The Long Game Takes Best Feature Film at the 39th Annual Imagen Awards
A Million Miles Away Takes Best Director, Best Actress, Best Music Composition & Supervision
Liza Colón-Zayas, wins Best Supporting Actor/Comedy, The Bear
Eugenio Derbez wins Best Supporting Actress/Comedy, Acapulco
LOS ANGELES – (September 9, 2024) – The 39th annual Imagen Awards celebrated Hollywood’s most famous Latino entertainers, directors, writers in film, streaming and television. The event honored the stellar performances in 30 categories that featured compelling storytelling and performances by Latino creators, artists, and entertainers.
This year’s Imagen Award winners include The Long Game (Mucho Mas Media), an inspiring story of war veteran turned San Felipe High School superintendent where he assembled the first Latino high school golf club team in the 1950s. Despite every all-white country club that rejected them due to the color of their skin, the team eventually won the Texas state championship in 1957. Alejandra Marquez Abella won for best director for A Million Miles Away (Amazon).
The 39th independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latina and Latino community leaders determined Annual Imagen Awards winners.
Best Feature Film: The Long Game (Mucho Mas Media, Fifth Season, Bonniedale, Jaguar Bite, HarbourView Equity Partners)
Best Director-Film: Alejandra Márquez Abella, A Million Miles Away (Amazon MGM Studios, Select Films)
Best Actor-Film: TIE
- Eugenio Derbez, Radical (3Pas Studios, presented by Pantelion Films and Participant)
- Jay Hernandez, The Long Game (Mucho Mas Media, Fifth Season, Bonniedale, Jaguar Bite, HarbourView Equity Partners)
Best Actress-Film: Rosa Salazar, A Million Miles Away (Amazon MGM Studios, Select Films)
Best Supporting Actor-Film: Julian Works, The Long Game (Mucho Mas Media, Fifth Season, Bonniedale, Jaguar Bite, HarbourView Equity Partners)
Best Supporting Actress-Film: America Ferrera, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Best Voice-Over Actor- Film: Luna Lauren Velez, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)
Best Music Composition for Film or Television: Camilo Lara, A Million Miles Away (Prime Video; Amazon MGM Studios, Select Films)
Best Music Supervision for Film or Television: Javier Nuño and Joe Rodriguez, A Million Miles Away (Prime Video; Amazon MGM Studios, Select Films)
Best Documentary: ABC News 20/20 – It Happened Here: A year in Uvalde (ABC News)
Best Informational Program: ABC News Live: Exodus (ABC News)
Best Short/Student Film: VOCES SHORTS Sabor Ártico: Latinos En Alaska (Latino Public Broadcasting)
Best Commercial Advertisement or Social Awareness Campaign: Be the Next Story Told – Hispanic Heritage Month (NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises)
Best Drama Series: Will Trent (20th Television)
Best Comedy Series: This Fool (ABC Signature)
Best Special or TV Movie: Música (Amazon MGM Studios, Wonderland Sound And Vision)
Best Director-TV: Issa López, True Detective: Night Country (HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger)
Best Actor-Drama: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, The Lincoln Lawyer (A&E Studios for Netflix)
Best Actress-Drama: Sofía Vergara, Griselda (Grand Electric for Netflix)
Best Supporting Actor-Drama: Edward James Olmos, Mayans M.C. (20th Television / FX Productions)
Best Supporting Actress-Drama: Cree, Turtles All the Way Down (NEW LINE CINEMA Presents A TEMPLE HILL Production, A ROJAS GREEN Production for Max)
Best Actor-Comedy: Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Primo (Amazon Freevee, Universal Television)
Best Actress-Comedy: Gina Rodriguez, Not Dead Yet (20th Television)
Best Supporting Actor-Comedy: Eugenio Derbez, Acapulco (Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
Best Supporting Actress-Comedy: Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear (FX Productions)
Best Young Actor: Raffa Virago, Dying in Plain Sight (Neshama Entertainment in association with MarVista Entertainment)
Best Youth Programming: Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)
Best Voice-Over Actor: Carmen Osbahr, Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)
Best Variety or Reality Show: De La Calle (Hard Knock TV, Zero Point Zero, MTV Studios)
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About The Imagen Awards
The Imagen (pronounced ee-mah-hen) Awards program was established in 1985 from a suggestion by veteran television producer Norman Lear to encourage and recognize the positive portrayals of Latinos in the media. Later, as The Imagen Foundation, it expanded its programs and initiatives to further its mission to serve as a bridge between the Latino community and the entertainment industry in providing access, education, and resources for Latinos in the industry, as well as those seeking careers in entertainment. More information on the organization as well as details of the event can be found online at www.imagen.org and its social media channels: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
