The film Ya No Estoy Aquí, series Love Victor and Pose and actors Demian Bichir, JD Pardo, Aubrey Plaza and MJ Rodriguez are among the winners of the 2021 Imagen Awards.

The awards recognize Latino talent and executives in television and film that contribute to the accurate portrayal of Latino in Hollywood. 

Mexican director Fernando Frias’s Ya No Estoy Aquí (I’m No Longer Here) won the award for Best Feature Film. It tells the story of the young leader of a street party gang forced to immigrate to the U.S. after a mixup with a local cartel, but who quickly longs to return home. The film also won two additional Imagen Awards, one for Frias for Best Director and another for Joe Rodríguez and Javier Nuño for Best Music Supervision for Film or Television.

The three prizes for Ya No Estoy Aquí  add to the accolades the film has collected since its release last year. Ya No Estoy Aquí swept at the 2020 Ariel Awards, Mexico’s equivalent of the Oscars, winning in 10 categories, including top prizes–Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Also, it was shortlisted for the 2021 Oscars in the Best International Feature as Mexico’s official entry.

Bichir won Best Actor Feature Film for his role of Miguel in Land, a drama about a bereaved woman seeking out a new life off the grid in Wyoming. 

The award to Best Actress Feature Film went to Plaza for her lead in Black Bear. She plays a filmmaker at a creative impasse seeking solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.

MJ Rodriguez took home the prize to Best Actress Television Drama for her role as Blanca Evangelista in the FX series Pose. That same role earned her a nod for a Primetime Emmy Award, making history as the first transgender woman to be nominated in a major acting category of the coveted prize. Pose also won Best Primetime Program Drama.

Another major winner was Hulu’s Love Victor, which also scored twice, for Best Comedy Primetime Program and Best Actor Michael Cimino.

The 36th Annual Imagen Awards winners were determined by an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latina and Latino community leaders. The award ceremony was live-streamed on PBSSoCal.org and KCET.org.

The Imagen Foundation’s Norman Lear Writer’s Award went to television writer Tanya Saracho, the creator, showrunner and executive producer of the Starz series Vida. Her producer credits also include the popular series How to Get Away with Murder, starring Viola Davis, and HBO’s Looking.

Below is the complete list of winners:

FILM

Best Feature Film: Ya No Estoy Aquí / I’m No Longer Here (Netflix; Panorama Global for Netflix)

Best Director – Feature Film: Fernando Frías De La Parra, Ya No Estoy Aquí / I’m No Longer Here (Netflix; Panorama Global for Netflix)

Best Actor – Feature Film: Demián Bichir, Land (Focus Features / a Big Beach Production / Flashlight Films)

Best Actress – Feature Film: Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear (Momentum Pictures, an Entertainment One Company; Tandem Pictures, Oakhurst Entertainment & Blue Creek Pictures, in association with Productivity Media and Radiant Films International)

TELEVISION

Best Primetime Program – Drama: Pose (FX; 20th Television)

Best Primetime Program – Comedy: Love, Victor (Hulu; Hulu, 20th Television, Temple Hill)

Best Primetime Program – Special or Movie: One Day at a Time – Animated Special (PopTV; Sony Pictures Television, Act III, Snowpants Productions, GloNation)

Best Director – Television: Tanya Saracho, Vida (STARZ; Big Beach and Chingona Productions in association with Starz Originals)

Best Actor – Television (Drama): JD Pardo, Mayans M.C. (FX Networks; 20th Television and FX Productions)

Best Actress – Television (Drama): Mj Rodriguez, Pose (FX; 20th Television)

Best Actor – Television (Comedy): Michael Cimino, Love, Victor (Hulu; Hulu, 20th Television, Temple Hill)

Best Actress – Television (Comedy): Barbie Ferreira, Unpregnant (HBO Max; HBO Max presents a WarnerMax / PictureStart / Berlanti / Schechter Films production)

Best Supporting Actor – Television (Drama): Colman Domingo, Euphoria Special: Part 1 Rue: “Trouble Don’t Last Always” (HBO; HBO in association with Reasonable Bunch, A24, Little Lamb, Dreamcrew, ADD Content Agency | HOT | Tedy Productions)

