Cinelatino will air The Fénix Film Awards on Wednesday November 25th

Cinelatino has secured exclusive US Spanish-language pay TV rights to transmit The Fénix Film Awards (Premio Iberoamericano de Cine Fénix), for the second year in a row. Cinelatino will air the event live from the Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris in Mexico City on Wednesday, November 25th, at 9:30pm ET/ 6:30pm PT. The nominated films, selected from a pool of more than 1.400 feature-length films from the 22 countries of the Ibero-American region, will compete for awards in 13 categories and four special recognitions. Among this year’s nominees include award-winning titles such as: Magical girl (Spain), Arabian nights (Portugal), El abrazo de la serpiente (Colombia) y La isla mínima (Spain).The event was founded in 2014 by Cinema23 to celebrate the films and industry professionals of Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Seu Jorge, Jorge Drexler, Enrique Chediak, Manolo Cardona, Eugenio Zanetti, and Agustín Almodóvar are among the more than 350 film professionals from Mexico, Latin America, USA, Europe and Canada who will have an active role in the selection, nomination and voting process for the Fénix Film Awards.