The movie's cast includes Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale and Alexandra Masangkay.
"The Platform" was first shown on 6 September 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released on Netflix on 20 March 2020.
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia (born 1974) is a Spanish director and producer. He is best known for his first feature movie, 2019's "The Platform" (, ). He has also directed many television advertisements.
Gaztelu-Urrutia was born in Bilbao, Basque Country.
Iván Massagué
Iván Massagué Horta (born 4 September 1976) is a Spanish actor. He is best known worldwide for his role as Goreng in the movie "The Platform" (2019). He has appeared in many television shows such as "7 vidas", "La familia Mata", "El barco" and "Gym Tony". His other movie credits include "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006) and "Pancho, el perro millonario" (2014).
Massagué was born in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Antonia San Juan
Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as Agrado in comedy-drama movie "All About My Mother" (1999) and Imoguiri in the science ficiton-horror movie "The Platform" (2019). She has also appeared in television shows such as "La que se avecina" and "Gym Tony".
San Juan was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. She was married to actor Luis Miguel Seguí from 2009 to 2015. She is an atheist.
Dick Nemelka
Richard Samuel Nemelka (October 1, 1943 – September 19, 2020) was an American professional basketball player for the American Basketball Association (ABA). He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As a college player, he earned All-American honor at Brigham Young University (BYU). He played for the Utah Stars between 1970 to 1971.
Nemelka died on September 19, 2020 in Salt Lake City from cancer, aged 76.
Li Dongying
Li Dongying (; December 14, 1920 - September 22, 2020) was a Chinese metallurgist. He was one of the founders of China's rare metal industry. He was born in Beijing. In December 1980, he co-founded the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) in Beijing. In 1995, he was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
On September 22, 2020, Li died in Beijing at the age of 99.
Zorion Eguileor
Zorion Eguileor (born 15 March 1946) is a Spanish actor, singer and broadcaster. He is best known worldwide for his role as Trimagasi in the movie "The Platform" (2019). His television credits include "Qué grande es el teatro", "Cuéntame cómo pasó", "Mi querido Klikowsky", "La que se avecina", "El tiempo entre costuras" and "Estoy vivo".
Eguileor was born in Mundaka, Basque Country.
Yvette Alloo
Yvette Alloo (21 June 1930 – 23 September 2020) was a Belgian Paralympic table tennis player. She was the first Belgian to win a gold medal at a Paralympic Games. She was born in Brussels, Belgium.
Alloo died on 23 September 2020 in Brussels, aged 90.
Emilio Buale
Ludwig Emilio Buale Coka (born 26 November 1972) is an Equatoguinean-born Spanish actor. He is best known worldwide for his role as Baharat in the movie "The Platform" (2019). He is also known for roles in "Bwana" and "La que se avecina".
Buale was born in Equatorial Guinea and is a Bubi. He moved to Spain at the age of six.
Eric Bransby
Eric James Bransby (October 25, 1916 – September 23, 2020) was an American artist and muralist. He studied and made murals in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He taught at Yale University, Brigham Young University, and University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bransby was born in Auburn, New York.
He turned 100 in October 2016 and died in September 2020 at the age of 103.
Renzo Eusebi
Renzo Eusebi (born 18 April 1946 in Montalto delle Marche) is an Italian painter, sculptor of contemporary art. He is co-founder of the artistic movements of Transvisionismo (1995) and GAD (Dialectical Aniconism Group-1997).
Colette Giudicelli
Colette Giudicelli (24 November 1943 – 24 September 2020) was a French politician. She was a member of the Senate of France from 2008 until her death. She represented the Alpes-Maritimes department. Giudicelli was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party and later of the The Republicans.
She began her political career as city councillor of Menton in 1989. Giudicelli was married to Jean-Claude Guibal, mayor of Menton.
Giudicelli died on 24 September 2020, at the age of 76.
Jean-Claude Guibal
Jean-Claude Guibal (born 13 January 1941) is a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the 4th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department. He is a member of The Republicans. In 1989, he became Mayor of Menton.
Guibal was married to Colette Giudicelli until her death.
Antonio Servillo
Antonio Servillo (born 12 November 1964 in Padua) is an Italian surrealist painter of contemporary art.
Bhutanese animation
Bhutanese animation is animation from Bhutan. It is mostly used to make people aware of relevant social issues, economical issues and political issues or to promote Bhutanese culture. Bhutanese animators and clients believe using animation for public awareness is more effective than brochures and pamphlets. For example, "Ap Naka" was made to tell people about earthquakes.
The Bhutanese animation industry is quite new. Pema Tshering D made the first Bhutanese 3D-animated film, which came out in 2001. His first animation was of a beetle dancing, and his first public awareness animation is "Oye Penjor", which is about AIDS. It took about three months to make, was the first Bhutanese 3D animation, and was made with Druk Vision Studio, which he owns. In 2005, KLK anImagine and Druk Vision Studio, which are major animation studios in Bhutan, were started. KLK anImagine is owned by Kinga Sithup. The first Bhutanese 2D animation is an awareness campaign about rubella that was made by KLK anImagine. It is common for Bhutanese animators to split 10 frames into 25 frames or to animate in 24 frames per second. By 2008, Druk Vision Studio had made about 7 animated films, and KLK anImagine had made about 20 animated films.
The first Bhutanese full-length 3D-animated film is "Ap Bokto", which first came out in September 2014. Ap Bokto was made by Athang Animation Studio, which was started in 2010.
Guitar Crusher
Sidney Selby (July 28, 1931 – September 23, 2020), known as "Guitar Crusher" and formerly as "Bone Crusher", was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The Big Voice from New York". He also played guitar and blues harmonica. Selby was born in Hyde County, North Carolina. He also toured with artists such as Ben E. King, The Drifters and The Isley Brothers.
The rapper Desiigner is his grandson.
Selby died on September 23, 2020 at the age of 89.
Laurie Smith Camp
Laurie Smith Camp (November 28, 1953 – September 23, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. In 2001, she was nominated as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska by President George W. Bush. Camp was born in Omaha, Nebraska. From 2011 to 2018, she became Chief Justice.
Camp died suddenly on September 23, 2020 in Omaha at the age of 66.
Goodpasture syndrome
Goodpasture syndrome (GPS), also known as anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, is a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys. This causes bleeding from the lungs and kidney failure.
Goodpasture syndrome may quickly result in permanent lung and kidney damage, often leading to death.
Robert Bechtle
Robert Bechtle (May 14, 1932 – September 24, 2020) was an American painter. He lived nearly all his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. His art focused on scenes from everyday local life in San Francisco. Bechtle was born in San Francisco.
Bechtle was represented by the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York City, and Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco.