Platino Awards

Platino Awards
Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
Country Ibero-America
Presented by Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA), Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA)
First awarded April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05)
Website premiosplatino.com

The Platino Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano, are Ibero-America's annual film awards.[1]

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 around the end of 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.[2]

History

To reward the best Ibero-American films of each year, the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) along with the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA) 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 14 categories, excluding the Platino de Honor, with a maximum of five candidates for each from the II Edition (having been 7 candidates for the Best Film Award on the I Edition).[3]

Current categories

  • Best Ibero-American Film
  • Best Director
  • Platino Award for Best Actor
  • Platino Award for Best Actress
  • Platino Award for Best Screenplay
  • Platino Award for Best Cinematography
  • Platino Award for Best Editing
  • Platino Award for Best Original Score
  • Platino Award for Best Art Direction
  • Platino Award for Best Sound
  • Platino Award for Best Animated Film
  • Platino Award for Best Documentary
  • Platino Award for Best Ibero-American First Film
  • Platino Award for Film and Education Values
  • Platino Award for Best Miniseries or TV series
  • Honorary Platino Award

Discontinued categories

  • Platino Award for Best Ibero-American Co-Production

Award ceremonies

The following is a listing of all Platino Awards ceremonies since 2014.

Ceremony Date Best Picture winner Winner Country Host(s) Venue Country
1st Platino Awards April 5, 2014 Gloria  Chile Alessandra Rosaldo, Juan Carlos Arciniegas Teatro Anayasi, Panama City  Panama
2nd Platino Awards July 18, 2015 Wild Tales  Argentina Alessandra Rosaldo, Imanol Arias, Juan Carlos Arciniegas Starlite Auditorio, Marbella  Spain
3rd Platino Awards July 24, 2016 Embrace of the Serpent  Colombia Natalia Oreiro, Santiago Segura, Adal Ramones Centro de Convenciones, Punta del Este  Uruguay
4th Platino Awards July 22, 2017 The Distinguished Citizen  Argentina Carlos Latre, Natalia Oreiro Caja Mágica, Madrid  Spain
5th Platino Awards 2018 TBA TBA TBA Riviera Maya  Mexico

Countries

The countries that are allowed to submit their national films for consideration are the following:[4]

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

Multiple wins

Films with two or more awards.

8 wins
7 wins
4 wins
3 wins
2 wins

Multiple nominations

Films with four or more nominations.

10 nominations
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Premios Platino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Trofeo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Los Premios III Edición" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Peliculas III Edición" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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