CPC Cine Awards

Cinema Paradiso Club, also known as CPC, was formed by a group of cinephiles in the year 2010 in Kerala, India.[1] The first crowd-sourced CPC Cine Awards was announced in 2016 for the films released in 2015 in the malayalam film industry.[4] The winners were decided by a combination of votes from members of a Facebook group and a jury. CPC Cine Awards 2017 had a change in the polling system, that the poll was open to the public.[5] The 2017 winners were declared and announced to the public on 27 January 2018[6][7][8] CPC Cine Awards 2018 winners were declared on 28 January 2019 and distributed at a ceremony on 17 February 2019 at IMA House, Kochi[9][10][11]

CPC Cine Awards 2015 had no official ceremony. The 2016 award ceremony was held on 19 February 2017 at Cochin Palace Hotel, Kochi. Since it was a crowd sourced event, the program did not invite much media attention initially. The reactions from award winners like Vinayakan, Rajisha Vijayan, Indrans, Manikandan R Achari, Dileesh Pothan, Syam Pushkaran etc. made the news and as such awards received some media attention.[12][13][14][15] CPC Cine Awards 2017 award ceremony was held on 18 February 2018 at IMA House, Kochi.[16][17][18][19] The event's major draw was honouring veteran filmmaker K G George. He was draped with a ‘ponnada’(shawl) by filmmakers Sathyan Anthikad, Sibi Malayil and Kamal.[17] Also a documentary film by the name '8 ½ Intercuts – Life and Films of K G George' that was based on the life and career of KG George was screened at the event.[16][19] CPC Cine Awards 2018 award ceremony was held on 17 February 2019 at IMA House, Kochi.[9] In the event, the senior stunt master Thyagarajan was honored with Special Honorary Award. He was draped with a ‘ponnada’(shawl) by actor Joju George and scriptwriter P. F. Mathews.[10][11] The CPC Cine Awards 2019 award ceremony was held on 16 February 2020 at IMA House, Kochi . In the event, the two film production houses Udaya Studios, Merryland Studios were honored with Special Honorary Award[20]