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Andy Garcia to receive lifetime honour as Imagen Award nominations announced
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The Imagen Foundation has announced the full nominations for its 41st annual awards, with Apple TV's "Acapulco" leading the field on 13 nods across 25 categories covering film, television, documentaries, digital media and music. Actor, filmmaker and musician Andy Garcia will receive the foundation's lifetime achievement award, having also been nominated for best supporting actor in a drama for "Landman", while the "Acapulco" creative team and Apple TV will collect the creative achievement honour and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis will receive the president's award for her public service record.
Best Feature Film nominees include "Belén", "Brownsville Bred" and "Miles Away", and the Best Actress race features America Ferrera for "The Lost Bus", Dolores Fonzi for "Belén" and Zoë Saldaña for "Avatar: Fire and Ash". Foundation president Helen Hernandez noted that the organisation could not present awards for Best Director, Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor in film this year due to a shortage of eligible submissions, calling it evidence of persistent under-representation of Latino talent on screen despite Latinos representing a $3 trillion audience. The ceremony will be held on Friday, 21 August, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
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In short
- "Acapulco" leads 41st Imagen Awards with 13 nominations
- Andy Garcia to receive the foundation's lifetime achievement award
- Foundation flags lack of Latino film submissions in key categories
How this story developed
- 4 months ago The foundation reiterated its full nominations slate, with no new categories or names emerging beyond the previously confirmed Best Feature Film and Best Actress contenders, as Hernandez again pressed her criticism of the missing Best Director and lead acting submissions ahead of the 21 August ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
- 4 months ago The foundation released its complete 41st awards nominations, revealing that Andy Garcia himself picked up a supporting actor nomination for "Landman" and unveiling contested races such as Best Feature Film, contested by "Belén", "Brownsville Bred" and "Miles Away", and Best Actress, featuring America Ferrera, Dolores Fonzi and Zoë Saldaña.
- 4 months ago The Imagen Foundation announced its 41st annual awards nominations, with Apple TV's "Acapulco" topping the field on 13 nods, Andy Garcia set to receive a lifetime achievement award, and Supervisor Hilda L. Solis honoured with the president's award, all while president Helen Hernandez flagged a troubling absence of entries in key film categories.
Explained simply
The Imagen Awards are annual prizes recognising and encouraging the portrayal of Latino people and cultures in film, television and other media. They are organised by the Imagen Foundation, a US non-profit that has long campaigned for broader and more accurate representation in entertainment.
Andy Garcia is a Cuban-American actor, director and musician whose career includes films such as The Untouchables, The Godfather Part III and Ocean’s Eleven. A lifetime achievement award is given for a person’s body of work, while the other Imagen honours recognise individual performances, programmes and contributions to public life.
The nominations cover productions released across several forms of media, reflecting the growing role of streaming services alongside cinema and traditional television. The foundation also uses the awards to draw attention to how often Latino performers and creators are included in major screen projects.
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Originally published by Variety as “‘Acapulco’ Leads 41st Imagen Awards Nominations; Andy Garcia to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award”.