Vinícius Júnior is being recognized for his activism…
The 23-year-old Brazilian soccer player and Real Madrid star, a winger for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team, has received the Socrates Award at the Ballon d’Or ceremony for his contribution off the field
Vinícius Júnior vowed to keep speaking out against racism in world soccer after.
Vinícius, who has been racially abused repeatedly in LaLiga games over the last two seasons, was recognized for starting a foundation that is building schools in impoverished areas and investing in education in Brazil.
“I will remain strong in the fight against racism,” said the Brazilian, who received the award from the Prince of Monaco. “It is a very sad thing to talk about racism nowadays, but we have to continue in the fight so that people suffer less.
“Very happy to receive this award and to help many children in Brazil. I had little chance of getting where I have coming from where I came so it is a pleasure for me to help as many kid as I can so they can have a chance.”
The 23-year-old was the only Brazilian in the top 10 of the ranking for this year’s Ballon d’Or after scoring 23 goals in all competitions for Madrid last season.
The forward was also part of an emotional tribute to Pelé, the Brazil great who died in December last year at the age of 82.
“Pele is a god for me and if I am here today, it is thanks to him. He put Brazil on a different level and people respect Brazilian players thanks to the great legacy he left,” Vinicius said.
The Vini Jr. Institute, created in 2020, aims to use the popularity of football to help innovations in teaching and learning in Brazilian public schools.
Miguel is a powerhouse… And he’ll soon have the award to prove it.
The 37-year-old half-Mexican American singer and songwriter, who specializes in contemporary and alternative R&B, will be among the honorees at this year’s Impact Awards Gala on Friday, October 27, at the Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles.
Hosted by Francia Raisa and MJ Acosta-Ruiz, the annual celebration honors the contributions of Latino individuals in creating a more inclusive society. The awards are presented by The National Hispanic Media Coalition.
Miguel will receive the Powerhouse Impact Award.
Miguel has had three top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 — Kaleidoscope Dream, Wildheart and War & Leisure.
He’s also had three top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: “Sure Thing,” “Adorn” and J. Cole’s “Power Trip,” on which he was featured.
At the 2013 Grammy Awards, Miguel teamed with Wiz Khalifa to perform “Adorn,” which won best R&B song.
But he’s not the only Latinx honoree this year…
Eva Logoria is set to receive the Icon Impact Award
One of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch of 2023, Longoria directed Flamin’ Hot, which told the story of the Mexican-American janitor who claims to have invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Longoria was named by People as one of the “Women Changing the World.”
Longoria is also the co-founder of Latino Victory Fund, a movement that seeks to build power in the Latinx community, and Poderistas, a digital lifestyle community that inspires Latinas to leverage their power.
The Impact Awards Gala is just one part of the NHMC’s mission to spotlight the importance of accurate, fair, and positive representation in media.
Here’s the full list of honorees:
Aarón Sánchez – Master Creator Impact Award
Ángel Manuel Soto – Outstanding Film Director Impact Award
Eugenio Derbez – Social Impact Award
Eva Longoria – Icon Impact Award
Gina Torres – Our Voice Impact Award
Jharrel Jerome – Next Generation Impact Award
Jessica Sarowitz – Visionary Impact Award
Julissa Prado – For the People Impact Award
Miguel – Powerhouse Impact Award
Marc Anthony is Fashion Group International’s humanitarian of the year…
During the organization’s “Night of Stars” at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, the 55-year-old Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist received the Humanitarian Award from his friend of 30 years Narciso Rodriguez.
Wearing his signature shades, Anthony was honored for his foundation Maestro Cares, which has helped more than 10,000 children in 13 countries with orphanages, counseling, scholarships and other education-driven programs.
He vowed that as of next year he and his foundation would entrust a scholarship program for the next generation of designers. That will be set up through a partnership with Fashion Group International (FGI).
Acknowledging how every person in the room has a team of people behind them, Anthony said, “They’re not nameless to us. They’re faceless to the world. We can stand up here and accept such an honor, but there are so many people behind us,” he said. “Appreciate those people who made us, who we are, right? On behalf of everyone who has made my life what it is today, I want to thank you. And I want to urge everybody here that is as privileged as I am to wake up and thank them.”
Meanwhile, fashion critic Cathy Horyn handed the Fashion Stars Award to Proenza Schouler’s Lazaro Hernandez, who praised her respected and educated opinion before mentioning the “simple, but brutal” New York Times headline for their second show: “Proenza Schouler Separates in Search of a Collection.”
