The 81st CEC Medals ceremony, presented by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, took place on 23 February 2026 at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid. The ceremony was hosted by María Adánez.
Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows: Film {| class=wikitable style="width="100%" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Sundays Sirāt Maspalomas Deaf | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Decorado Awakening Beauty The Treasure of Barracuda The Light of Aisha |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays Carla Simón – Romería Oliver Laxe – Sirāt Albert Serra – Afternoons of Solitude | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Eva Libertad – Deaf Rafael Cobos – Golpes – Fury Carlos Solano – Leo & Lou |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays Oliver Laxe, – Sirāt Agustín Díaz Yanes – She Walks in Darkness Avelina Prat – The Portuguese House | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Eva Libertad – Deaf Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira, Yolanda García Serrano – The Dinner Carla Simón – Romería Santiago Requejo – All in Favor |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Manolo Solo – The Portuguese House Alberto San Juan – The Dinner Miguel Garcés – Sundays Sergi López – Sirāt | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Patricia López Arnaiz – Sundays Bárbara Lennie – Los Tigres Nora Navas – My Friend Eva Susana Abaitua – She Walks in Darkness |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Álvaro Cervantes – Deaf Miguel Rellán – The Captive Luis Tosar – Golpes Juan Minujín – Sundays | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Nagore Aranburu – Sundays Elvira Mínguez – The Dinner Elena Irureta – Deaf Maria de Medeiros – The Portuguese House |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Julio Peña – The Captive – Romería – Band Together Jordi Catalán – Wolfgang | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Blanca Soroa – Sundays Llúcia Garcia – Romería Judith Fernández – Band Together Miriam Garlo – Deaf |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| – Sirāt Álex Catalán – The Captive Bet Rourich – Sundays Pau Esteve Birba – Los Tigres Hélène Louvart – Romería | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Cristóbal Fernández – Sirāt Andrés Gil – Sundays – Los Tigres Marta Velasco – Deaf Bernat Vilaplana – She Walks in Darkness |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Kangding Ray – Sirāt Alejandro Amenábar – The Captive – Los Tigres Vincent Barrière – The Portuguese House | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Flores para Antonio Eloy de la Iglesia. Adicto al cine Afternoons of Solitude The Sleeper. El Caravaggio perdido |- | colspan = "2" style="vertical-align:top;" width="100%"| Frankenstein A Simple Accident One Battle After Another Sentimental Value
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Films with multiple nominations |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |- | scope=row style="text-align:center"| 10 | Sundays |- | rowspan = "2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 7 | Sirāt |- | Deaf |- | rowspan = "1" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 5 | Romería |- | rowspan = "3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 4 | Los Tigres |- | The Portuguese House |- | The Captive |- | rowspan = "2" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 3 | She Walks in Darkness |- | The Dinner |- | rowspan = "3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 2 | Afternoons of Solitude |- | Golpes |- | Band Together
+ Films with multiple awards Awards Film 6 Sundays 3 Sirāt Deaf
Series {| class=wikitable style="width="100%" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| The Anatomy of a Moment La canción Little Faith Jakarta | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| The Anatomy of a Moment
Little Faith Superstar Jakarta
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