The Platino Award for Best Director is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards presented annually by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales and the Federaci
2026 recipient: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Amat Escalante, the first recipient of the award.
2015 winner, Damián Szifron.
2016 winner, Ciro Guerra.
8th Platino Awards
Videos
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 Iberoameric
Event at which the final nominations were presented on 19 July 2021.
Best Director winner, Fernando Trueba.
Best Actor in Film winner, Javier Camara
Best Actress in Film winner, Candela Peña.