Explaining that Horyn was right, Hernandez said, “You knew we were better than that even before we knew it ourselves.” Still going strong 20 years later with cofounder Jack McCollough, he thanked Horyn for her honesty and willingness to talk through big ideas season after season, “has made us better designers, more nuanced and mature.”
Other honorees included Whoopi Goldberg, who received the American Icon Award; Dennis Basso, the Lifetime Achievement Award winner; and Antoine Phillips, the Agent of Change Award.
Eduardo Caballero is entering a special place posthumously…
The late Cuban radio executive and Hispanic media pioneer, known as “The Godfather of Hispanic Marketing & Radio,” will receive the Legends of Radio award from the Radio Hall of Fame.
The award recognizes “the talents and efforts of on-air personalities, programmers and operators who contributed with greatness to the radio industry and have since passed away.”
Caballero is being recognized for his long and prosperous career in both U.S. Hispanic radio and television, due to roles as EVP/Director of Sales of the Spanish International Network, the predecessor to Univision, and for his many years starting in 1973 as the owner of Caballero Spanish Media.
Here’s the full list of honorees:
Bob Grant – on-air personality
Dave Robbins – programming executive
Ed Christian – executive
Eduardo Caballero – executive
Jack “The Rapper” Gibson – on-air personality/writer
Joe “Butterball” Tamburro – programming executive
Long John Nebel – on-air personality
Marty Glickman – play-by-play host/executive
Mary Turner – on-air personality
Steve Rivers – programming executive
Terry Dorsey – on-air personality
Tom Rounds – executive
“It’s heartfelt recognition to see these individuals and their career contributions to the radio industry recognized with this induction,” Kraig T. Kitchin, co-chair of the Radio Hall of Fame, said in a statement. “They’ve made a forever impact on the audiences and businesses they interacted with and for that, we’re grateful.”
Dennis Green, the other co-chair of the Radio Hall of Fame, added: “Gone but never forgotten, these Legends of the radio industry deserve to be recognized as Hall of Famers and it is an honor to induct them to the Radio Hall of Fame. From programmers to talent to executives, these individuals are the best of the best.”
They will be honored at the 2023 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on November 2 at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel in New York City. Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo, a 2022 Radio Hall of Fame inductee, will emcee the event.
Peso Pluma is this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards darling…
The 24-year-old Mexican artist, a rising Regional Mexican music star, was the big winner at this year’s awards show claiming eight awards.
Peso Pluma’s awards Artist of the Year, New; Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male; and the coveted Songwriter of the Year prize, reflecting his more than 20 hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.
Peso Pluma’s awards also included four nods alongside trio Eslabón Armado for their runaway hit “Ella Baila Sola,” which won Hot Latin Song of the Year and Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event, among other prizes.
Peso Pluma was followed in the number of wins by global superstar Bad Bunny.
The 29-year-old Puerto Rican superstar picked up seven awards, including Artist of the Year, Tour of the Year and Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year, as well as two awards for his smash hit “Titi me Preguntó.”
Next up in wins was Colombian star Karol G, who won five awards, two of them for her album Mañana Será Bonito as Top Latin Albumof the Year. The set, which debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart — the first Spanish-language album by a female artist to do so in history — also won Latin Rhythm Album of the Year. Karol G also took home the Hot Latin SongsArtist of the Year, Female and top Latin AlbumsArtist of the Year, Female awards.
The four top winners — Peso Pluma, Bad Bunny, Karol G and Eslabón Armado — reflect the current state of Latin music, where urban beats are living high on the charts along with a new generation of Mexican music artists who have become global successes.
Finalists and winners of the Billboard Latin Music Awards reflect performance of new recordings on Billboard‘s albums and songs charts during a one-year period from the rankings dated August 13, 2022, through this year’s August 12, 2023 charts. Determinations are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay and touring, tracked by Billboard and its data partner, Luminate.
Other key winners of the evening included Manuel Turizo, Shakira, Bizarrap, Fuerza Regida, Aventura, Camilo, Edgar Barrera, Grupo Frontera, Ivan Cornejo, Maná, Marshmello, Romeo Santos and Wisin & Yandel.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards were produced by MBS Events and aired live on Telemundo from the Watsco Center in Miami.
