El buen patrón commands at the 27th Prix Forqué

On 11 December, just 11 months after its most recent edition (which was held in January of this year), the ceremony for the 27^th José Maria Forque Film Awards (handed out by EGEDA, an organization that manages Spanish audiovisual producers’ rights) took place, thus enabling it to cement its position as the earliest awards gala in the Spanish audiovisual industry’s calendar. During proceedings on Saturday night, the big winner turned out to be The Good Boss [+lire aussi :
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Thanks to her work in Maixabel, Blanca Portillo picked up the trophy for Best Actress, defeating Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers), Marta Nieto (Out of Sync [+lire aussi :
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The winner in the documentary-feature category, flying in the face of all the predictions (given that the favorite had been Jonas Trueba with Who’s Stopping Us [+lire aussi :
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Actor Javier Camara picked up the Best Actor in a Series Award for Venga Juan [+lire aussi :
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Here is the full list of award winners:

Best Fiction or Animated Film
The Good Boss [+lire aussi :
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Best Actress
Blanca Portillo- Maixabel

Best Actor
Javier Bardem- The Good Boss

Best Documentary Feature
100 days with Tata [+lire aussi :
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Best Short Film
The Invisible Monster – Javier and Guillermo Fesser

Best Latin American Film
Prayers for the Stolen [+lire aussi :
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Film and Values-based Education Award
Maixabel – Iciar Bollain

Best Series
Hierro [+lire aussi :
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Best Actress in a Series
Candela Pena – Hierro

Best Actor in at Series
Javier Camara – Venga Juan [+lire aussi :
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EGEDA Gold Medal
Jose Antonio Felez