3rd Platino Awards

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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.^[1]

Embrace of the Serpent won seven awards including Best Ibero-American Film and Platino Award for Best Director for Ciro Guerra.^[2]

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