Here’s the full list of winners:
OVERALL ARTIST CATEGORIES Artist of the Year: Bad Bunny Artist of the Year, New: Peso Pluma Tour of the Year: Bad Bunny Crossover Artist of the Year: Marshmello Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year: Bad Bunny
SONGS CATEGORIES Global 200 Latin Song of the Year: Manuel Turizo, “La Bachata” Hot Latin Song of the Year: Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola” Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event: Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola” Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male: Peso Pluma Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female: Karol G Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: Grupo Frontera Hot Latin Songs Label of the Year: Sony Music Latin Latin Airplay Song of the Year: Manuel Turizo, “La Bachata” Latín Airplay Label of the Year: Sony Music Latin Sales Song of the Year: Bad Bunny, “Tití Me Preguntó” Streaming Song of the Year: Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola”
ALBUM CATEGORIES Top Latin Album of the Year: Karol G, MañanaSerá Bonito Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Male: Bad Bunny Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female: Karol G Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: Fuerza Regida Top Latin Albums Label of the Year: Rimas
LATIN POP CATEGORIES Latin Pop Artist of the Year, Solo: Shakira Latin Pop Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: Maná Latin Pop Song of the Year: Bizarrap & Shakira, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” Latin Pop Airplay Label of the Year: Sony Music Latin Latin Pop Album of the Year: Camilo, De Adentro Pa Afuera Latin Pop Albums Label of the Year: Universal Music Latin Entertainment
TROPICAL CATEGORIES Tropical Artist of the Year, Solo: Romeo Santos Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: Aventura Tropical Song of the Year: Manuel Turizo, “La Bachata” Tropical Airplay Label of the Year: Sony Music Latin Tropical Albums Label of the Year: Sony Music Latin
REGIONAL MEXICAN CATEGORIES Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Solo: Peso Pluma Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: Fuerza Regida Regional Mexican Song of the Year: Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola” Regional Mexican Airplay Label of the Year: Universal Music Latin Entertainment Regional Mexican Album of the Year: Ivan Cornejo, Dañado Regional Mexican Albums Label of the Year: Del
LATIN RHYTHM CATEGORIES Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Solo: Bad Bunny Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: Wisin & Yandel Latin Rhythm Song of the Year: Bad Bunny, “Tití Me Preguntó” Latin Rhythm Airplay Label of the Year: Sony Music Latin Latin Rhythm Album of the Year: Karol G, Mañana Será Bonito Latin Rhythm Albums Label of the Year: Rimas
WRITERS/PRODUCERS/PUBLISHERS CATEGORIES Songwriter of the Year: Peso Pluma Publisher of the Year: Prajin Music Publishing, BMI Publishing Corporation of the Year: Sony Music Publishing Producer of the Year: Edgar Barrera
SPECIAL AWARDS Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award: Los Ángeles Azules Billboard Icon Award: Ivy Queen Billboard Spirit of Hope Award: Karol G
Victor Nuñez‘s latest project is earning critical acclaim…
The 78-year-old Peruvian American film director and college professor’s film Rachel Hendrix has been awarded the Best Feature Narrative Award at the 24th annual Woodstock Film Festival, the top narrative prize at the festival.
Nuñez wrote and directed the drama film starring Lori Singer about a professor who experiences a relapse of grief one year after the death of her husband, received WFF’s top narrative prize.
Narrative jurors includes director Ramin Bahrani, producer Ted Hope and Blair Breard.
In a joint statement, the jurors said: “Independent film arrived over 50 years ago with th promise of a grand yet humble ambition, to deliver emotionally truthful, highly specific tales on an economy of means. Our prize winner did this and more. For its soulful, sincere and thoughtful examination of character, place and loss, an inspiring confidence in its choices and commitment to authenticity. The film displays an honest and necessary pace and tone, and a truly amazing and unique performance that captures a life lived in both love and challenges, while never falling short in anything it deliver, but most of all, showing love and commitment to family despite the many hardships that come with it, and ignites the rarest of phenomena: true honest emotion.”
The five-day festival, which ran from September 27 to October 1 in New York’s Hudson Valley, about 100 miles north of Manhattan.
Nuñez’s previous credits include Ulee’s Gold, Ruby in Paradise and A Flash of Green.
