3rd Platino Awards
The 3rd Platino Awards were presented at the Centro de Convenciones in Punta del Este, Uruguay on July 24, 2016 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2015.
Embrace of the Serpent and Ixcanul received the most nominations with eight each one.
Embrace of the Serpent won seven awards including Best Ibero-American Film and Platino Award for Best Director for Ciro Guerra.Major awards
Platino Award for Film and Education Values
- The Second Mother •
Honorary Platino
- Ricardo Darín
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Embrace of the Serpent |
| 8 | Ixcanul |
| 6 | The Club |
| 5 | The Clan |
| 5 | Magallanes |
| 5 | Truman |
| 3 | Retribution |
| 3 | The Bride |
| 2 | The Memory of Water |
| 2 | Paulina |
| 2 | Ma Ma |
The following films received multiple awards:
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Embrace of the Serpent |