Best Supporting Actress – Television (Drama): Morena Baccarin, The Twilight Zone (Paramount+; CBS Studios in association with Monkeypaw Productions and Genre Films)

Best Supporting Actor – Television (Comedy): Harvey Guillén, What We Do In The Shadows (FX; FX Productions)

Best Supporting Actress – Television (Comedy): Diana Maria Riva, Dead to Me (Netflix; CBS Television Studios for Netflix)

Best Young Actor – Television: Madison Reyes, Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix)

Best Voice-Over Actor – Television: Justina Machado, One Day at a Time – Animated Special (PopTV; Sony Pictures Television, Act III, Snowpants Productions, GloNation)

Best Variety or Reality Show: Tie
A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya (PBS; KCET and The Soraya)
Shine True (Fuse; Vice Studios, OUTtv Canada, Fuse Media)

Best Young Adult Programming: Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix)

Best Youth Programming: The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon)

Best Music Composition for Film or Television: Cristobal Tapia de Veer, The Third Day (HBO; HBO in association with Sky Studios, Plan B, and Punchdrunk)

Best Music Supervision for Film or Television: Joe Rodríguez & Javier Nuño, Ya No Estoy Aquí / I’m No Longer Here (Netflix; Panorama Global for Netflix)

Best Documentary: Tie
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (Netflix; A Netflix Original Documentary / A Muck Media Production in Association with Key Rat, Inc. & Topic Studios)
POV: The Infiltrators (PBS; American Documentary | POV, Pueblo Sight & Sound, Chicago Media Project, Naked Edge Film, 3DMC, Baked Studios, The National Day Laborer Organizing Network)

Best Informational Program: Street Food: Latin America (Netflix; Boardwalk Pictures for Netflix)

Best Short Film: UNLADYLIKE2020: Jovita Idar (PBS American Masters; Unladylike Productions LLC in association with The WNET Group’s American Masters.)

Best Commercial Advertisement or Social Awareness Campaign: Latinos Are Essential (Latino Public Broadcasting; PBS)

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Hamilton and The Queen’s Gambit won two and one awards, respectively, at the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which recognizes achievements in television.

The Netflix dramatic series starring Anya Taylor-Joy won Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. It competed in six categories, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for Taylor-Joy. However, the Argentinian-American actress lost to Kate Winslet for her role as Mare Sheehan on HBO’s Mare of Easttown.

Disney+’s Hamilton, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, won for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded). Miranda himself was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie but lost to Ewan McGregor, who played fashion designer Roy Halston on Netflix’s Halston. Disney+’s Hamilton is the live recording of the acclaimed Broadway musical of the same title about America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, captured live from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original theatre cast. Hamilton had a total of nine Emmy nominations.

One of the other few nominated Latinos actors was MJ Rodriguez, who vied for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Blanca Evangelista on FX’s Pose. She lost to Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix’s The Crown. Still, Rodriguez made history as the first-ever transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy Award in a major acting category.

The Mandalorian, a Disney+ sci-fi series starring Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal that is part of the Star Wars franchise, received five Emmy nominations but lost in all of them. 

Earlier in the month, another Latina won a different kind of Emmy, the Creative Arts Emmy, which honors technical and other achievements in television. Jessica Hernández won for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. She shared the award with Daysha Broadway and Stephanie Filo.

(See complete list of Primetime Emmy winners below.)

Featured Photo: Hamilton (Credit: Disney+)

2021 Emmy Winners

Best Limited Series: The Queen’s Gambit

Best Drama: The Crown 

Best Comedy: Ted Lasso 

Outstanding Variety Special, Pre-Recorded: Hamilton

Outstanding Variety Special, Live: Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020

Best Actor, Drama: Josh O’Connor, The Crown

Best Actress, Drama: Olivia Colman, The Crown

Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie: Ewan McGregor, Halston

Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie: Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special: Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You

Directing for a Limited Series: Scott Frank, The Queen’s Gambit

Reality Competition Program: RuPaul’s Drag Race

Best Actor, Comedy: Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Best Actress, Comedy: Jean Smart, Hacks