Here’s the full list of the WFF winners:
Best Feature Narrative Award: Victor Nunez’s “Rachel Hendrix” Best Feature Documentary: Madeleine Gavin’s “Beyond Utopia” Best Narrative Editing Award: “Asleep In My Palm,” edited by Max Ethan Miller Best Documentary Editing Award: “Beyond Utopia,” edited by Madeleine Gavin Haskell Wexler Award For Best Cinematography: “Asleep In My Palm,” directed by Henry Nelson, cinematography by Tatjana Krstevski NYWIFT Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Awards: “No Accident,” directed by Kristi Jacobson, and “Three Birthdays,” directed by Jane Weinstock World of Ha Change-Maker Award: “Razing Liberty Square” directed by Katija Esson Best Documentary Short Award: “Deciding Vote.” directed by Jeremy Workman and Robert Lyons Best Narrative Short Award: “Ricky,” directed by Rashad Frett Best Animated Short Award: “Sunflower Field,” directed by Polina Buchak Ultra Indie Award: “No Right Way,” directed by Chelsea Bo Best Student Short Award: “Swim Captain,” directed by Christa Haley
The San Sebastian Film Festival awarded the 40-year-old Spanish filmmaker’s O Corno(The Rye Horn) with the Golden Shell for Best Film.
Set on an island off the coast of Galicia in 1971, the film tells the story of a woman who earns a living harvesting shellfish. She’s also known on the island for helping other women in childbirth but has to flee and try to cross the border into Portugal after an unexpected event.
Camborda, who was born in San Sebastian, is the fourth woman to win the Golden Shell after The Kings Of The Worldby Colombian director Laura Mora last year, Blue Moonby Alina Grigore from Romania in 2021, and Beginningby Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashviliin 2020.
Additionally, the Best Screenplay Award went to María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat for Puan (Argentina-Italy-Germany-France-Brazil).
The Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance fell ex aequo upon Marcelo Subiotto and Tatsuya Fuji for their respective roles in Puan, by Alché and Naishtat, and Great Absence(Japan), by Kei Chika-ura, while the Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance went to Hovik Keuchkerian for his character in Un amor (Spain) by Isabel Coixet.
Here’s the full list of winners:
San Sebastian 2023 Award Winners List
Golden Shell For Best Film O Corno (The Rye Horn)
Jaione Camborda (Spain)
Spain – Portugal – Belgium
Special Jury Prize Kalak
Isabella Eklöf (Sweden)
Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands
Silver Shell For Best Director Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang (Taiwan) Chun Xing (A Journey In Spring)
Taiwan
Silver Shell For Best Leading Performance Marcelo Subiotto (Argentina) Puan
Argentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil
Tatsuya Fujo (Japan) Great Absence
Japan
Silver Shell For Best Supporting Performance Hovik Keuchkerian (Lebanon) Un Amor
Spain
Jury Prize For Best Screenplay María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat (Argentina) Puan
Argentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil
Jury Prize For Best Cinematography Nadim Carlsen (Denmark) Kalak
Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands
New Directors Award Bahadur The Brave
Diwah Shah (India)
India
Horizontes Award El Castillo (The Castle)
Martín Benchimol (Argentina)
Argentina – France – Spain
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award El Auge del Humano 3 (The Human Surge 3)
Eduardo Williams (Argentina)
Argentina – Portugal – Netherlands – Taiwan – Brazil – Hong Kong – Sri Lanka – Perú
Special Mention: El Juicio (The Trial)
Ulises de la Orden (Argentina)
Argentina – Norway – France – Italy
Nest The Mediapro Nest Awards Amma Ki Katha
Nehal Vyas (India)
Special Mention: Entre Les Autres
Marie Falys (Belgium)
Culinary Zinema Best Film Award La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (The Pot Au Feu)
Tran Anh Hung (Vietnam)
Eusko Label Prize First Prize: Latxa
Mike Urretabizkaia (Spain)
Second Prize: Soroborda
Paolo Tizón (Perú)
Irizar Basque Film Award El Sueño De La Sultana / Sultana’s Dream Isabel Herguera (Spain)
City Of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award La Sociedad De La Nieve / Society Of The Snow J.A. Bayona (Spain)
City Of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award For Best European Film Io Capitano / I’m Captain Matteo Garrone (Italy)
TCM Youth Award La Estrella Azul / The Blue Star
Javier Macipe (Spain)
WIP Latam Industry Award Los Domingos Mueren Más Personas / Most People Die On Sundays Iair Said (Argentina)
Egeda Platino Industria Award For The Best WIP Latam Los Domingos Mueren Más Personas / Most People Die On Sundays Iair Said (Argentina)
