The 10th

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, presented by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA), took place on 22 April 2023 at

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, to recognize the best in Ibero-American film and television of 2022. The ceremony was hosted by actors Carolina Gaitán,

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and

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, and was broadcast by

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and

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to Latin America and

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to Spain.

Background

The location and date of the ceremony was announced in September 2022 with the host city being

for the fifth time in the history of the awards, it is also the third consecutive time that the ceremony will take place at

. In February 2023, the pre-selection of films and series was announced. Regarding the film categories, 13% of the pre-selections were from Spain, being the most represented country followed by Argentina (9%), Chile (7%), Mexico (7%), Brasil (6%) and Colombia (6%). In regard of the television area, Mexico has the most pre-selections with 23, followed by Colombia (22), Argentina (20), Spain (19) and Chile (16). It was also announced the introduction of a new category named Best Comedy Film. Later in the month, the longlists were announced with 20 films or series in each category. The nominations were announced on 9 March 2023 with Argentine film ''

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'' receiving a record-breaking fourteen nominations, followed by ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', all three with six nominations. Puerto Rican actor

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is set to receive the Platino Honorary Award.

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's '' Argentina 1985'' received the most awards with five, followed by ''

'' with four, and ''

'' and '' Utama'', with two awards each. Colombian-Chilean series '' News of a Kidnapping'' received four awards, tying with ''

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'' as the series with the most awards in a ceremony. The ceremony featured several musical numbers from different artists who performed famous Latin American songs. In addition, singers

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and Blanca Paloma also performed, with the latter singing "

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", the Spanish entry for the

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