Platino Awards: Spain Dominates With ‘20,000 Species Of Bees’ & J. A. Bayona’s ‘Society Of The Snow’ Taking Top Honors

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Spain’s ‘Society of the Snow,’ ‘20,000 Species of Bees’ Sweep the Platino Awards

In a triumphant night for Spain, J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-nominated “Society of the Snow” swept the top prizes at Platino Xcaret, named after the venue of the annual Platino Awards this year, which took place at the Xcaret Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Argentina cinema’s plight, exacerbated by far-right president Javier Milei’s closure of its film institute, INCAA, was also on many people’s minds. Citing veteran Argentine filmmaker Adolfo Arista…