Platino Award for Best Ibero-American Film

The Platino Award for Best Ibero-American Picture (Spanish: Premio Platino a la mejor película iberoamericana) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards, presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA). It was first given in 2014, with Sebastian Lelio's drama film Gloria being the inaugural winner.

Platino Award
for Best Ibero-American Film
CountryIbero-America
Presented byEntidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA), Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA)
Currently held bySociety of the Snow (2024)
Websitepremiosplatino.com

Two of the winners in the category have also won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (Roma and A Fantastic Woman), additionally, winners Wild Tales, Embrace of the Serpent, Pain and Glory, Argentina, 1985 and Society of the Snow were nominated for the same award.

Argentina and Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with three victories each (Wild Tales, The Distinguished Citizen and Argentina, 1985 for Argentina; and Pain and Glory, The Good Boss and Society of the Snow for Spain). Spain is the most nominated country with eighteen Spanish productions being nominated for the category.

In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

Awards and nominations

2010s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry
2014
(1st)
GloriaSebastián Lelio  Chile
HeliAmat Escalante  Mexico
The Golden DreamLa jaula de oroDiego Quemada-Díez
Witching & BitchingLas brujas de ZugarramurdiÁlex de la Iglesia  Spain
Living Is Easy with Eyes ClosedVivir es fácil con los ojos cerradosDavid Trueba
The German DoctorWakoldaLucía Puenzo  Argentina
RoaAndrés Baiz  Colombia
2015
(2nd)
Wild TalesRelatos salvajesDamián Szifron  Argentina
BehaviorConductaErnesto Daranas  Cuba
MarshlandLa isla mínimaAlberto Rodríguez Librero  Spain
Mr. KaplanÁlvaro Brechner  Uruguay
Bad HairPelo maloMariana Rondón  Venezuela
2016
(3rd)
Embrace of the SerpentEl abrazo de la serpienteCiro Guerra  Colombia
The ClanEl ClanPablo Trapero  Argentina
The ClubEl ClubPablo Larraín  Chile
IxcanulJayro Bustamante  Guatemala
TrumanCesc Gay  Spain
2017
(4th)
The Distinguished CitizenEl ciudadano ilustreGastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn  Argentina
AquariusKleber Mendonça Filho  Brazil
Smoke & MirrorsEl hombre de las mil carasAlberto Rodríguez  Spain
JulietaPedro Almodóvar
NerudaPablo Larraín  Chile
2018
(5th)
A Fantastic WomanUna mujer fantásticaSebastián Lelio  Chile
Last Days in HavanaÚltimos días en La HabanaFernando Pérez  Cuba
The BookshopLa libreríaIsabel Coixet  Spain
The SummitLa cordilleraSantiago Mitre  Argentina
ZamaLucrecia Martel
2019
(6th)
RomaAlfonso Cuarón  Mexico
ChampionsCampeonesJavier Fesser  Spain
A Twelve-Year NightLa noche de 12 AñosÁlvaro Brechner  Uruguay
Birds of PassagePájaros de VeranoCiro Guerra & Cristina Gallego  Colombia

2020s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry
2020
(7th)
Pain and GloryDolor y gloriaPedro Almodóvar  Spain
The Invisible Life of Eurídice GusmãoA vida invisívelKarim Aïnouz  Brazil
MonosAlejandro Landes  Colombia
The Endless TrenchLa trinchera infinitaJon Garaño, Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari Goenaga  Spain
2021
(8th)
[1]
Forgotten We'll BeEl olvido que seremosFernando Trueba  Colombia
La LloronaJayro Bustamante  Guatemala
SchoolgirlsLas niñasPilar Palomero  Spain
New OrderNuevo OrdenMichel Franco  Mexico
2022
(9th)
[2][3]
The Good BossEl buen patrónFernando León de Aranoa  Spain
Prayers for the StolenNoche de fuegoTatiana Huezo  Mexico
Parallel MothersMadres paralelasPedro Almodóvar  Spain
MaixabelIcíar Bollaín
2023
(10th)
[4][5]
Argentina, 1985Santiago Mitre  Argentina
AlcarràsCarla Simón  Spain
The BeastsAs bestasRodrigo Sorogoyen
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsBardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdadesAlejandro González Iñarritu  Mexico
2024
(11th)
[6][7]
Society of the SnowLa sociedad de la nieveJ. A. Bayona  Spain
Close Your EyesCerrar los ojosVíctor Erice  Spain
The DelinquentsLos delincuentesRodrigo Moreno  Argentina
TótemLila Avilés  Mexico

Awards by nation

CountryAwards

(as of 2024)

Nominations

(as of 2024)

 Spain318
 Argentina38
 Colombia25
 Chile24
 Mexico17
 Guatemala02
 Uruguay02
 Cuba02
 Venezuela01
 Brazil02

See also

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