The Forqué 2021 Awards will honor the anonymous heroes of the pandemic this Saturday

This Saturday the audiovisual awards season kicks off with the delivery of the 26 Forqué Awards. On this occasion, and given the current coronavirus pandemic, there will be very little public in the room that will host the event, in order to maximize health security measures and social distancing The red carpet of the gala will have its finalists, personalities such as Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Mario Casas, Kiti Mánver, Pablo Agüero, Salvador Calvo, Raúl Arévalo, Ane Gabarain, Elena Irureta, Álex García, Daniela Santiago, Hovik Keuchkerian, Vicky Luengo, Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, Aitor Gabilondo or Fernando Trueba; Along with them, other prominent names from the aspiring productions such as Susana Abaitua, Milena Smit, Fernando Franco and Ricard Sales. The first to parade through the photocall will be the presenters of this edition, the actors Miguel Ángel Muñoz and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. Like them, the artists Pablo Alborán and Pablo López will perform during the evening, and the comedians Sara Escudero and JJ Vaquero, in charge of adding a touch of humor to the event. The first prizes of the year are here! Do not miss the # Forqué2021, on Saturday at 22 on the 1 of TVE, presented by @miguelamunoz and # AitanaSánchezGijón 😀 pic.twitter.com/Z3xT4R0nE3 – Forqué Awards (@PremiosForque) January 13, 2021 A total of eleven awards where they recognize the best film and series works. Among the most prominent, the best fiction or animated feature film, which will feature the presence of three of the directors of the nominated films: Salvador Calvo for Adú, Pablo Agüero for Akelarre and Pilar Palomero for Las chicas; the fourth film in contention is La Boda de Rosa by Iciar Bollaín.Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña, creators of Anti-riot; Aitor Gabilondo, creator of Patria; and Javier Ambrossi with Javier Calvo, creators of Veneno. All these productions, together with La casa de papel, will fight for this award, which is incorporated into the list for the first time. Recognitions for performances will be another of the most anticipated moments and here, Javier Cámara is one of the great protagonists with double nomination . His work in the feature film Sentimental and his role in Vamos Juan, could give him his first Forqué Award. Along with him will be Mario Casas, nominated for You will not kill who competes in the cinema section, and three of the protagonists of the Riot series: Álex García, Hovik Keuchkerian and Raúl Arévalo, who are competing for the best male performance in a series. Best female film performance will surely have the presence of its winner and will be for one of the four finalist actresses: Andrea Fandos (The girls), Candela Peña (Rosa’s wedding), Kiti Manver (The inconvenience) or Patricia López Arnaiz ( Ane). In series Ane Gabarain and Elena Irureta for Patria, Daniela Santiago for Veneno or Vicky Luengo for Anti-riot will also expect to hear his name from the stalls.In the category of best documentary, all the aspiring filmmakers will attend the gala, Laura Hojman (Antonio Machado. The blue days), Paula Palacios (Wet letters), Luis López Carrasco (The year of the discovery) and Natxo Leuza (The drugs). The same happens in the category of best short film where Begoña Arostegui (Yo), Carlo D’Ursi (Yalla) and Javier Marco (A la cara) will be present at this important audiovisual event.The representation of the works nominated for best Latin American film will be headed by Fernando Trueba. The winner of an Oscar Award is opting for this recognition for his film The Forgetfulness That We Will Be, a film nominated for the Oscar Awards for Colombia, as well as the feature films The Mole Agent, The Theft of the Century and New Order, finally in the category of the Prize for Cinema and Education in Values, the One for all team led by its director David Ilundain and actress Ana Labordeta joins those already confirmed for Adú, Rosa’s wedding and The girls. Tribute to the «anonymous heroes» The Forqué Awards will pay tribute to the “anonymous heroes” during this pandemic. Representatives of essential sectors such as health, supermarket workers, security forces or transporters, will deliver the Forqué Awards together with actors such as Natalia de Molina (winner of a Forqué Award), Javier Amann, Alejandro Speitzer, Nerea Barros, Verónica Echegui, Irene Arcos, Brays Efe, Álvaro Morte, Ana Fernández, Belén Cuesta, or Imanol Arias; Also prominent personalities such as the Olympic double gold athlete Theresa Zabell, the popular engineer and teacher “youtuber” David Calle or the music group Stay Homas are part of the cast of deliveryers. For their part, Fernando Colomo and Beatriz de la Gándara will receive the Medal de Oro, which is delivered ex aequo for the first time. Thus, both filmmakers take the witness of other great figures who have been recognized with this award such as Pedro Masó, Elías Querejeta, Eduardo Ducay, José Luis Borau, Fernando Trueba, Agustín Almodóvar, Santiago Segura, Carlos Saura, José Frade or Gonzalo Suárez.After twenty-five editions, Los Forqué has established itself as one of the most prestigious film awards in the Spanish film industry, for this reason and in an uncertain context, its celebration has a great strategic and vindictive weight. A show of support for the cultural sector that since the beginning of the pandemic has demonstrated its commitment to the safety of all its viewers.EGEDA is the non-profit entity for the management of the rights of audiovisual producers. He created these awards in 1996 with the aim of disseminating the importance of the Spanish audiovisual and film industry, promoting the figure of the producer and awarding each year the best Spanish productions for their technical and artistic values. organized by EGEDA with the participation of the Madrid City Council, the Community of Madrid and RTVE, and has the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and other sponsors such as Mercedes Benz, FIPCA, the Spanish cinema platform FlixOlé and Secuoya Studios, as well as With the authorship of the sculptor Víctor Ochoa as creator of the trophies that will be delivered this coming Saturday night. The gala will be broadcast by La1 de TVE at 10 p.m.