Oscar 2022: Get to know all the statuettes that Argentina, Mexico and Colombia have won

The 94th edition of the 2022 Oscars organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which will take place this Sunday, March 27, at the traditional Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, is getting closer.

Each nominated artist will walk on the long-awaited red carpet leading up to the event, in order to be recognized by the countless media outlets on the long-awaited night.

The awards ceremony will feature several characters, such as Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner, Chris Rock, Zoë Kravits, Rosie Perez and Youn Yuh- jung.

This ceremony has been a turning point in the careers of various directors, photographers, actresses, actors, musicians, singers, among others. Each nominee is waiting tonight to be able to show themselves as a winner in different categories and thus proudly show this moment in their professional career.

Throughout these 94 editions, thousands of filmmakers stood out who amazed viewers with their great experience, several of them come from countries such as Argentina, Mexico and Colombia, for which they have been awarded the golden Oscar statuette.

After the first edition of the Oscars in 1929, eight Argentines have been awarded a statuette in various categories from 1985 to 2021.

The composer received two awards for Best Soundtrack in 2005. Therefore, he positioned himself with the largest number of statuettes in his country.

Best known for Armando Bó, director and screenwriter in he won the 2015 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film Birdman along with Nicolás Giacobone.

Art director, illustrator and set designer, he won the statuette in 1994 for Best Production Design/Art Direction in the film Restoration.

Director, screenwriter, film and television producer. It won the award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Secret of Their Eyes.

The late pianist, composer and director Bacalov, was twice nominated for an Oscar, however, he was awarded Best Soundtrack only once for the Italian film El Postman.

Film director and screenwriter, he won the Oscar statuette for Best Foreign Film for his first feature film La Historia Oficial, he is also a member and founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was a member of its first board of directors. He is currently President of the National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts.

The audiovisual producer was awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in his production by Lorogama, which was directed by the French Francois Alaux, Hervé de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain.

At the moment, Argentina has 8 Oscar statuettes. This year, according to the newspaper La Nación, Argentine cinema was once again excluded from the award, as the first list of 15 films selected for the competition for the Best International Film Award left out Natalia Meta's El Fugio. Therefore, Argentina has not entered the finalists for the Oscars with national productions since 2015.

Several Mexican filmmakers won the Oscar award on one or more occasions since its first edition in 1929. So here we'll break down the statuette winners and their respective categories from 1949 to 2021.

Alfonso Cuarón is the Mexican filmmaker with the most statuettes won so far, as he has taken home 5 awards in the main categories, these were:

Best Director and Editing for Gravity in 2013

Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film for Rome in 2018.

The filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, broadcaster and composer won the statuette four times, positioning it as the second Mexican with the most Oscar awards so far, which have been for:

Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay with Birdman in 2014

Best Director with El Renacido in 2015

Director, producer and photographer, better known as El Chivo Lubezki, has given Mexico 3 statuettes in the Best Cinematography category for Gravity, Birdman and El Renacido.

Director, screenwriter, producer and novelist, he won two Oscar statuettes, both for the renowned film The Shape of Water for Best Film and Best Director in 2017 .

Manuel Antonio, better known as Anthony Quinn, was an actor and film director, who won two Oscars in the category of Best Supporting Actor for ¡Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Greed for Life in 1956.

The film producer twice won the Oscar Award for Best Short Documentary for Sentinels of Silence in 1972 and Best Live Action Short Film.

German-Mexican production designer, who won the statuette for Best Production Design in 2000 for the film Amor Rojo.

The art director won the Oscar award for Best Production Design.

The production designer and art director won the award for Best Production Design for the film The Labyrinth of the Faun in 2007.

The cinematographer won the statuette for Best Photography in 2006 for the Labyrinth of the Pan.

Mexican-Kenyan actress, she rose to fame with her role as Patsey in the film 12 Years of Slavery, for which she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2014.

The filmmaker won the award in 2021 in the category of Best Sound for Metal Sound.

He was the first Mexican to win an Oscar for his outstanding work as Art Director in the film La Heredera in 1949.

Mexico today contains 26 statuettes, it also seeks to add more awards in this edition since, Guillermo del Toro and Carlos López Estrada, will be competing for the Oscar in categories such as Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Costumes.

To date, Colombia has not received awards at the Oscars, however it has been nominated on several occasions. However, several films in the country have been recognized in the Students Academy Awards, which are awarded annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences to the best film productions made by university students.

The Student Academy Awards have been held annually since 1973 and award university work in the categories of Best Dramatic and Alternative Documentary Animation. Therefore, being a special addition to the Academy Awards, it does not award a statuette, but gold, silver and bronze medals, such as a sports competition.

As is the case with Patricia Cardoso, who in 1996 was the first Colombian to win the aforementioned award with the Short Film The Kingdom of Heavens, for which she won the gold medal in the category in which her production was nominated.

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