Forqué Awards

The Forqué Awards[1] or José María Forqué Awards[2] (Spanish: Premios Forqué, also Premios Cinematográficos José María Forqué) are film and television awards presented by the association of audiovisual producers EGEDA [es],[3] honoring the best of Spanish cinema and television.

Created in 1996, they are named after Spanish filmmaker and producer José María Forqué.

In the 15th edition (2010), the awards started recognising performances (initially a single non-gender category to Best Performance).

[4] Since the 19th edition (2014), the awards include a category recognising the best Latin-American film.

[6] In addition to the competitive awards, EGEDA also honours a career in the audiovisual industry every edition by gifting a gold medal (usually announced in advance).