8th Platino Awards

The 8th Platino Awards recognized excellence in the Ibero-American audiovisual industry, presented by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA). The ceremony took place at the IFEMA Palacio Municipal in Madrid, Spain on 3 October 2021,^[4][5] at 19:00 UTC.

8th Platino Awards
Date	3 October 2021 (2021-10-03)
Site	IFEMA Palacio Municipal, Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	Juana Acosta & Luis Gerardo Méndez
Highlights
Best Film	Forgotten We'll Be
Honorary Award	Diego Luna
Most awards	Film: Forgotten We'll Be (5) Television: Patria (4)
Most nominations	Film: La llorona (11) Television: Patria (5)
Television coverage
Network	RTVE Play,[1] TNT,[2] Trece[3]
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The biggest winner of the night was the Colombian film Forgotten We'll Be with five awards (including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director), whereas the Spanish limited television miniseries Patria was the most successful miniseries or TV series, winning four awards.^[6][7][8] The Platino Honorary Award was handed to Mexican actor Diego Luna.^[8]

Background

Event at which the final nominations were presented on 19 July 2021.

The list of pre-selections was disclosed on 6 May 2021.^[9] The 8th awards added new categories both in film and television, Best Series Creator, Best Supporting Actor in Film and Best Supporting Actress in Film.^[9][4]

The film pre-selection had a 8% of titles from Mexico, followed by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain and Portugal (with a 7% each). Regarding the television series, a 18% of titles were from Spain, followed by Mexico (14%), Argentina (12%) and Colombia (11%).^[10][11]

Pending the final nominations, the shortlist of candidates (20 per category) was revealed on 11 June 2021.^[12]

The nominations were announced on 19 July 2021 from the Madrid Town Hall by actresses Belén Rueda and Paulina García, director Manolo Caro and presenter Elena Sánchez.^[13][14] Miquel Iceta, Enrique Cerezo, Rebeca Grynspan, Marta Rivera, José Luis Martínez-Almeida and Adrián Solar also attended the event.^[13] The "Ibero–American Hymn" composed by Lucas Vidal was presented at the event, commemorating the Day of Ibero–America (19 July).^[15] Regarding the film section, the Colombian film Forgotten We'll Be and the Guatemalan film La llorona obtained the most nominations (11).^[13][16] The Spanish series Patria was the television series with the most nominations (5).^[16] The official poster was designed by Javier Mariscal.^[17]

On 29 September 2021, the organization reported the acts of Ara Malikian, Becky G, Carlos Baute, Natalia Oreiro, Juan Magán, Pedro Capó and Sara Baras in the event,^[18] to be presented by Juana Acosta and Luis Gerardo Méndez.^[19]

The IB Public's Choice Platino Awards were handed at The Westin Palace Madrid on 2 October,^[20] before the night ceremony at the IFEMA Palacio Municipal on 3 October. They were awarded to Manolo Caro's Someone Has to Die (Best Series), Álvaro Morte (Best TV Actor for Money Heist), María Mercedes Coroy (Best Film Actress for La llorona), Diego Peretti (Best Film Actor for The Heist of the Century) and Cecilia Suárez (Best TV Actress for The House of Flowers).^[20][21]

Categories

Best Director winner, Fernando Trueba.

Best Actor in Film winner, Javier Camara

Best Actress in Film winner, Candela Peña.

Best Supporting Actor in Film winner, Alfredo Castro.

Best Supporting Actress in Film winner, Nathalie Poza.

Best Actress in a Series winner, Elena Irureta.

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Christian Tappan.

Honorary Award recipient, Diego Luna.