WIP Latam Industry Award Mannequins (Wt) Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany)
WIP Europa Awards Mannequins (Wt) Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany)
XII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award Todo Esto Eran Mangas / These Were All Fields Daniela Abad Lombana (Italy)
Dale! Award (Development Latin America-Europe) Little War Barbara Sarasola-Day (Argentina)
Artekino International Prize Los Días Libres / The Days Off Lucila Mariani (Argentina)
Elamedia Euskadi Post-Production Award After The Night, The Night Naomi Pacifique (Switzerland – Netherlands)
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge Award Best European Project Hyperate.Io Germany
Best Spanish Project Witscript
Spain
Ibaia-Bilibin Circular Award Yo Terrateniente Rodrigo Demirjian
Produced By: Tourmalet Films, Ah! Cine
(Spain – Argentina)
Dogwoof Award December Grzegorz Paprzycki
Produced By: Telemark, Just A Moment
(Poland Lithuania)
Ibaia-Elkargi Award Pulso Victoria Alvares, Quentin Delaroche
Produced By: Revoada Produçoes
(Brazil)
RTVE – Another Look Award The Royal Hotel Kitty Green (Australia)
Special Mention: All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt Raven Jackson (Usa)
Cooperación Española Award La Estrella Azul / The Blue Star Javier Macipe (Spain)
Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award Bâtiment 5 / Les Indésirables Ladj Ly (France)
Dunia Ayaso Award Creatura Elena Martín Gimeno (Spain)
Special Mention: Mientras Seas Tú / Mentre Siguis Tu / While You’re Still You
Claudia Pinto Emperador (Venezuela)
Donostia Awards Hayao Miyazaki
Javier Bardem
Víctor Erice
Zinemira Award Paco Sagarzazu
Fipresci Award Fingernails
Christos Nikou (Greece)
Feroz Zinemaldia 2023 Award Un Amor Isabel Coixet (Spain)
Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award Isabel Herguera (Spain), Gianmarco Serra (Italy) “El Sueño De La Sultana / Sultana’s Dream” (Spain – Germany)
Sebastiane 2023 Award 20.000 Especies De Abejas / 20,000 Species Of Bees Estibaliz Urresola (Spain)
Special Mention: Gabi, 8 Urtetik 13 Urtera / Gabi: Between Ages 8 And 13
Engeli Broberg (Sweden)
Lurra – Greenpeace Award Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai / Evil Does Not Exist Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
Signis Award All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt Raven Jackson (Usa)
Ateneo Guipuzcoano Award Great Absence Kei Chika-Ura (Japan)
The 57-year-old Mexican Oscar-nominated cinematographer will be honored with the 2023 Árbol de la Vida, a lifetime achievement award, at the 13th edition of the GuadaLAjara Film Festival on November 1.
Taking place at the Theater at the Ace Hotel in Downtown L.A., Prieto will be honored at the opening night gala celebration. Past honorees have included Oscar-winner Patricia Arquette, in addition to stars such as Xolo Maridueña, Rosario Dawson and Danny Trejo.
Prieto has garnered worldwide acclaim for his work on various feature films, collaborating with some of cinema’s most vital masters. He has picked up his three Oscar nods for Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005) and two with Martin Scorsese — Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019).
He’s teamed up with the iconic filmmaker again for Killers of the Flower Moon, the story of a group of men that murdered Osage tribe members in the 1920s. The Apple Original Films and Paramount Pictures co-distributed feature stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone.
Prieto also lensed Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar Mattel meta-comedy Barbie from Warner Bros — now the highest grossing release of 2023.
Curated with Latinx and BIPOC communities in mind, GLAFF’s programming is a mix of films that aim to attract cinephiles and art and culture enthusiasts. The 2023 program and official selection includes a special Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) centerpiece gala screening of the 1960s Mexican classic Macario from director Roberto Gavaldón. More films will be announced in the coming weeks.
“GLAFF continues its mission to be a bridge between Latin America and U.S.-based Latinx/BIPOC creators,” says Ximena Urrutia, festival director. “Being part of a festival run by Latina women, we strive to add to the efforts of ensuring domestically and internationally Latinx representation.”
The GuadaLAjara Film Festival is supported by the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, the University of Guadalajara Foundation USA, the Grodman Legacy Family Foundation and the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).
