11th Pedro Sienna Awards

11th Pedro Sienna Awards
Date	August 5, 2017
Site	Municipal Theatre, Chillán
Hosted by	Daniela Vega Matías Assler
Highlights
Best Picture	Much Ado About Nothing Rara
Best Actor	Sergio Hernández You'll Never Be Alone
Best Actress	Paulina Urrutia Chameleon
Most awards	Neruda (5)
Most nominations	Chameleon (11)

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.

The nominees were announced on July 19, 2017. 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 Picture	Best Director
Much Ado About Nothing Rara Chameleon	Jorge Riquelme – Chameleon Alejandro Fernández Almendras – Much Ado About Nothing María José San Martín – Rara
Best Actress	Best Actor
Paulina Urrutia – Chameleon as Paulina Paulina Moreno – 7 semanas as Camila Paula Zuñiga – Chameleon as Paula	Sergio Hernández – You'll Never Be Alone as Juan Gastón Salgado – Chameleon as Gastón Agustín Silva – Much Ado About Nothing as Vicente
Best Supporting Actress	Best Supporting Actor
Mariana Loyola – Rara as Paula Paulina García – Much Ado About Nothing as Roxana Francisca Vidal – La mujer de la esclavina as Alicia	Roberto Farías – Neruda as Singer Alejandro Sieveking – Fragmentos de Lucía as Emilio Alejandro Goic – Much Ado About Nothing as Uncle Julio
Best Screenplay	Best Original Score
Much Ado About Nothing - Alejandro Fernández and Jerónimo Rodríguez Chameleon - Jorge Riquelme El primero en la familia - Carlos Leiva	Chameleon - Carlos Cabezas Much Ado About Nothing - Domingo García Huidobro You'll Never Be Alone - Álex Anwandter
Best Documentary Film	Best 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 Film	Best 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 Direction	Best Cinemaography
Neruda - Estefanía Larraín El primero de la familia - Ignacio Ruiz You'll Never Be Alone - Andrea Contreras	Neruda - Sergio Armstrong Much Ado About Nothing - Inti Briones You'll Never Be Alone - Matías Illanes
Best Make-Up	Best 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 Editing	Best 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

• Jacqueline Mouesca

Films by number of nominations and awards

Films by number of nominations

Film	Nominations
Chameleon	11
Much Ado About Nothing	9
Neruda	6
You'll Never Be Alone	4
Rara	3
El primero de la familia
Un caballo llamado Elefante

Films by number of awards

Film	Awards
Neruda	5
Chameleon	3
Much Ado About Nothing
Rara	2
You'll Never Be Alone	1
El caballo llamado Elefante

External links

• Official site