Latest Awards News
Imagen Foundation Announces Nominees for the 33rd Annual Imagen Awards
Los Angeles, CA, June 28, 2018 – The Imagen Foundation today announced 103 nominations in 18 categories for the 33rd Annual Imagen Awards to be presented Saturday evening, August 25, at the JW [...]
Now Open: 2nd Annual Short/Student Films & Web Series Competition
The Imagen Foundation invites content creators, filmmakers, and students to submit their short films, student films, and web series to the 2nd Annual Imagen Awards Short/Student Films & Web Series Competition. This special competition is [...]
Deadline Extended for 2018 Imagen Awards Call for Entries
Due to popular request, the deadline to submit for the 2018 Imagen Awards has been extended to May 10, 2018. All entries must be emailed or postmarked by May 10 for consideration into this [...]
About the Imagen Awards
The Imagen Awards was co-founded by legendary television producer Norman Lear, who was acutely aware of the near absence of positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry and understood the importance of positive images. Lear met with the leaders of the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews, or NCCJ), a respected non-sectarian human relations organization committed to fighting prejudice and racial tensions. Out of this meeting emerged the Imagen Awards, which recognizes and encourages the entertainment industry to depict the Latino community in a meaningful and accurate manner.
The Imagen Awards attract key entertainment leaders as well as celebrities. Past honorees and attendees have included Lin-Manuel Miranda and Family, Rita Moreno, Guillermo Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Roberto Orci, Jenni Rivera, and former CBS Entertainment Chairman, Nina Tassler, among others.