# 3rd Platino Awards

The 3rd Platino Awards were presented at the Centro de Convenciones in Punta del Este, Uruguay on July 24, 2016, to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2015.
Embrace of the Serpent and Ixcanul received the most nominations with eight each one.
Embrace of the Serpent won seven awards including Best Ibero-American Film and Platino Award for Best Director for Ciro Guerra.

## Winners and nominees
### Major awards

| Best Ibero-American Film Embrace of the Serpent The Clan The Club Ixcanul Truman | Best Director Ciro Guerra – Embrace of the Serpent Alonso Ruizpalacios – Güeros Cesc Gay – Truman Pablo Larraín – The Club Pablo Trapero – The Clan |
| Best Actor Guillermo Francella – The Clan as Arquímedes Puccio Alfredo Castro – The Club as padre Vidal Damián Alcázar – Magallanes as Harvey Magallanes Javier Cámara – Truman as Tomás Ricardo Darín – Truman as Julián | Best Actress Dolores Fonzi – Paulina as Paulina Antonia Zegers – The Club as madre Mónica Elena Anaya – The Memory of Water as Amanda Inma Cuesta – The Bride as the Bride Penélope Cruz – Ma Ma as Magda |
| Best Screenplay The Club – Pablo Larraín, Guillermo Calderón & Daniel Villalobos Embrace of the Serpent – Ciro Guerra & Jacques Toulemonde Ixcanul – Jayro Bustamante Magallanes – Salvador del Solar Truman – Cesc Gay & Tomás Agaray | Best Original Score Embrace of the Serpent – Nascuy Linares Ixcanul – Pascual Reyes Ma Ma – Alberto Iglesias Magallanes – Federico Jusid Nobody Wants the Night – Lucas Vidal |
| Best Animated Film Capture the Flag Top Cat Begins El Americano: The Movie La Leyenda de las Momias El secreto de Amila Un gallo con muchos huevos | Best Documentary The Pearl Button Beyond My Grandfather Allende Chicas nuevas 24 horas La once The Propaganda Game |
| Best Cinematography Embrace of the Serpent – David Gallego The Club – Sergio Armstrong Ixcanul – Luis Armando Arteaga The Memory of Water – Arnaldo Rodríguez The Bride – Miguel Ángel Amoedo | Best Art Direction Embrace of the Serpent – Angélica Perea The Clan – Sebastián Orgambide Arabian Nights Volume 2: The Desolate One – Bruno Duarte & Artur Pinheiro Ixcanul – Pilar Peredo The Bride – Jesús Bosqued Maté & Pilar Quintana |
| Best Editing Embrace of the Serpent – Etienne Boussac & Cristina Gallego The Clan – Pablo Trapero & Alejandro Carrillo Penovi Retribution – Jorge Coira Ixcanul – César Díaz Magallanes – Eric Williams | Best Sound Embrace of the Serpent – Carlos García & Marco Salavería The Clan – Vicente D'Elía & Leandro de Loredo Retribution – David Machado, Jaime Fernández & Nacho Arenas Ixcanul – Eduardo Cáceres & Julien Cloquet Paulina – Federico Equerro, Santiago Fumagalli & Edson Secco |
| Best Ibero-American First Film Ixcanul 600 Miles Retribution El patrón: radiografía de un crimen Magallanes ||

### Platino Award for Film and Education Values

* The Second Mother • Brazil

### Honorary Platino

* Ricardo Darín

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Embrace of the Serpent |
| 8 | Ixcanul |
| 6 | The Club |
| 5 | The Clan |
| 5 | Magallanes |
| 5 | Truman |
| 3 | Retribution |
| 3 | The Bride |
| 2 | The Memory of Water |
| 2 | Paulina |
| 2 | Ma Ma |
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Embrace of the Serpent |