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Jun 22, 20144 min read

Indies Shine Among Imagen Award Nominees

Imagen Award Nominee

Imagen Award Nominees


Multiple Nominees include FX’s The Bridge and Indie Films Sleeping With the Fishes, Cesar Chavez and After School

The 2014 Imagen Award nominations were announced last week and they cast a wide net this year awarding talent and projects in film and television, with a special focus on independent works.  The Imagen awards honor portrayals of Latinos and Latino cultures in television and film. The awards will be presented at a gala black-tie dinner on Friday evening, August 1st, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel International Ballroom.

Multiple Imagen award nominees this year include the FX drama The Bridge with four nominations Best TV Drama, Best Actor for Demian Bichir, and two Best Supporting Actresses Emily Rios and Catalina Sandino Moreno.  Lifetime’s Devious Maids takes all but one of the slots in the Best Actress nominations with all the “maids” Edy Ganam, Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sanchez, Judy Reyes and Ana Ortiz.  The only other actress nominated in this category was Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer for The Fresh Beat Band on Nickelodeon.

Also of note, freshman HBO drama Looking a comedy-drama television series about a group of gay friends living in San Francisco, garnered a Best Actor Imagen for Raul Castillo for Best Actor and Frankie J. Alvarez for Best Supporting actor.

The independent project nominations also held their own with multiple nominations. In the Best Picture category (of which all were independently produced) Sleeping with the Fishes received five nominations:  Best Picture, Best Director for Nicole Gomez Fisher, Best Actress for Gina Rodriguez and Best Supporting for Pricilla Lopez and Ana Ortiz.  Canana’s Cesar Chavez came in with four nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor for Michael Peña and Best Actress/Supporting for America Ferrera and Rosario Dawson.

The True Form Film and Plus Entertainment indie After School takes home three nominations. Also in the running for Best Picture After School actor (and producer) Mauricio Mendoza and Adrian Moreira-Behrens have both been nominated in the Best Best Actor/Supporting Actor category.

Of Special Note:

Jorge Diaz whose breakout performance in Paramount Pictures’ Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones has been awarded with a Best Actor nomination.

ORA TV, founded by Mexico’s Carlos Slim and Larry King has received its first Imagen nomination.  Their Newsbreaker En Español, which is hosted and produced by Naibe Reynoso, has been nominated for Best Web Series: Reality or Informational.

In the webseries category Encounters Web Series a Angel Flight Media in association with True Form Films has been nominated for a third time.

Here is the complete list of nominees.

Best Primetime Television Program: Drama or Comedy

  1. The Bridge (FX Networks/Shine America and FX Productions)

  2. Chicago P.D. (NBC/Wolf Films/NBCUniversal Television)

  3. The Fosters (ABC Family in association with Prodco, Inc.)

  4. Law & Order: SVU (NBC/Wolf Films/NBCUniversal Television)

  5. Switched at Birth (Prodco, Inc. in association with ABC Family)

Best Primetime Program: Special or Movie-of-the-Week

  1. Historias Detras Del Diamante: Yasiel Puig (Time Warner Cable Deportes)

  2. John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown (HBO Entertainment in association with Silver Lining Entertainment, Insurgent Media and Rebel Films)

  3. The 2013 NCLR ALMA Awards (BIG VIDA Entertainment)

Best Actor/Television

  1. Demian Bichir, The Bridge (FX Networks/Shine America and FX Productions)

  2. Raul Castillo, Looking  (HBO Entertainment in association with Fair Harbor Productions)

  3. Ian Gomez, Cougar Town (TBS)

  4. Danny Pino, Law & Order: SVU (NBC/Wolf Films/NBCUniversal Television)

Best Actress/Television

  1. Edy Ganem, Devious Maids (Lifetime/ABC Studios)

  2. Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, The Fresh Beat Band (Nickelodeon)

  3. Ana Ortiz, Devious Maids (Lifetime/ABC Studios)

  4. Dania Ramirez, Devious Maids (Lifetime/ABC Studios)

  5. Judy Reyes, Devious Maids (Lifetime/ABC Studios)

  6. Roselyn Sanchez, Devious Maids (Lifetime/ABC Studios)

Best Supporting Actor/Television

  1. Frankie J. Alvarez , Looking (HBO Entertainment in association with Fair Harbor Productions)

  2. Nestor Carbonell, Bates Motel (A&E/ Universal Television)

  3. Al Madrigal, About a Boy (Universal Television)

  4. Joe Minoso, Chicago Fire (NBC/Wolf Films/NBCUniversal Television)

  5. Mel Rodriguez, Getting On (HBO Entertainment in association with Anima Sola Productions and BBC Worldwide)

  6. Jon Seda, Chicago P.D. (NBC/Wolf Films/NBCUniversal Television)

Best Supporting Actress/Television 

  1. Stephanie Beatriz, Brooklyn Nine Nine (Universal Television)

  2. Constance Marie, Switched at Birth (ABC Family/ ABC Studios)

  3. Hayley Orrantia, The Goldbergs (ABC)

  4. Aubrey Plaza, Parks and Recreation (Universal Television)

  5. Monica Raymund, Chicago Fire (NBC/Wolf Films/NBCUniversal Television)

  6. Emily Rios, The Bridge (FX Networks/Shine America and FX Productions)

  7. Catalina Sandino Moreno, The Bridge (FX Networks/Shine America and FX Productions)

Best Young Actress/Television 

  1. Paola Andino, Every Witch Way (Nickelodeon in association with Cinemat)

  2. Amber Montana, The Haunted Hathaways (Nickelodeon)

  3. Fatima Ptacek, Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon)

  4. Bella Thorne, Shake It Up! (Disney Channel/ It’s A Laugh Productions)

Best Young Actor/Television 

  1. Mateo Arias, Kickin’ It (Disney XD/ Poor Soul/ It’s A Laugh Productions)

  2. Benjamin “lil-P-Nut” Flores Jr., The Haunted Hathaways (Nickelodeon)

  3. Fabrizio Zacharee Guido, Welcome to the Family (NBC)

  4. Adam Irigoyen, Shake It Up! (Disney Channel/ It’s A Laugh Productions)

  5. Xolo Mariduena, Parenthood (Universal Television)

Best Children’s Programming

  1. Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon)

