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Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Kinds of Kindness’ among first titles announced for Mediterrane Film Festival sophomore edition

Event to be held between June 22 and 30

Veteran director Mike Leigh will be honored at Malta's Mediterrane Film Festival with its Career Achievement Golden Bee Award.

The event will take place in Valletta between June 22 and 30

J.A. Bayona’s Netflix epic Society of the Snow swept Saturday night’s Platino Awards, picking up a total of six trophies including the top award of the night for best Ibero-American fiction film. Bayona’s film follows the tragic events that take place after Uruguayan Air Force flight 571, chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, …

Platino Awards took place at the El Gran Tlachco theater in Xcaret Park, Riviera Maya.

The story deals with the now famous plane disaster from 1972, in which a Uruguayan plane carrying young rugby players crashed into the Andes during the flight to Chile

J. A. Bayona’s harrowing 1972 Andean plane crash tale scored 13 statuettes across multiple categories, including ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Special Effects;’ ‘Best Animation Film’ went to Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams.’

Valladolid, Spain, Feb 10 (EFE).- “Society of the Snow,” Juan Antonio Bayona’s film about the 1972 Andes plane crash, swept Saturday night’s 38th Goya Awards for Spanish cinema, taking home 12 gongs, including best picture and best director. On a night marked by solidarity with women affected by sexual violence and criticism of the political …

Society of the Snow movie review: Sensitively directed by JA Bayona, Netflix's epic survival drama adds a human touch to a harrowing true story.