2010 Premios Sur from Argentina - winners

The Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina) announced their Premios Sur (literally "South Awards") for film. Leading the field was Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat's drama El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door) which won six of its nine nominations, taking Best Picture, Director, Actor and Breakthrough Actor (both to veteran television actor Daniel Aráoz in his film debut), Original Screenplay and Music.

Pablo Trapero’s Carancho had led with eleven nominations but surprisingly it went home empty-handed. Carancho had earlier been selected by the Academy to compete as Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. Last year, Argentina's entry El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) by Juan Jose Campanella won the Best Foreign Film Oscar.

Daniel Burman's Dos hermanos (Brother and Sister) also went home without any awards after receiving the same number of nominations (nine) as El hombre de al lado.

El mural (The Mural) about the José David Alfaro Siqueiros mural "Ejercicio Plastico" currently on display at the Casa Rosada museum was also a big winner, taking home five technical awards for Cinematographer, Editor, Art Director, Costume and Makeup.  

Igualita a mí (Just Like Me) by Diego Kaplan won two awards in the categories of Best Supporting Actress (Claudia Fontán) and Best Sound (José Luis Díaz). Miguel Cohan's Sin retorno (No Return) also won two awards for Best First Feature and Best Supporting Actor (Martín Slipak).

The Best Documentary was Un fueguito, la historia de César Milstein (A little fire, the story of César Milstein) about the Nobel prize-winning biochemist.

The ceremony took place at the Espacio Incaa KM0 Cine Gaumont and was hosted by Mark Mundstock and Daniel Rabinovich, the group Les Luthiers.
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Complete list of winners for the 2010 Premios Sur

Best Picture
El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door), Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat

Debut Film
Sin retorno (No Return), Miguel Cohan

Documentary
Un fueguito, la historia de César Milstein (A little fire, the story of César Milstein), Ana Fraile

Director:
Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat, El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door)

Lead Actress
Erica Rivas, Por tu culpa (It's Your Fault)

Lead Actor
Daniel Aráoz, El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door)

Supporting Actress
Claudia Fontán, Igualita a mí (Just Like Me)

Supporting Actor
Martín Slipak, Sin retorno (No Return)

Actress Revelation
Julieta Zylberberg, La mirada invisible (The Invisible Eye)

Actor Revelation
Daniel Aráoz, El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door)

Original Screenplay
Andrés Duprat, El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door)

Adapted Screenplay
Roberto Fontanarrosa-Rodrigo Grande, Cuestión de principios (A Matter of Principle)

Cinematographer
Félix "Chango" Monti, El mural (The Mural)

Editor
Marcela Sáenz, El mural (The Mural)

Art Director
Emilio Basaldúa, El mural (The Mural)

Costume Designer
Graciela Galán, El mural (The Mural)

Makeup and characterization
Beatuska Stanislaw, El mural (The Mural)

Music 
Sergio Pángaro, El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door)

Sound
José Luis Díaz, Igualita a mí (Just Like Me)

Foreign Film
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke (Germany)