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 and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales. 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, 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. Regarding the television series, a 18% of titles were from Spain, followed by Mexico, Argentina and Colombia.
Pending the final nominations, the shortlist of candidates 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. Regarding the film section, the Colombian film Forgotten We'll Be and the Guatemalan film La llorona obtained the most nominations. The Spanish series Patria was the television series with the most nominations. 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, Álvaro Morte, María Mercedes Coroy, Diego Peretti and Cecilia Suárez.
Categories
Platino Honorary Award
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 |