Overview

• Plaate received the Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on Saturday.
• In her acceptance, she dedicated the prize to women’s movements in Tucumán, Argentina and worldwide that fought for the real Belén’s freedom.
• Belén is directed by Dolores Fonzi and adapts Ana Correa’s book Somos Belén about a young woman criminalized after a miscarriage in Tucumán.
• Argentina’s film academy confirmed the title as the country’s submission for the Oscars’ international feature race and for Spain’s Goya Awards.
• Fonzi has used the film’s platform to criticize cuts to national cinema support under President Javier Milei, saying resources for filmmaking are depleted.