11th Pedro Sienna Awards explained

Number:11
Award:Pedro Sienna Awards
Date:August 5, 2017
Site:Municipal Theatre, Chillán
Host:Daniela Vega
Matías Assler
Best Picture:Much Ado About Nothing Rara
Best Actor:Sergio Hernández
Best Actor Film:You'll Never Be Alone
Best Actress:Paulina Urrutia
Best Actress Film:Chameleon
Most Wins:Neruda (5)
Most Nominations:Chameleon (11)
Last:10th
Next:12th

The 11th Pedro Sienna Awards were presented at the Municipal Theatre in Chillán on August 5, 2017 given by the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA) to honour the best in Chilean films of 2017. Daniela Vega and Matías Assler hosted the ceremony.[1]

The nominees were announced on July 19, 2017.[2] Chameleon led the nominations with eleven including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress twice, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay, followed by Much Ado About Nothing with nine nominations.

Much Ado About Nothing won Best Film, as well as Best Screenplay. Rara won Best Film too. Neruda won the most awards with five. Jorge Riquelme won Best Director for Chameleon.

Winners and Nominees

Best PictureBest Director
Best ActressBest Actor
  • Paulina Urrutia – Chameleon as Paulina
    • Paulina Moreno – 7 semanas as Camila
    • Paula Zuñiga – Chameleon as Paula
Best Supporting ActressBest Supporting Actor
Best ScreenplayBest Original Score
Best Documentary FilmBest Documentary Short Film
  • Quilapayún, más allá de la canción
  • Atrapados en Japón
  • Te Kuhane o Te Tupuna (El espíritu de los ancestros)
  • Yo no soy de aquí
  • Hemos estado peor
  • Materia prima
Best Short FilmBest Animated Short Film
  • Y todo el cielo cupo en el ojo de la vaca muerta
  • Cazador
  • Non Castus
  • Cantar con sentido
  • W.A.R.F.
Best Art DirectionBest Cinemaography
Best Make-UpBest Costume Design
  • Neruda - Margarita Marchi
  • Chameleon - Patricia Figueroa
  • Un caballo llamado Elefante - Michelle Cervera
  • Neruda - Muriel Parra
  • Chameleon - Patricia Figueroa
  • Un caballo llamado Elefante - Carolina Espina
Best EditingBest Special Effects
  • Much Ado About Nothing - Alejandro Fernández and Soledad Salfate
  • Chameleon - Valeria Hernández and Jorge Riquelme
  • El primero de la familia - Macarena Yurjevic
  • Un caballo llamado Elefante - Raúl Prado
  • Chameleon - Margarita Marchi
  • Neruda - Tomás Roca

Honorary Award

Films by number of nominations and awards

Films by number of nominations
FilmNominations
Chameleon11
Much Ado About Nothing9
Neruda6
You'll Never Be Alone4
Rara3
El primero de la familia
Un caballo llamado Elefante
Films by number of awards
FilmAwards
Neruda5
Chameleon3
Much Ado About Nothing
Rara2
You'll Never Be Alone1
El caballo llamado Elefante

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: De protagonizar "Una mujer fantástica" a debutar como animadora: los nuevos pasos de Daniela Vega . T13 . es.
  2. News: La ópera prima “Camaleón” se impone en las nominaciones a los Premios Pedro Sienna 2017 . El Mostrador . es.