Platino Awards


The Platino Awards, known in Spanish as Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano, are Ibero-America's annual film awards.
The awards were established in 2013, and the first awards ceremony took place on April 5, 2014 at the Teatro Anayasi, Panama City. The ceremony continues to take place annually between April and July, and awards are given to films produced during the previous year.
The award itself is a platinum figure with the shape of a woman offering the world with Latin America´s map on the center, it was created by designer Javier Mariscal.

History

To reward the best Ibero-American films of each year, the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales along with the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales decided to create the Platino Awards. The inaugural ceremony took place on April 5, 2014 at the Anayasi theatre in Panama City. The Awards were created as a window to show and promote Ibero-America´s cinematography around the world.

Awards

The awards are currently delivered in 13 categories, excluding the Platino de Honor, with a maximum of four candidates for each from the VI Edition.

Current categories

The following is a listing of all Platino Awards ceremonies since 2014.
CeremonyDateBest Picture winnerWinner CountryHostVenueCountry
1st Platino AwardsApril 5, 2014GloriaAlessandra Rosaldo, Juan Carlos ArciniegasTeatro Anayasi, Panama City
2nd Platino AwardsJuly 18, 2015Wild TalesAlessandra Rosaldo, Imanol Arias, Juan Carlos ArciniegasStarlite Auditorio, Marbella
3rd Platino AwardsJuly 24, 2016Embrace of the SerpentNatalia Oreiro, Santiago Segura, Adal RamonesCentro de Convenciones, Punta del Este
4th Platino AwardsJuly 22, 2017The Distinguished CitizenCarlos Latre, Natalia OreiroCaja Mágica, Madrid
5th Platino AwardsApril 29, 2018A Fantastic WomanEugenio DerbezGran Tlachco Theater, Riviera Maya
6th Platino AwardsMay 12, 2019RomaCecilia Suárez, Santiago SeguraGran Tlachco Theater, Riviera Maya
7th Platino AwardsJune 29, 2020Pain and GloryMajida Issa, Omar Chaparro, Juan Carlos Arciniegas

Countries

The countries that are allowed to submit their national films for consideration are the following:

Trivia

"Big Five" winners and nominees

Winners

No film has won the awards for Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay yet.

Nominees

;Four awards won
;One award won
Films with two or more awards.
;8 wins
;7 wins
;5 wins
;4 wins
;3 wins
;2 wins
Films with four or more nominations.
;10 nominations
;9 nominations
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations