8th Platino Awards
Date3 October 2021 (2021-10-03)
SiteIFEMA Palacio Municipal, Madrid, Spain
Hosted byJuana Acosta & Luis Gerardo Méndez
Highlights
Best FilmForgotten We'll Be
Honorary AwardDiego Luna
Most awards
Most nominations
Television coverage
NetworkRTVE Play,[1] TNT,[2] Trece[3]

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.

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

Television

Platino Honorary Award

Main article: Platino Honorary Award

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

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  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.
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  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. ^ a b Belinchón, Gregorio (3 October 2021). "'El olvido que seremos' y 'Patria' triunfan en los Premios Platino del audiovisual iberoamericano". El País.
  9. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "» 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. ^ a b "'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. ^ a b 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.

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