  2. Every Witch Way (Nickelodeon in association with Cinemat)

Best Documentary/Film or Television

  1. America ReFramed: Deputized (American Documentary, Inc.; WORLD Channel)

  2. El Boxeo (El Boxeo Productions)

  3. Mendota (ESPN  )

  4. Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle (City Projects, LLC; Latino Public Broadcasting)

  5. The State of Arizona (Camino Bluff Productions, Inc.)

  6. Valentine Road (HBO Documentary Films Presents a BMP Film in association with Eddie Schmidt Productions)

Best National Informational Program

  1. LatiNation (LATV Networkds)

  2. Latino Americans (WETA; Bosch and Co., Inc; Latino Public Broadcasting; In association with ITVS)

  3. mun2 News Special: Hecho en America (mun2)

  4. Oprah’s Next Chapter (OWN/Harpo Studios)

  5. Pati’s Mexican Table (WETA/Follow Productions)

Best Local Informational Program

  1. #LAPrepa (Time Warner Cable Deportes)

  2. CBS2/KCAL9 News Special (CBS)

  3. KVCR Now (KVCR TV (PBS))

  4. Latino Americans of NY & NJ (WLIW)

  5. Vista L.A. (KABC – TV/ABC7)

Best On-Air Advertising

  1. “Premio lo nuestro ” Award Show On-Air Promotion (Univision Network)

  2. Combate Americas (mun2)

  3. Friends for Change (Riverstreet and 7ate9)

  4. PBS SoCaL Community Champions (PBS SoCal)

Best Variety or Reality Show

  1. Brain Games (National Geographic Channel)

  2. Cesar 911 (Nat Geo WILD)

  3. Combate Americas (mun2/Bunim-Murray Productions)

  4. I Love Jenni (mun2/Blank Paige)

  5. The Voice (Mark Burnett’s One Three Inc. and Talpa Media USA in association with Warner Horizon Television)

Best Picture

  1. A Miracle in Spanish Harlem (DigiNext)

  2. After School (True Form Film and Plus Entertainment)

  3. Cesar Chavez (Canana Films)

  4. Coyote (Toe Pictures/Gravitas Ventures)

  5. Sleeping with the Fishes (Unikki Productions, LLC)

Best Director

  1. Carlos Melendez, After School (True Form Film and Plus Entertainment)

  2. Jeffrey Travis, Dragon Day (Burning Myth Films/Entertainment One)

  3. Christopher Landon, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (Paramount Pictures/ Blumhouse Productions)

  4. Nicole Gomez Fisher, Sleeping with the Fishes (Unikki Productions, LLC)

Best Actor/Supporting Actor – Feature Film

  1. Jorge Diaz, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (Paramount Pictures/Blumhouse Productions)

  2. Mauricio Mendoza, After School (True Form Film and Plus Entertainment)

  3. Adrian Moreira-Behrens, After School (True Form Film and Plus Entertainment)

  4. Diogo Morgado, Son of God (20th Century Fox Film)

  5. Michael Pena, Cesar Chavez (Canana Films)

  6. Carlos Pratts, Coyote (Toe Pictures/Gravitas Ventures)

Best Actress/Supporting Actress – Feature Film

  1. Rosario Dawson, Cesar Chavez (Canana Films)

  2. America Ferrera, Cesar Chavez (Canana Films)

  3. Priscilla Lopez, Sleeping with the Fishes (Unikki Productions, LLC)

  4. Ana Ortiz, Sleeping with the Fishes (Unikki Productions, LLC)

  5. Gina Rodriguez, Sleeping with the Fishes (Unikki Productions, LLC)

  6. Michelle Rodriguez, Fast & Furious 6 (Universal Pictures)

Best Theatrical Short or Student Film

  1. Chub (YB Project)

  2. Dirty Laundry (The Other Sock Productions)

  3. El Toro (Juan Ramirez)

  4. Madrugada quebradiza: The Break of Day (USC School of Cinematic Arts)

  5. Mediation (Top Rebel Productions)

  6. You’re Dead to Me (PBS)

Best Web Series: Drama

  1. Caribe Road (HELU Films)

  2. Encounters Web Series (Angel Flight Media in association with True Form Films)

  3. Fixing Paco (Mendez National Institute of Transplantation)

Best Web Series: Comedy

  1. Fixing Paco (Mendez National Institute of Transplantation)

  2. Larry Hernandez: El Presidente (mun2)

  3. Saved by the Pole (Blame it on Rios)

Best Web Series: Reality or Informational

  1. Fixing Paco (Mendez National Institute of Transplantation)

  2. Big Shots, Los Angeles Magazine Online Web Series (Giselle Fernandez Productions for Los Angeles Magazine)

  3. Newsbreaker en Español (Ora TV)

  4. Street Knowledge 2 College (Specific Pictures, Latino Public Broadcasting)

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