# Platino Award for Best Animated Film

The Platino Award for Best Animated Picture (Spanish: Premio Platino a la mejor película de animación) 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 Argentine-Spanish production Underdogs being the first recipient of the award. Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with seven wins.
2015 winner Boy and the World, 2020 nominee Klaus and 2024 winner Robot Dreams also received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Additionally, both Boy and the World and Robot Dreams won the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent while Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles was also nominated for said award.

## Awards and nominations

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

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| 2014 (1st) | Underdogs | Metegol | Juan José Campanella | Argentina Spain |
| 2014 (1st) | Anina | Anina | Alfredo Soderguit | Uruguay Colombia |
| 2014 (1st) | El secreto del medallón de jade | El secreto del medallón de jade | Leopoldo Aguilar & Rodolfo Guzmán | Mexico |
| 2014 (1st) | Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury | Uma História de Amor e Fúria | Luiz Bolognesi | Brazil |
| 2014 (1st) | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Justin y la espada de valor | Manuel Sicilia | Spain |
| 2015 (2nd) | Boy and the World | O Menino e o Mundo | Alê Abreu | Brazil |
| 2015 (2nd) | Mummy, I'm a Zombie | Mamá, soy una zombi | Beñat Beitia & Ricardo Ramón | Spain |
| 2015 (2nd) | Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible | Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo | Javier Fesser | Spain |
| 2015 (2nd) | Até que a Sbórnia nos Separe | Até que a Sbórnia nos Separe | Otto Guerra & Ennio Torresan Jr. | Brazil |
| 2015 (2nd) | La leyenda de las momias de Guanajuato | La leyenda de las momias de Guanajuato | Alberto Rodríguez | Mexico |
| 2015 (2nd) | Meñique | Meñique | Ernesto Padrón | Cuba Spain |
| 2016 (3rd) | Capture the Flag | Atrapa la bandera | Enrique Gato | Spain |
| 2016 (3rd) | Top Cat Begins | Don Gato: El Inicio de la Pandilla | Andrés Couturier | Mexico |
| 2016 (3rd) | El Americano: The Movie | El americano | Ricardo Arnaiz & Mike Kunkel | Mexico |
| 2016 (3rd) | Un gallo con muchos huevos | Un gallo con muchos huevos | Gabriel Riva Palacio & Rodolfo Riva Palacio | Mexico |
| 2016 (3rd) | El secreto de Amila | El secreto de Amila | Gorka Vázquez | Argentina Spain |
| 2017 (4th) | Birdboy: The Forgotten Children | Psiconautas, los niños olvidados | Alberto Vásquez & Pedro Rivero | Spain |
| 2017 (4th) | Bruxarias | Bruxarias | Virgínia Curiá | Brazil Spain |
| 2017 (4th) | La leyenda del Chupacabras | La leyenda del Chupacabras | Alberto Rodríguez | Mexico |
| 2017 (4th) | Ozzy | Ozzy | Alberto Rodríguez & Nacho La Casa | Spain |
| 2017 (4th) | Teresa y Tim | Teresa y Tim | Agurtzane Intxaurraga | Spain |
| 2018 (5th) | Tad Jones: The Hero Returns | Tadeo Jones 2: El secreto del rey Midas | Enrique Gato & David Alonso | Spain |
| 2018 (5th) | Lila's Book | El libro de Lila | Marcela Rincón | Colombia Uruguay |
| 2018 (5th) | Deep | Deep | Julio Soto Gúrpide | Spain |
| 2018 (5th) | História Antes de uma História | História Antes de uma História | Wilson Lazaretti | Brazil |
| 2018 (5th) | Lino: Uma Aventura de Sete Vidas | Lino: Uma Aventura de Sete Vidas | Rafael Ribas | Brazil |
| 2019 (6th) | Another Day of Life | Un día más con vida | Raul de la Fuente | Spain |
| 2019 (6th) | The Wolf House | La casa lobo | Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña | Chile |
| 2019 (6th) | Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas | Memorias de un hombre en pijama | Carlos Fernández de Vigo | Spain |
| 2019 (6th) | Virus Tropical | Virus Tropical | Santiago Caicedo | Colombia |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| 2020 (7th) | Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles | Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas | Salvador Simó | Spain |
| 2020 (7th) | A Cidade dos Piratas | A Cidade dos Piratas | Otto Guerra | Brazil |
| 2020 (7th) | Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World | Elcano y Magallanes, la primera vuelta al mundo | Ángel Alonso | Spain |
| 2020 (7th) | Klaus | Klaus | Sergio Pablos | Spain |
| 2021 (8th) | Turu, the Wacky Hen | La gallina Turuleca | Eduardo Gondell & Víctor Monigote | Spain Argentina |
| 2021 (8th) | El camino de Xico | El camino de Xico | Eric Cabello | Mexico |
| 2021 (8th) | A Costume for Nicholas | Un disfraz para Nicolas | Eduardo Rivero | Mexico |
| 2021 (8th) | The Red Scroll | O Pergaminho Vermelho | Nelson Botter Jr. | Brazil |
| 2022 (9th) | Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon | Ainbo, la guerrera del Amazonas | José Zelada & Richard Claus | Peru |
| 2022 (9th) | Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People | Bob Cuspe - Nós Não Gostamos de Gente | Cesar Cabral | Brazil |
| 2022 (9th) | Salvar el Árbol (Zutik!) | Salvar el Árbol (Zutik!) | Iker Alvarez & Haizea Pastor | Spain Brazil Mexico |
| 2022 (9th) | Valentina | Valentina | Chelo Loureiro | Spain Portugal |
| 2023 (10th) | Águila y Jaguar: Los Guerreros Legendarios | Águila y Jaguar: Los Guerreros Legendarios | Mike R. Ortiz | Mexico |
| 2023 (10th) | El paraíso | El paraíso | Fernando Sirianni, Federico Moreno Breser | Argentina |
| 2023 (10th) | Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet | Tadeo Jones 3: La tabla esperalda | Enrique Gato | Spain |
| 2023 (10th) | Unicorn Wars | Unicorn Wars | Alberto Vázquez | Spain |
| 2024 (11th) | Robot Dreams | Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain |
| 2024 (11th) | They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain Portugal Peru |
| 2024 (11th) | Sultana's Dream | El sueño de la sultana | Isabel Herguera | Spain |
| 2024 (11th) | Home Is Somewhere Else | Home Is Somewhere Else | Carlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos | Mexico |
| 2024 (11th) | Nayola | Nayola | José Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 2025 (12th) | Noah's Ark | Arca de Noé | Sérgio Machado, Alos di Leo | Brazil |
| 2025 (12th) | Capitán Avispa | Capitán Avispa | Jean Gabriel Guerra, Jonathan Melendez | Dominican Republic |
| 2025 (12th) | Dalia and the Red Book | Dalia y el libro rojo | David Bisbano | Argentina Brazil Colombia Ecuador Spain Peru |
| 2025 (12th) | Dragonkeeper | Guardiana de dragones | Salvador Simó, Li Jianping | Spain |
| 2025 (12th) | Black Butterflies | Mariposas negras | David Baute | Spain Panama |

## Awards by nation

| Country | Awards (as of 2024) | Nominations (as of 2025) |
| Spain | 8 | 28 |
| Argentina | 2 | 5 |
| Mexico | 1 | 11 |
| Brazil | 1 | 12 |
| Peru | 1 | 3 |
| Colombia | 0 | 4 |
| Portugal | 0 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 2 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 1 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 |