The Mestre Mateo Awards, known in Galician as Premios Mestre Mateo, are the main film awards in Galicia, celebrated annually. The awards were established in 2002 by the Galician Academy of Audiovisual[1] as a continuation and expansion of the Chano Piñeiro Awards (Premios Chano Piñeiro), originally established in 2002.
The trophy is inspired by the Master Mateo's Santo dos Croques, a sculpture of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral.[2]
The following is a listing of all Mestre Mateo Awards ceremonies.
| Ceremony | Date | Best Film | Host(s) | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2003 | Mondays in the Sun | Javier Veiga | Auditorio de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela) | ||
| June 26, 2004 | Trece badaladas O lapis do carpinteiro | Javier Veiga | Pazo de Congresos (Santiago de Compostela) | ||
| March 20, 2005 | O ano da carracha | Moncho Borrajo | Teatro Sala de Concertos de Caixanova (Vigo) | ||
| March 19, 2006 | León and Olvido | PALEXCO (A Coruña) | |||
| May 9, 2007 | Un franco, 14 pesetas | Teatro Colón (A Coruña) | |||
| April 15, 2008 | O neno de barro | Teatro Jofre (Ferrol) | |||
| April 30, 2009 | Os mortos van á présa | Sergio Zearreta | Pazo da Cultura (Pontevedra) | ||
| April 17, 2010 | Cela 211 | Xosé Antonio Touriñán | Pazo da Cultura (Narón) | ||
| April 28, 2011 | 18 Meals | Belén Regueira and Xosé Antonio Touriñán | Auditorio Municipal (Ourense) | ||
| January 28, 2012 | Doentes | María Castro | PALEXCO (A Coruña) | ||
| April 6, 2013 | O Apóstolo | Palacio da Ópera (A Coruña) | |||
| April 12, 2014 | Somos xente honrada | PALEXCO (A Coruña) | |||
| April 11, 2015 | Os fenómenos | PALEXCO (A Coruña) | |||
| April 23, 2016 | Retribution | Marga Pazos and Xosé Antonio Touriñán | Palacio da Ópera (A Coruña) | ||
| March 4, 2017 | María (and Everybody Else) | Iolanda Muíños | PALEXCO (A Coruña) | ||
| March 3, 2018 | Dhogs | Iolanda Muíños | Palacio da Ópera (A Coruña) |