# Platino Award for Best Documentary

The Platino Award for Best Documentary (Spanish: Premio Platino al mejor película documental) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards, presented by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).

## History

It was first presented in 2014, with the Spanish documentary Con la pata quebrada being the first recipient of the award. Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with six as well as most nominations with twenty-two, with at least one nominated Spanish film each edition.
Chilean films The Mole Agent and The Eternal Memory both won the Platino Award (in 2021 and 2024 respectively) and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
In the list below. the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

## Awards and nominations
### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| 2014 (1st) | Con la Pata Quebrada | Con la Pata Quebrada | Diego Galán | Spain |
| 2014 (1st) | Cuates de Australia | Cuates de Australia | Everardo González | Mexico |
| 2014 (1st) | La Eterna Noche de las Doce Lunas | La Eterna Noche de las Doce Lunas | Priscilla Padilla | Colombia Bolivia |
| 2014 (1st) | O Dia que Durou 21 Anos | O Dia que Durou 21 Anos | Camilo Tavares | Brazil |
| 2014 (1st) | Sigo Siendo (Kachkaniraqmi) | Sigo Siendo (Kachkaniraqmi) | Javier Corcuera | Peru Spain |
| 2015 (2nd) | The Salt of the Earth | O Sal da Terra | Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | Brazil |
| 2015 (2nd) | Who is Dayani Cristal? | ¿Quién es Dayani Cristal? | Marc Silver | Mexico |
| 2015 (2nd) | El Vals de los Inútiles | El Vals de los Inútiles | Edison Cájas | Chile Argentina |
| 2015 (2nd) | Born in Gaza | Nacido en Gaza | Hernán Zin | Spain |
| 2015 (2nd) | Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda | Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda | Francisco Sánchez Varela | Spain |
| 2016 (3rd) | The Pearl Button | El botón de nácar | Patricio Guzmán | Chile Spain |
| 2016 (3rd) | Chicas Nuevas 24 Horas | Chicas Nuevas 24 Horas | Mabel Lozano | Spain Argentina Paraguay Colombia Peru |
| 2016 (3rd) | Beyond My Grandfather Allende | Allende mi abuelo Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende | Chile Mexico |
| 2016 (3rd) | The Propaganda Game | The Propaganda Game | Álvaro Longoria | Spain |
| 2016 (3rd) | Tea Time | La once | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| 2017 (4th) | Born in Syria | Nacido en Siria | Hernán Zin | Spain |
| 2017 (4th) | Atrapados en Japón | Atrapados en Japón | Vivienne Barry | Chile |
| 2017 (4th) | Cinema Novo | Cinema Novo | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
| 2017 (4th) | Frágil Equilibrio | Frágil Equilibrio | Guillermo García López | Spain |
| 2017 (4th) | It All Started at the End | Todo comenzó por el fin | Luis Ospina | Colombia |
| 2018 (5th) |
| 2018 (5th) | Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle | Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo | Gustavo Salmerón | Spain |
| 2018 (5th) | Ejercicios de Memoria | Ejercicios de Memoria | Paz Encina | Paraguay Argentina |
| 2018 (5th) | Dancing Beethoven | Dancing Beethoven | Arantxa Aguirre | Spain |
| 2018 (5th) | El Pacto de Adriana | El Pacto de Adriana | Lissette Orozco | Chile |
| 2018 (5th) | The Grown-Ups | Los niños | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| 2019 (6th) |
| 2019 (6th) | The Silence of Others | El silencio de los otros | Robert Bahar & Almudena Carracedo | Spain |
| 2019 (6th) | Devil's Freedom | La libertad del diablo | Everardo González | Mexico |
| 2019 (6th) | Camarón: Flamenco y Revolución | Camarón: Flamenco y Revolución | Alexis Morante | Spain |
| 2019 (6th) | Ruben Blades Is Not My Name | Yo no me llamo Rubén Blades | Abner Benaim | Panama Argentina Colombia |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| 2020 (7th) | The Edge of Democracy | Democracia em Vertigem | Petra Costa | Brazil |
| 2020 (7th) | Ara Malikian: Una Vida Entre las Cuerdas | Ara Malikian: Una Vida Entre las Cuerdas | Nata Moreno | Spain |
| 2020 (7th) | El Cuadro | El Cuadro | Andrés Sanz | Spain |
| 2020 (7th) | Historias de Nuestro Cine | Historias de Nuestro Cine | Ana Pérez-Lorente & Antonio Resines | Spain |
| 2021 (8th) | The Mole Agent | El agente topo | Maite Alberdi | Chile Spain |
| 2021 (8th) | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Babenco: Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer Parou | Bárbara Paz | Brazil |
| 2021 (8th) | Cartas Mojadas | Cartas Mojadas | Paula Palacios | Spain |
| 2021 (8th) | The Year of the Discovery | El año del descubrimiento | Luis López Carrasco | Spain |
| 2022 (9th) | A Última Floresta | A Última Floresta | Luiz Bolognesi | Brazil |
| 2022 (9th) | 100 Días con La Tata | 100 Días con La Tata | Miguel Ángel Muñoz | Spain |
| 2022 (9th) | Who's Stopping Us | Quién lo impide | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| 2022 (9th) | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Mariem Pérez Riera | Puerto Rico |
| 2023 (10th) | The Padilla Affair | El caso Padilla | Pavel Giroud | Cuba Spain |
| 2023 (10th) | Bosco | Bosco | Alicia Cano Menoni | Uruguay |
| 2023 (10th) | Eami | Eami | Paz Encina | Paraguay Mexico Argentina |
| 2023 (10th) | My Imaginary Country | Mi país imaginario | Patricio Guzmán | Chile |
| 2023 (10th) | The Silence of the Mole | El silencio del topo | Anaïs Taracena | Guatemala |
| 2024 (11th) | The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| 2024 (11th) | La Memoria del Cine, una Película sobre Fernando Méndez-Leite | La Memoria del Cine, una Película sobre Fernando Méndez-Leite | Moisés Salama | Spain |
| 2024 (11th) | A Wolfpack Called Ernesto | Una jauría llamada Ernesto | Everardo González | Mexico |
| 2024 (11th) | The Trial | El juicio | Ulises de la Orden | Argentina |
| 2025 (12th) | The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico |
| 2025 (12th) | The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés | La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés | Antón Álvarez | Spain |
| 2025 (12th) | The Lost Children | Los niños perdidos | Orlando von Einsiedel, Lali Houghton | Colombia |
| 2025 (12th) | Reas | Reas | Lola Arias | Argentina |

## Awards by nation

| Country | Awards (as of 2024) | Nominations (as of 2025) |
| Spain | 6 | 24 |
| Brazil | 3 | 6 |
| Chile | 3 | 10 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 7 |
| Argentina | 0 | 7 |
| Colombia | 0 | 5 |
| Peru | 0 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 3 |
| Bolivia | 0 | 1 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 1 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 1 |