Fénix Awards Explained

Fénix Awards
Awarded For:	Merits of Ibero-American film productions
Presenter:	Cinema23
Country:	Mexico
Year:	2014

The Fénix Awards (Spanish; Castilian: Premios Fénix|links=no) 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.

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 (with the same Ibero-American scope) in Panama City.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]}

Editions

• (Teatro de la Ciudad, 30 October 2014)^[4]
• (Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 25 November 2015)^[5]
• (Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 7 December 2016)^[6]
• (6 December 2017)^[7]
• 5th Fénix Awards (Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, 7 November 2018)^[8]

See also

• Platino Awards

References

Citations

Bigliography

• The Institutionalisation of Ibero-American Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: The Fénix and PLATINO Awards. Josetxo. Cerdán. Miguel. Fernández Labayen. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. 10.1080/13569325.2019.1641477. 1356-9325. Routledge. 2019. Derbyshire. Philip.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tras cinco ediciones se cancelan los Premios Iberoamericanos Fénix, impulsados por Cinema23. Audiovisual451. 2 April 2019.
2. Web site: Cancelan indefinidamente los Premios Fénix de Cine Iberoamericano. 6 June 2019. La Vanguardia.
3. Web site: Los Premios Fénix de cine fueron cancelados: su organización acusó falta de apoyo del gobierno mexicano. Infobae. 1 April 2019.
4. Web site: El ‘Oscar iberoamericano’ levanta el vuelo en México. El País. 31 October 2014. Sonia. Corona.
5. Web site: "El club" la mejor película en los Premios Fénix. Chicago Tribune. 25 November 2015.
6. Web site: Lista de ganadores de los Premios Fénix 2016. 8 December 2016. Telemundo.
7. Web site: Varias producciones españolas brillaron en los Premios Fénix 2017. Audiovisual451. 12 December 2017.
8. Web site: Premios Fénix 2018: Lista completa de ganadores. 8 November 2018. Cine Premiere. Sebastián. Valencia.