The Ibero-American audiovisual awards will honor the best film and series productions of the year in Spanish and Portuguese with a celebration full of talent and emotion at the Palacio Municipal IFEMA Madrid on April 27.
After four successful editions held in Madrid, this fifth occasion promises to surprise with a memorable celebration in the Spanish capital—a city to which the awards will return in 2027, thanks to a historic agreement that alternates the venue between Madrid and Xcaret Park in the Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo, Mexico).
Twenty-three awards honoring audiovisual productions and professionals, along with a yet-to-be-revealed Honorary PLATINO Award, will bring together the best of the Ibero-American star system for an unforgettable gala.
Madrid, January 29, 2025. – The PLATINO Awards return to Madrid for their twelfth edition. The premier accolades for Spanish- and Portuguese-language audiovisual works will take place on April 27 at the Palacio Municipal IFEMA Madrid, honoring the season’s best Ibero-American productions with 23 awards and an Honorary PLATINO Award.
This marks the fifth time the awards will be held in Madrid, following a successful eleventh edition at Xcaret Park in the Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo, Mexico), where Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) was named Best Feature Film and Barrabrava was named Best Series. The 12th PLATINO Awards continue their successful run in Madrid—a city that first hosted the event in 2017 and subsequently held three unforgettable galas in 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2024, the awards resumed their itinerant nature by returning to the Riviera Maya—which also hosted the ceremony in 2018 and 2019 and is set to host again in 2026. This follows a historic agreement launched in 2024 to alternate host locations between the Community of Madrid and the state of Quintana Roo through 2027, the year the PLATINO Awards will return to the Spanish capital.
THE PLATINO AWARDS: A BENCHMARK IN IBERO-AMERICAN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
After a first decade spent establishing themselves as a platform for visibility and a meeting point for the Ibero-American audiovisual industry, the PLATINO Awards have cemented their status as the premier accolades for Spanish- and Portuguese-language film and series, embarking on a new era of success and consolidation with their most recent edition.
To date, the awards have fostered a shared Ibero-American landscape by honoring productions from fifteen countries and uniting audiovisual and media professionals during “PLATINO Week.” This series of events is specifically designed to showcase the immense cultural value of Ibero-American audiovisual works in the cities hosting the various galas.
Since their inception, the PLATINO Awards have adapted to the evolution of a dynamic, ever-changing industry—introducing categories for series and comedy—and have presented trophies to productions, filmmakers, and performers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Held on April 20, 2024, at the Gran Tlachco Theater in Xcaret, Riviera Maya (Mexico), the PLATINO Awards gala—hosted by Esmeralda Pimentel and Májida Issa—saw Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) take home six awards in the feature film categories (Best Ibero-American Fiction Film, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Actor for Enzo Vogrincic). 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) won four awards (Best Debut Fiction Film, Cinema and Education in Values, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Ane Gabarain), while Robot Dreams secured two (Best Original Score and Best Animated Film). Other winners included Under Therapy (Bajo terapia) for Best Ibero-American Comedy, The Eternal Memory (La memoria infinita) for Best Documentary Film, and El Conde for Best Art Direction, alongside acting wins for José Coronado (Best Supporting Actor for Close Your Eyes / Cerrar los ojos) and Laia Costa (Best Actress for One Love / Un amor). In the series categories, Barrabrava was named Best Fiction Miniseries or TV Series, and Daniel Burman won Best Creator for Iosi, the Regretful Spy (Iosi, el espía arrepentido) Season 2. Two acting awards went to La Mesías (Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series for Lola Dueñas and Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series for Carmen Machi), while Andy Chango (Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Series for Love After Music / El amor después del amor) and Alfredo Castro (Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Series for Allende’s Thousand Days / Los mil días de Allende) claimed the male acting awards.
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