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.
Brazilian films The Salt of the Earth (2015) and The Edge of Democracy (2020) and Chilean films The Mole Agent (2021) and The Eternal Memory (2024), all won the Platino Award and have 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 YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry2014(1st)Con la Pata Quebrada Diego GalánCuates de Australia Everardo GonzálezLa Eterna Noche de las Doce Lunas Priscilla Padilla O Dia que Durou 21 Anos Camilo Tavares Sigo Siendo (Kachkaniraqmi) Javier Corcuera 2015(2nd)The Salt of the EarthO Sal da Terra Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Who is Dayani Cristal? ¿Quién es Dayani Cristal? Marc Silver El Vals de los Inútiles Edison Cájas Born in Gaza Nacido en Gaza Hernán Zin Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda Francisco Sánchez Varela2016(3rd)The Pearl ButtonEl botón de nácar Patricio Guzmán Chicas Nuevas 24 Horas Mabel Lozano Beyond My Grandfather Allende Allende mi abuelo Allende Marcia Tambutti Allende The Propaganda Game Álvaro Longoria Tea Time La once Maite Alberdi 2017(4th)Born in Syria Nacido en Siria Hernán ZinAtrapados en Japón Vivienne Barry Cinema Novo Eryk Rocha Frágil Equilibrio Guillermo García López It All Started at the End Todo comenzó por el fin Luis Ospina 2018(5th) Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo Gustavo Salmerón Ejercicios de Memoria Paz Encina Dancing Beethoven Arantxa Aguirre El Pacto de Adriana Lissette Orozco The Grown-Ups Los niños Maite Alberdi2019(6th)The Silence of Others El silencio de los otros Robert Bahar & Almudena Carracedo Devil's Freedom La libertad del diablo Everardo González Camarón: Flamenco y Revolución Alexis Morante Ruben Blades Is Not My Name Yo no me llamo Rubén Blades Abner Benaim
2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry2020(7th)The Edge of Democracy Democracia em Vertigem Petra CostaAra Malikian: Una Vida Entre las Cuerdas Nata Moreno El Cuadro Andrés SanzHistorias de Nuestro Cine Ana Pérez-Lorente & Antonio Resines2021(8th) The Mole Agent El agente topo Maite Alberdi Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Babenco: Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer Parou Bárbara Paz Cartas Mojadas Paula Palacios The Year of the Discovery El año del descubrimiento Luis López Carrasco2022(9th) A Última Floresta Luiz Bolognesi 100 Días con La Tata Miguel Ángel Muñoz Who's Stopping Us Quién lo impide Jonás TruebaRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Mariem Pérez Riera 2023(10th) The Padilla Affair El caso Padilla Pavel Giroud Bosco Alicia Cano Menoni Eami Paz Encina My Imaginary Country Mi país imaginario Patricio Guzmán The Silence of the Mole El silencio del topo Anaïs Taracena 2024(11th) The Eternal Memory La memoria infinita Maite Alberdi La Memoria del Cine, una Película sobre Fernando Méndez-Leite Moisés Salama A Wolfpack Called Ernesto Una jauría llamada Ernesto Everardo González The Trial El juicio Ulises de la Orden 2025(12th) The Echo El eco Tatiana Huezo The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés Antón Álvarez The Lost Children Los niños perdidos Orlando von Einsiedel, Lali Houghton Reas Lola Arias 2026(13th) Apocalypse in the Tropics Apocalipse nos Trópicos Petra Costa Under the Flags, the Sun Bajo las banderas, el sol Juanjo Pereira Flores para Antonio Elena Molina, Isaki Lacuesta Afternoons of Solitude Tardes de soledad Albert Serra
Awards by nation Country Awards (as of 2025) Nominations (as of 2025) 6 26 4 7 3 10 1 7 1 1 0 8 0 5 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
See also Goya Award for Best Documentary Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
References
External links Official site