The Fénix Awards (Spanish: Premios Fénix) were an annual ceremony of awards celebrated in Mexico City and presented by the association Cinema23 recognising excellence in the Ibero-American film industry. They were delivered from 2014 to 2018.
| Fénix Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Merits of Ibero-American film productions |
| Country | Mexico |
| Presented by | Cinema23 |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Website | http://premiosfenix.com/  |
History
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Presented by the association Cinema23 (created in turn in 2012),[1] the awards were created in 2014 to honor works in the Ibero-American film industry.[2] The first ceremony took place in October 2014 in Mexico City, only some months after the celebration of the 1st Platino Awards (with the same Ibero-American scope) in Panama City.[3]
The statuette was designed by Brazilian artist Artur Lescher.[4]
In 2019, reportedly due to "budget" constraints and in the wake of unsuccessful negotiations with the Government of Mexico City, the presenter reported the indefinite (but "not definitive") cancellation of the awards and parallel events after 5 ceremonies, bemoaning a lack of enough support from both the national and local incoming governments.[2][1]
Editions
edit- 1st Fénix Awards (Teatro de la Ciudad, 30 October 2014)[5][3]
- 2nd Fénix Awards (Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 25 November 2015)[6]
- 3rd Fénix Awards (Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 7 December 2016)[7]
- 4th Fénix Awards (6 December 2017)[8]
- 5th Fénix Awards (Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 7 November 2018)[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- Citations
- ^ a b "Los Premios Fénix de cine fueron cancelados: su organización acusó falta de apoyo del gobierno mexicano". Infobae. 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Cancelan indefinidamente los Premios Fénix de Cine Iberoamericano". La Vanguardia. 6 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Tras cinco ediciones se cancelan los Premios Iberoamericanos Fénix, impulsados por Cinema23". Audiovisual451. 2 April 2019.
- ^ Cerdán & Fernández Labayen 2019, p. 3.
- ^ Corona, Sonia (31 October 2014). "El 'Oscar iberoamericano' levanta el vuelo en México". El País.
- ^ ""El club" la mejor película en los Premios Fénix". Chicago Tribune. 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Lista de ganadores de los Premios Fénix 2016". Telemundo. 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Varias producciones españolas brillaron en los Premios Fénix 2017". Audiovisual451. 12 December 2017.
- ^ Valencia, Sebastián (8 November 2018). "Premios Fénix 2018: Lista completa de ganadores". Cine Premiere.
- Bigliography
- Cerdán, Josetxo; Fernández Labayen, Miguel (2019). "The Institutionalisation of Ibero-American Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: The Fénix and PLATINO Awards". Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. Translated by Derbyshire, Philip. Routledge. doi:10.1080/13569325.2019.1641477. ISSN 1356-9325.