The Fénix Awards () were an annual ceremony of awards celebrated in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
and presented by the association Cinema23 recognising excellence in the
Ibero-America
Ibero-America (, ) or Iberian America is generally considered to be the region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages (usually former colony, territories of Spain or Portugal). Sp ...
n film industry. They were delivered from 2014 to 2018.
History
Presented by the association Cinema23 (created in turn in 2012),
the awards were created in 2014 to honor works in the Ibero-American film industry.
The first ceremony took place in October 2014 in Mexico City, only some months after the celebration of the
1st Platino Awards
The 1st Platino Awards were presented at the Teatro Anayasi in Panama City, Panama on April 5, 2014 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2013.
Nominations were announced on 13 March 2014. ''The German Doctor'' received the most nominatio ...
(with the same Ibero-American scope) in Panama City.
The statuette was designed by Brazilian artist Artur Lescher.
In 2019, reportedly due to "budget" constraints and in the wake of unsuccessful negotiations with the , 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.
Editions
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Teatro de la Ciudad
The (Theater of the City) was built as the (Esperanza Iris Theatre) in 1918 and is now one of Mexico City’s public venues for cultural events. The theater is located in the historic center of Mexico City on Donceles Street 36.
The former Esp ...
, 30 October 2014)
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Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 25 November 2015)
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Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 7 December 2016)
* (6 December 2017)
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5th Fénix Awards
The 5th Fénix Awards was presented at Mexico City's Teatro de la Ciudad, on November 7, 2018 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2017 in film, 2017-2018 in film, 2018.
''Zama (2017 film), Zama and Birds of Passage (film), Birds of Passa ...
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Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 7 November 2018)
See also
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Platino Awards
The Platino Awards, known in Spanish as Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano ('Platinum Prizes of Ibero-American Cinema'), are Ibero-America's annual film awards.
The awards were established in 2013, and the first awards ceremony took place on ...
References
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Routledge
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