Film

Best Ibero-American Film Forgotten We'll Be La Llorona Schoolgirls New Order	Best Director Fernando Trueba — Forgotten We'll Be Icíar Bollaín — Rosa's Wedding Jayro Bustamante — La Llorona Michel Franco — New Order
Best Actor Javier Cámara — Forgotten We'll Be as Héctor Abad Gómez Miguel Ángel Solá — The Crimes That Bind as Ignacio Arrieta Diego Peretti — The Heist of the Century as Fernando Araujo Alfredo Castro — My Tender Matador as "La loca del frente"	Best Actress Candela Peña — Rosa's Wedding as Rosa María Mercedes Coroy — La llorona as Alma Valeria Lois — Las siamesas [es] as Stella Regina Casé — Three Summers as Madalena dos Santos Marins
Best Supporting Actor Alfredo Castro — The Prince as "The Stallion" Julio Díaz — La Llorona as Enrique Monteverde Jorge Román — Killing the Dead as Mario Diego Boneta — New Order as Daniel	Best Supporting Actress Nathalie Poza — Rosa's Wedding as Violeta Yanina Ávila — The Crimes That Bind as Gladys Pereyra Kami Zea — Forgotten We'll Be as Marta Sabrina de la Hoz — La Llorona as Natalia
Best Screenplay Forgotten We'll Be — David Trueba The Crimes That Bind — Sebastián Schindel [es], Pablo Del Teso La Llorona — Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sánchez Schoolgirls — Pilar Palomero	Best Original Score Coven — Maite Arroitajauregi [es], Aránzazu Calleja [es] Song Without a Name — Pauchi Sasaki [es] Forgotten We'll Be — Zbigniew Preisner La Llorona — Pascual Reyes [es]
Best Animated Film Turu, the Wacky Hen El camino de Xico O pergaminho vermelho A Costume for Nicholas	Best Documentary The Mole Agent Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Cartas mojadas The Year of the Discovery
Best Cinematography La Llorona — Nicolás Wong Coven — Javier Agirre Erauso [es] Forgotten We'll Be — Sergio Iván Castaño Schoolgirls — Daniela Cajías	Best Art Direction Forgotten We'll Be — Diego López Coven — Mikel Serrano La Llorona — Sebastián Muñoz Schoolgirls — Mónica Bernuy
Best Editing La Llorona — Gustavo Matheu, Jayro Bustamante Forgotten We'll Be — Marta Velasco Schoolgirls — Sofi Escudé I'm No Longer Here — Yibrán Asuad, Fernando Frías de la Parra [es]	Best Sound La Llorona — Eduardo Cáceres Coven — Urko Garai, J. Rodríguez, Frédéric Hamelin, L. De Loredo Forgotten We'll Be — Eduardo Castro, Octavio Rojas I'm No Longer Here — Javier Umpierrez, Yuri Laguna, Olaitan Agueh, Michelle Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht
Best Ibero-American Debut Film Schoolgirls — Pilar Palomero Song Without a Name — Melina León Kill Pinochet — Juan Ignacio Sabatini [es] Killing the Dead — Hugo Giménez	Film and Education Values The Mole Agent Adú Forgotten We'll Be Our Mothers

Television

Best Ibero-American Miniseries or TV series Patria Someone Has To Die Riot Police The Great Heist	Best Series Creator Aitor Gabilondo — Patria Álex de la Iglesia — 30 Monedas Rodrigo Sorogoyen & Isabel Peña — Riot Police Álex Pina — Money Heist
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV series Andrés Parra — The Great Heist as Roberto Lozano "Chayo" Eduard Fernández — 30 Monedas as Father Manuel Vergara Alejandro Speitzer — Someone Has To Die as Gabino Falcón Álvaro Morte — Money Heist as Sergio Marquina (The Professor) / Salvador "Salva" Martín	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV series Elena Irureta — Patria as Bittori Inma Cuesta — The Mess You Leave Behind as Raquel Valero Marcela Benjumea [es] — The Great Heist as "Doña K" Cecilia Suárez — The House of Flowers as Paulina de la Mora
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV series Christian Tappan — The Great Heist as Jaime Molina "El Abogado" Ernesto Alterio — Someone Has To Die as Gregorio Falcón Patrick Criado — Riot Police as Rubén Murillo Rodrigo de la Serna — Money Heist as Martín Berrote (Palermo / The Engineer)	Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV series Loreto Mauleón — Patria as Arantxa Garmendia Uzkudun Ester Expósito — Someone Has To Die as Cayetana Aldama Najwa Nimri — Money Heist as Alicia Sierra Susana Abaitua — Patria as Nerea Lertxundi

