The Apolo Awards (Spanish: Premios Apolo de cine LGTB) are annual awards given to the best LGBT-themed films that have been released in Spain. Since 2016 they have been awarded by LGBT culture outlet Dos Manzanas, with the intention to highlight high-quality filmmaking in order to encourage more LGBT-themed works to be distributed in the country.
History
The Apolo Awards were founded in 2016 by Dos Manzanas. The magazine and website Dos Manzanas reports on LGBT culture in Spain as well as advocating for LGBT+ equality.[1] After informally awarding LGBT-themed book awards in 2015,[2] Dos Manzanas started the Apolo Awards, referencing Olympian god Apollo, with an aim to vindicate distributing LGBT-themed works in Spain by celebrating the high quality of LGBT+ films.[3] 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.[4]
For the 2016 awards, the Best Song category was added.[5] 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.[6]
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 Film
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Best Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best New Director
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Best Production Design
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Sound
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Best Original Music
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- Best Song was not awarded
Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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2016
Production
Best Film
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Best Director
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Best New Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Production Design
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Best Sound
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Song
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Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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2017
Production
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Best Director
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Best New Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Production Design
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Best Sound
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Original Song
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Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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2018
Production
Best Film
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Best Director
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Best New Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Production Design
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Best Sound
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Original Song
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Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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2019
Production
Best Film
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Best Director
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Best New Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Production Design
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Best Sound
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Original Song
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Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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2020
Production
Best Film
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Best Director
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Best New Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Production Design
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Best Sound
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Original Song
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Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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2021
Production
Best Film
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Best Spanish Film
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Best Comedy
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Best Documentary
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Best Director
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Best New Director
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Production Design
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Best Sound
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Best Costume Design
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Original Song
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- Best Visual Effects: Ryan Laney, Eugen Bräunig, Maxwell Anderson, Johnny Han and Piers Dennis – Welcome to Chechnya (Flamingo Films) ‡
Acting
Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Ensemble Cast
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Best Couple
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Best New Actor
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Best New Actress
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References
- ↑ "Así se logra tener una semana llena de diversidad sexual en la Universidad española". 20 minutos (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ↑ "Los 5 mejores libros de temática LGTB del 2015". dosmanzanas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ↑ "Las mejores películas LGTB+ del 2019 se citan en los V Premios Apolo". Togayther (in Spanish). 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ↑ Salva (2021-01-14). "Premios Apolo de Cine LGTB". Fin de la historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ↑ "Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2016: nominaciones a los II Premios Apolo de cine LGTB". dosmanzanas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ↑ "Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2021: nominaciones a los VII Premios Apolo de cine LGTB". dosmanzanas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ↑ "Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2017: nominaciones a los III Premios Apolo de cine LGTB" [The best LGTB-themed films of 2017: nominations for the III Apolo LGTB Film Awards]. Dos Manzanas (in Spanish). December 29, 2017. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2017: ganadores de los III Premios Apolo de cine LGTB" [The best LGTB-themed films of 2017: winners of the III Apolo LGTB Film Awards]. Dos Manzanas (in Spanish). January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.