Glamor and talent will overflow during the gala of the Platinum Awards 2026scheduled for May 9 at the Gran Tlachco Theater in Xcaret Park, in Riviera Maya, Mexico. A few weeks before this great party, Some of the names of the stars who will join this tribute to the best productions and professionals of the season have already been confirmed..
Through a statement, it has emerged that personalities from the arts, culture and networks will parade on the red carpet, such as: Altair Jarabo, Ana Lucía Domínguez, Anette Cuburu, Boris Izaguirre, Calle y Poche, Caro Miranda, Daniela Ospina, Diego Boneta, Ana de la Reguera, Dulceida, José Eduardo DerbezLux Pascal, Natalia Sánchez, Stef Roitman, Vadhir Derbez and Valerie Domínguez, among others.
As special guests of the night, the nominees stand out: Blanca Soroa (“On Sundays”), Dolores Fonzi (also nominated for Best Director, both for “Belén”), Guillermo Francella (“Homo Argentum”, also Platinum of Honor), Natalia Reyes (“It is still night in Caracas”) and Ubeimar Ríos Gómez (“A poet”). Among the nominees for Best Director, joining the celebration will be Kleber Mendonça Filho (“O Secret Agent”), who also holds the nomination in the Best Screenplay category.
In addition to those previously mentioned, talents participating in the feature films nominated for Best Ibero-American Fiction Film will be present, such as the interpreter Juan Minujin (“On Sundays”), the directors Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás (“It’s still night in Caracas”), as well as the actor Edgar Ramirezfor the same tape.
The Best Documentary category will be represented through the director Elena Molina (“Flowers for Antonio”); while Daniel Hendler (“A Loose End”) It will be among the nominees for Best Ibero-American Fiction Comedy. In this sense, César Zelada (“Kayara”) and Tomás Pichardo Espaillat (“Olivia & the clouds”) will be present as possible winners for Best Animated Film. In the same way, Eva Libertad (“Deaf”), Marianna Brennand (“Manas”) and Pierre Saint-Martin (“They will not move us”) They will attend for their candidacy for Best First Feature.
In the sequence categories, Griselda Siciliani (“Envidiosa, T2)”, Javier Cámara (“Jakarta”) and Paulina Gaitán (“Las Muerdas”) will attend as nominated performers. They will be joined by the nominees for Best Creator in a Miniseries or Teleseries Alberto Rodríguez, José Manuel Lorenzo and Rafael Cobos (“Anatomía de un Instant”) and Bruno Staganaro (“El Eternauta”), Mariano Varela (“Menem”) and Rodrigo Guerrero (“Estado de Fugue: 1986”).
As finalists for the new award for Best Long-Term Series, Joan Noguera (“Sueños de Libertad”), Josep Císter and Miguel Conde (“The Promise”) and the performer Samantha Siqueiros (“Velvet: The New Empire”) will attend.
Regarding the party that celebrates the best of Ibero-American audiovisual and its return to Mexican territory, the President of EGEDA and Executive President of the awards, Enrique Cerezo, declared: “The privilege of being able to bring together all the talent that populates the largest region in the world in a joyful and diverse, enriching and festive meeting, is also a reward for all of us who make up the great Platinum family.“.
Other stars join as presenters of the 2026 Platino Awards
For their part, there will be stars who will join the gala to present the precious statuette to the winners. Some of them are: Alvaro Cervanteswinner of the award for Best Male Supporting Performance (Deaf); César Troncoso and Andrea Pietrawinners in Best Male and Female Supporting Performance in a Miniseries (El Eternauta).
Also joining this work are: Alfredo Castro, André Lamoglia, Antonia Zegers, Belén Rueda, Carmen Villalobos, Carolina Kopelioff, China Suárez, Christian Malheiros, Christian Meier, Giba, Javier Sotomayor, Jorge López, Juan Alfonso Baptista, Juana Acosta, Ludwika Paleta, Manolo Cardona, Mariela Garriga, Michel Brown, Nico Furtado, Paco LeónSantiago Cabrera, Sara Linares, Stephanie Cayo and Valeria Mazza.
In order not to extend the duration of the Gala, the prizes will be awarded in two events. Before the official ceremony on May 9, 13 categories are scheduled to be awarded on May 7, before a first list of winners that has already been announced.
The 2026 Platino Xcaret Awards ceremony, hosted by Carlos Torres and Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, It will be broadcast in Latin America, in Spain and the US and accessible through the SmartPlatinoTV platform.
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