Platino Honorary Award

Main article: Platino Honorary Award

• Diego Luna^[22]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
11	Forgotten We'll Be
	La Llorona
6	Schoolgirls
4	Coven
3	New Order
	Rosa's Wedding
	The Crimes That Bind
2	Killing the Dead
	Song Without a Name
	The Mole Agent
	I'm No Longer Here

The following films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
5	Forgotten We'll Be
3	La Llorona
2	Rosa's Wedding
	The Mole Agent

Series with multiple nominations and awards

The following series and miniseries received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Series
5	Patria
4	Someone Has to Die
	The Great Heist
	Money Heist
3	Riot Police
2	30 Monedas

The following series and miniseries received multiple awards:

Awards	Series
4	Patria
2	The Great Heist

References

1. "VIII Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano. RTVE Play y La 1 ofrecen los Premios Platino". RTVE. 1 October 2021.
2. "TNT y TNT Series transmiten este domingo los Premios Platino 2021 al Cine y Audiovisual Iberoamericano". TV en serio. 30 September 2021.
3. "¡Presentes una vez más en los Premios Platino con el Trece!". Trece. 27 September 2021.
4. "La octava edición de los Premios Platino tendrá lugar en Madrid en octubre". La Vanguardia. 21 May 2021.
5. "La gala de los VIII Premios Platino se celebrará el 3 de octubre en Madrid". Panorama Audiovisual. 21 May 2021.
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7. Zimerman, Gaspar (3 October 2021). "La película "El olvido que seremos" fue la gran ganadora de los Premios Platino 2021". Clarín.
8. Belinchón, Gregorio (3 October 2021). "'El olvido que seremos' y 'Patria' triunfan en los Premios Platino del audiovisual iberoamericano". El País.
9. "Los Premios Platino serán presenciales y anuncian la lista larga con protagonismo en cine para 'Las niñas', 'Akelarre', 'La boda de Rosa' y 'Adú'". Audiovisual451. 6 May 2021.
10. "Los VIII Premios Platino se celebrarán en octubre de forma presencial". Infobae. 6 May 2021.
11. "'Las Niñas' y 'Akelarre', entre las candidatas españolas a la VIII Edición de Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamerino". Europa Press. 6 May 2021.
12. "Los Premios Platino dan a conocer su shortlist de candidatas". Todo TV News. 11 June 2021.
13. "» Noticias » Cultura Cine 'El olvido que seremos' y 'La llorona' lideran las nominaciones a los Premios Platino". RTVE. 18 July 2021.
14. "Más de 140 películas y series de televisión optan a los Premios Platino". EFE (in Spanish). 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
15. ""El olvido que seremos" y "La llorona" lideran los Premios Platino". El Confidencial. 19 July 2021.
16. "'El olvido que seremos' y 'Patria' encabezan las nominaciones a los Premios Platino". Cadena SER. 19 July 2021.
17. "Javier Mariscal diseña el cartel de la VIII Edición de los 'Premios Platino'". Europa Press. 1 September 2021.
18. "Becky G, Carlos Baute y Sara Baras, en la gala de los VIII Premios Platino". EFE. 29 September 2021.
19. "Natalia Oreiro, Carlos Baute y Becky G. pondrán música a los premios Platino". Télam. 29 September 2021.
20. Criollo, Fernando (2 October 2021). "El público tiene sus favoritos en los Premios Platino". El Comercio.
21. "Obtienen Cecilia suárez y Manolo Caro Premio Platino del Público". Zocalo.com. 3 October 2021.
22. "El actor Diego Luna recibirá el Premio Platino de Honor el 3 de octubre en Madrid". Europa Press. 6 September 2021.

External links

• Official website