Acapulco Leads 41st Imagen Awards; Andy Garcia Honored
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- Acapulco scored 13 nominations to lead the 41st Annual Imagen Awards field, including Best Comedy Series, two Best Director nods, Best Actor – Comedy, and multiple Best Supporting Actor – Comedy and Best Supporting Actress – Comedy slots
- Andy Garcia will receive the Imagen Foundation's lifetime achievement award and is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor – Drama for "Landman"
- "Acapulco" creators and Apple TV will collect the Imagen creative achievement award, and LA County First District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis will receive the president's award
- The Imagen Foundation had to skip its Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor awards for film due to a lack of submissions, an absence that founder/president Helen Hernandez called a warning sign for the industry
- Hernandez framed the gap in economic terms, citing a "$3 trillion audience" Latino market and warning that overlooking the community "directly affects the economic health and longevity of the entertainment industry"
- The 41st Imagen Awards will be handed out across 25 categories on Friday, August 21, at The Beverly Hilton, with only three feature films ("Belén," "Brownsville Bred," "Miles Away") making the Best Feature Film cut
Why it matters: The Imagen Awards' inability to populate three major film categories because no one submitted puts a concrete dollar figure on what Hernandez framed as the industry's $3 trillion oversight of Latino audiences. Apple TV's "Acapulco" showing across nearly every comedy slot demonstrates where Latino-led storytelling is currently being invested in — and where the submission pipelines are still empty.