Carla Simón has received one of the highest honors bestowed by Spain’s Ministry of Culture.
The 36-year-old Spanish filmmaker, whose sophomore film Alcarràs clinched the 72md Berlinale Golden Bear last year, received the 2023 National Cinematography Award.
On hand to present the award in a ceremony held at the San Sebastian Film Festival was Miguel Iceta, Spain’s Minister of Culture and Sports, who first addressed Simón in Catalan before switching to Spanish: “With only two feature films, you have left your mark on the recent history of cinema in our country: a short but undisputed trajectory in terms of its strength and personality, recognized both nationally and internationally. A career that is nothing but the promise of a much longer and fruitful one.”
“This award, if you’ll allow me the audacity, is also for all the women who accompany you, for all your professional colleagues and peers, for all those women who, with your example and your struggle, are making the world of cinema a more equal, diverse, and better place,” said Iceta, who as an aside, also pointed out that Spain’s women’s soccer team, recently crowned world champions, had just won in Sweden.
However, out of the more than 40 times the award has been given out, no more than 14 women in the film industry have received the award. “We have some way to go before we achieve gender parity,” he noted.
The prize, granted by the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), an organization affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, comes with a prize of €30,000 ($31,800).
“Finally, there are more women involved in filmmaking, and we are witnessing a timid democratization of our profession. There are ways of working that are already considered obsolete and stories that had never been told before. However, at the same time, films and works are still being censored for political reasons, or we self-censor to be politically correct,” Simón stated in a highly applauded speech where she thanked her family, friends and all that have supported her in her brief but brilliant career.
Only 36 years old, Simón quickly caught the film world’s attention in 2017 with her autobiographical debut feature, Summer 1993, sweeping Berlin’s First Feature Award and Generation Kplus Grand Prix.
It went on to be selected to represent Spain in the Oscars, beating Pablo Berger’s Abracadabra and Salvador Calvo’s 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines for the honor.
In her speech, Simón stressed the need to safeguard independent cinema, which she described as having “heart and daring,” emphasizing that it necessitates “time, nurturing, contemplation and precision.” She expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the female filmmakers who blazed a trail in the industry, including notable figures such as the Belgian icons Agnès Varda and Chantal Akerman, as well as their Spanish counterparts Josefina Molina, Pilar Miró, Icíar Bollaín and Isabel Coixet.
She is currently preparing to shoot Romería, the third part of the trilogy she begun with Summer 1993, by next summer. She is next planning a flamenco musical for her fourth feature.
The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts is honoring three artists at its annual Visibility Awards in D.C. on Wednesday, including the 43-year-old Puerto Rican actor, at an event designed to advance Latino representation in film and television.
Rodríguez will receive the organization’s Spotlight Award for producing and starring in the adaptation of the Karin Slaughter crime novel Will Trent.
“Ramón has been a leading voice in continued efforts to open doors for Latino talent in the industry,” the foundation said.
Ángel Manuel Soto, director-producer of the Latino superhero movie Blue Beetle, is being recognized with the organization’s Raul Julia Awardfor Excellence.
“Ángel’s work advances the presence of Latinos in film and highlights studies demonstrating that Latino directors are more likely to bring Latino talent to their projects,” the foundation said.
Camila Morrone, honored with the Horizon Award, is starring with Willem Dafoe in Patricia Arquette’s, Gonzo Girl, based on Cheryl Della Pietra’s semi-autobiographical novel, based on her time as Hunter S. Thompson’s personal assistant.
The event and Noche Musical, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel, will follow the foundation’s 2023 Visioning Summit, Advancing Representation in Media, Arts, & Beyond. Felix Sanchez, the foundation’s chair and co-founder, said in a statement that the summit’s intent is to “rethink the landscape with images of the American Latino.”
Among those leading panel discussions at the event, to be held Wednesday morning at the National Press Club, will be CBS News’s Ed O’Keefe, CNN’s Jim Acosta, NBC News’ Monica Alba, and NPR’s Claudia Grisales.
Also scheduled to participate are Soto, Carla Dirlikov, senior advisor and envoy for cultural exchange at the National Endowment for the Arts; Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), actor and comedian Eugenio Derbez and producer Flavio Morales. The summit is free and open to the public.
Organizers said that the event will adhere to any modifications per SAG-AFTRA guidelines.
Vinícius Júnior vowed to keep speaking out against racism in world soccer after.