Directing for a Comedy Series: Lucia Aniello, Hacks 

Writing for a Comedy Series: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks

Variety Sketch Series: Saturday Night Live

Variety Talk Series: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Writing for a Variety Series: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Supporting Actor, Drama: Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Supporting Actress, Drama: Gillian Anderson, The Crown

Directing for a Drama Series: Jessica Hobbs, The Crown

Writing for a Drama Series: Peter Morgan, The Crown 

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie: Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a Movie: Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Directing for a Variety Special: Bo Burnham, Inside

Directing for a Variety Series: Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actress, Comedy: Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actor, Comedy: Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actress, Drama: Claire Foy, The Crown

Guest Actor, Drama: Courtney B. Vance, Lovecraft CountryTelevision Movie: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square

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Actors Anya Taylor-Joy, Colman Domingo, Hamilton, Jason Rodriguez, MJ Rodriguez, Pedro Pascal and Rosie Perez stand out among the nominees for the inaugural Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards. Other notable candidates with Latino connections are the series Selena + Chef, Superstore and the film Hamilton. 

Founded in 2016, HCA’s mission is to “Bring together a passionate group of critics and journalists who represent the voices of a new era in Hollywood.” Formerly known as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society until 2019, the group has presented film awards since 2017. This is the first time it hands out television awards, which also include streaming platform categories.

Taylor-Joy is nominated for her role in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit in the category of Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie. Taylor-Joy’s orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon has earned her various accolades, including a SAG Award and a Golden Globe.

Domingo got a nod for his role in HBO’s Euphoria Two-Part Special for Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie.

The film Hamilton competes for Best Streaming Limited Series, Anthology Series or Live-Action Television Movie. The Disney+ feature, starring and written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, captures the live performance on Broadway with the original cast of the multiple Tony Award-winning musical America’s founding father Alexander Hamilton.

Two Latino actors from the FX’s Pose contend in two different categories. Jason Rodriguez and MJ Rodriguez vie for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama, respectively.

Pascal scores his fourth award nomination for his leading role in The Mandalorian. He is nominated for Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama category for his role in Disney+’s sci-fi series.

Academy Award-nominee Rosie Perez gets a nom for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy for her role in HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant.

Selena + Chef, the HBO Max that features singer/actress Selena Gomez, competes for Best Cable or Streaming Reality Series, Competition Series, or Game Show. 

And Superstore, the NBC comedy series starring and executive produced by America Ferrera, nabbed a total of three noms, including Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy. 

NBC has a total of 29 nominations, the most out of all of the traditional broadcast networks with. Its popular series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Young Rock, Superstore, Mr. Mayor and This is Us all boast multiple noms.

HBO leads the Cable categories, also with a total of 29 nods. Mare of Easttown, I May Destroy You, the Euphoria Two-Part Special and The Undoing have multiple nods. The cable channel’s streaming counterpart HBO Max also received various noms with Hacks and The Flight Attendant gathering the most. 

As more and more networks have started to expand into streaming, Netflix continues to lead the way with a total of 28 nominations spread across multiple categories including Best Streaming Docuseries, Documentary Television Movie, or Non-Fiction Series. The Crown received the most nominations of all the Netflix submissions with a total of six nods, including Best Streaming Series, Drama. 

The HCA TV Awards ceremony will be held at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles Aug. 22.

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The series, about New York City’s African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture of the 1980’s, was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals, who is a proud, openly queer Puerto Rican, and brings all that authenticity to the table.

In Pose, Rodriguez stars as Blanca Rodriguez, is an active member of the Black and Latinx LGBT+ drag ballroom culture of New York City. The series follows Rodriguez, her family, friends, and community from the 1980s to the early 1990s. Season 3 takes place in 1994 New York City, at the height of the Aids epidemic. During this hectic time of turmoil, we follow the cast as each deals with the impact of their personal achievements, struggles and the profound repercussions of AIDs.

Pose is a groundbreaking television program, as the first television program to feature the largest cast of transgender actors in recurring roles.

Rodriguez is an award-winning Afro-Puerto Rican transgender actress and singer, who emerged from live theatre.

By Justina Bonilla

— Featured Photo:  Pari Dukovic/FX

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