# 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, 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. The Platino Honorary Award was handed to Mexican actor Diego Luna.

## Background

The list of pre-selections was disclosed on 6 May 2021. 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.
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%).
Pending the final nominations, the shortlist of candidates (20 per category) was revealed on 11 June 2021.
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. Miquel Iceta, Enrique Cerezo, Rebeca Grynspan, Marta Rivera, José Luis Martínez-Almeida and Adrián Solar also attended the event. The "Ibero–American Hymn" composed by Lucas Vidal was presented at the event, commemorating the Day of Ibero–America (19 July). Regarding the film section, the Colombian film Forgotten We'll Be and the Guatemalan film La llorona obtained the most nominations (11). The Spanish series Patria was the television series with the most nominations (5). The official poster was designed by Javier Mariscal.
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, to be presented by Juana Acosta and Luis Gerardo Méndez.
The IB Public's Choice Platino Awards were handed at The Westin Palace Madrid on 2 October, 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).

## Categories
### 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

* Diego Luna

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Forgotten We'll Be |
| 11 | La Llorona |
| 6 | Schoolgirls |
| 4 | Coven |
| 3 | New Order |
| 3 | Rosa's Wedding |
| 3 | The Crimes That Bind |
| 2 | Killing the Dead |
| 2 | Song Without a Name |
| 2 | The Mole Agent |
| 2 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 4 | The Great Heist |
| 4 | Money Heist |
| 3 | Riot Police |
| 2 | 30 Monedas |
The following series and miniseries received multiple awards:
| Awards | Series |
| 4 | Patria |
| 2 | The Great Heist |