The Apolo Awards (Spanish: Premios Apolo de cine LGTB) are annual awards given to the best
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-themed films that have been released in Spain. Since 2016 they have been awarded by
LGBT culture
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outlet ''Dos Manzanas'', with the intention to highlight high-quality filmmaking in order to encourage more LGBT-themed works to be
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in the country.
History
The Apolo Awards were founded in 2016 by ''Dos Manzanas''. The magazine and website ''Dos Manzanas'' reports on
LGBT culture
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in Spain as well as advocating for LGBT+ equality. After informally awarding LGBT-themed book awards in 2015, ''Dos Manzanas'' started the Apolo Awards, referencing Olympian god
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, with an aim to vindicate distributing LGBT-themed works in Spain by celebrating the high quality of LGBT+ films. They also award the Spanish distributors who help combat
LGBT-phobia by being brave enough to choose to show the films. Many nominees and winners are thus the best international productions, with fewer Spanish films, as well as the local distributors of them.
For the 2016 awards, the Best Song category was added. In response to more LGBT-themed films being released, particularly by international streaming services, the 2021 awards upped the nominations per category to four (from three) for most, and to ten (from five) for Best Film. It also added three new categories to better appreciate more diverse films, each with five nominees: Best Comedy, Best Documentary, and Best Spanish Film.
Categories
Production
*Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guion Adaptado)
*Best Production Design (Mejor Dirección Artística)
*Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía)
*Best Comedy (Mejor Comedia)*
*Best Costume Design (Mejor Vestuario)
*Best Director (Mejor Dirección)
*Best Documentary (Mejor Documental)*
*Best Editing (Mejor Montaje)
*Best Film (Mejor Película)
*Best Hair and Make-Up (Mejor Maquillaje y Peluquería)
*Best New Director (Mejor Dirección Novel)
*Best Original Music (Mejor Música Original)
*Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guion Original)
*Best Song/Original Song (Mejor Canción/Original)
*Best Sound (Mejor Sonido)
*Best Spanish Film (Mejor Película Española)*
*Introduced for 2021 awards (VIIth edition)
Acting
*Best Actor (Mejor Actor)
*Best Actress (Mejor Actriz)
*Best Ensemble Cast (Mejor Reparto)
*Best Couple (Mejor Pareja)
*Best New Actor (Mejor Actor Revelación)
*Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación)
*Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor Secundario/de Reparto)
*Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz Secundaria/de Reparto)
Awards
Films are nominated based on the year during which they were first distributed in Spain; the awards are given in January of the following year.
2015
Production
*Best Song was not awarded
Acting
2016
Production
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2017
Production
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2018
Production
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2019
Production
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2020
Production
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2021
Production
*Best Visual Effects: Ryan Laney, Eugen Bräunig, Maxwell Anderson, Johnny Han and Piers Dennis – ''
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Acting
References
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External links
Winners and nominees
Awards established in 2016
LGBT culture in Spain
LGBT film awards
Spanish film awards