randy Merrill, mastering engineers
Best Remixed Recording “Walking Away (Mura Masa remix)” — Alex Crossan, remixer
Best Immersive Audio Album “Eye in the Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, P.J. Olsson and Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album “Steve Gadd Band” — Steve Gadd
Band Best Gospel Performance/Song “Never Alone” — Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song “You Say” — Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, songwriters
Best Gospel Album “Hiding Place” — Tori Kelly
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album “Look Up Child” — Lauren Daigle
Best Roots Gospel Album “Unexpected” — Jason Crabb
Best World Music Album “Freedom” — Soweto Gospel Choir
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media “The Greatest Showman” — Hugh Jackman (and Various Artists); Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Greg Wells, compilation producers
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media “Black Panther” — Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best New Age Album “Opium Moon” — Opium Moon
Best American Roots Performance “The Joke” — Brandi Carlile
Best American Roots Song “The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters
Best Bluegrass Album “The Travelin’ Mccourys” — The Travelin’ Mccourys
Best Traditional Blues Album “The Blues Is Alive and Well” — Buddy Guy
Best Contemporary Blues Album “Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album “All Ashore” — Punch Brothers
Best Children’s Album “All the Sounds” — Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling) “Faith – A Journey for All” — Jimmy Carter
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) “¡México Por Siempre!” — Luis Miguel
Best Tropical Latin Album “Anniversary” — Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Best Regional Roots Music Album “No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a
Best Music Film “Quincy” — Quincy Jones; Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula Dupré Pesmen, video producer
Best Country Duo/Group Performance “Tequila” — Dan + Shay
Best Country Song “Space Cowboy” — Luke Laird, Shane Mcanally and Kacey Musgraves, songwriters
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album “My Way” — Willie Nelson
Best Engineered Album, Classical “Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer
Producer of the Year, Classical Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance “Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor
Best Opera Recording “Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson and Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer
Best Choral Performance “Mcloskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance “Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo “Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album “Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’india & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles
Best Classical Compendium “Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — Joann Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition “Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer
Best Dance Recording “Electricity” — Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson
Best Dance/Electronic Album “Woman Worldwide” — Justice
Best Reggae Album “44/876” — Sting and Shaggy
Best Improvised Jazz Solo “Don’t Fence Me In” — John Daversa, soloist. Track from: “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom”
Best Jazz Vocal Album “The Window” — Cécile Mclorin Salvant
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom” — John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists
Best Latin Jazz Album “Back to the Sunset” — Dafnis Prieto Big Band
Best Traditional R&B Performance “Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” — Leon Bridges and “How Deep Is Your Love” — PJ Morton featuring Yebba
Best R&B Song “Boo’d Up” — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai and Dijon Mcfarlane, songwriters
Best Metal Performance “Electric Messiah” — High on Fire
Best Rap/Sung Performance “This Is America” — Childish Gambino
The 57-year-old Mexican filmmaker picked up four prizes at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday for his critically acclaimed Netflix film, Roma.
Cuarón’s black-and-white Spanish-language film was named Best Filmand Best Film Not in the English Language.
Meanwhile, he picked up individual awards for Best Directorand Best Cinematography.
Here’s the full list of winners:
BEST FILM ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
LEADING ACTRESS OLIVIA COLMAN The Favourite
LEADING ACTOR RAMI MALEK Bohemian Rhapsody
DIRECTOR ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER BEAST Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
DOCUMENTARY FREE SOLO Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
ANIMATED FILM SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY THE FAVOURITE Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY BLACKkKLANSMAN Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
SUPPORTING ACTRESS RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite
SUPPORTING ACTOR MAHERSHALA ALI Green Book
ORIGINAL MUSIC A STAR IS BORN Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson
CINEMATOGRAPHY ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
EDITING VICE Hank Corwin
PRODUCTION DESIGN THE FAVOURITE Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
COSTUME DESIGN THE FAVOURITE Sandy Powell
MAKE UP & HAIR THE FAVOURITE Nadia Stacey
SOUND BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS BLACK PANTHER Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION ROUGHHOUSE Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom
BRITISH SHORT FILM 73 COWS Alex Lockwood
EE RISING STAR Letitia Wright
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen
The 57-year-old Mexican filmmaker’s highly acclaimed film Roma will be honored with Capri, Hollywood’s best foreign language film award.
The film, directed by Cuaron, will receive a special tribute at the festival on December 29 at the Cinema Paradisoin Anacapri.
“This was a unanimous choice, because Roma, a formally perfect and extremely intense film, tells a wonderful and moving story that has literally mesmerized us,” director and Capri chair Lina Wertmullersaid Saturday in a statement. “A film full of love and dignity, a kind of Mexican version of Fellini’s Amarcordcelebrating the generosity of women and offering us a political and historical overview of a wondrous country, full of contradictions and social contrasts. Cuaron’s ingenuity is close to Fellini’s and many other great masters of European cinema.”
Added festival founder Pascal Vicedomini: “We are deeply honored to screen Roma at Capri, Hollywood because this deeply inspired and powerful film will shape the history of cinema.”
Roma, which was inspired by Cuaron’s own life growing up in early 1970s Mexico City, is currently nominated for three Golden Globes(best director, screenplay and foreign language film) and is considered a top contender for the 2019 awards season. Cuaron previously won two Academy Awardsfor best director and editing for Gravity.
The annual event off the coast of Naples has become a key awards campaign stop over the years, given its close proximity to the Academy Awards. The 23rd edition of Capri, Hollywood is set to open Thursday and conclude January 3.
Alfonso Cuaron is the celebrating big in the Big Apple…
The New York Film Critics Onlinehas announced their winners, with the 57-year-old Mexican filmmaker coming away the big winner with three prizes.
Cuaron’s Spanish-language drama Roma was named Best Picture, while he earned the Best Director award for helming the film.
Additionally, Cuaron took home the award for Best Cinematography for the semi-autobiographical take on Cuaron’s upbringing in Mexico City. The film follows the life of a live-in housekeeper to a middle-class family.
This marks the second Best Picture win for Roma, which was honored earlier in the day by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Picture Roma
Director
Alfonso Cuarón- Roma
Actor Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Actress Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Supporting Actor Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Supporting Actress Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Screenplay Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara – The Favourite
