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La hija oscura y Claroscuro vencen en los premios Spirit

07/03/2022 - Las coproducciones euro-estadounindenses triunfan en categorías principales de los premios del cine independiente americano, mientras el maltés Alex Camilleri se hace con el premio Someone to Watch

Los productores de La hija oscura con la directora de la película, Maggie Gyllenhaal, recogen su premio a la Mejor película (© Film Independent)

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The 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards took place on Sunday 6 March in Los Angeles. After having announced their nominees (which not only included the usual US-European co-productions in the English language, but also a number of 100% European productions - see the news), the awards highlighted some European talent.

Despite the fact that European productions like Jonas Carpignano’s A Chiara [+lee también:
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On top of this, the main victor of the night was the US-European co-production The Lost Daughter [+lee también:
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As for the Best International Film category, the juggernaut Drive My Car by Japan’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi ended up taking home the crown, beating a number of European contenders: Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers [+lee también:
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