The 71st CEC Medals ceremony, presented by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, took place on 1 February 2016 at the Cine Palafox in Madrid. The gala was hosted by Elena Furiase and .
Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows: {| class=wikitable style="width="100%" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Truman The Bride Food and Shelter Retribution A Perfect Day | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Capture the Flag Meñique Yoko and His Friends
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Cesc Gay – Truman Fernando León de Aranoa – A Perfect Day Paula Ortiz – The Bride Julio Medem – Ma Ma | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Dani de la Torre – Retribution – Food and Shelter Leticia Dolera – Requirements to Be a Normal Person Daniel Guzmán – Nothing in Return |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Cesc Gay, – Truman Daniel Guzmán – Nothing in Return Albert Marini – Retribution – Food and Shelter | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Paula Ortiz, Javier García Arredondo – The Bride Fernando León de Aranoa, Diego Farias – A Perfect Day Jordi Casanovas, – B Fernando Navarro, Pablo Alén, – Spy Time Sergio G. Sánchez – Palm Trees in the Snow |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Ricardo Darín – Truman Luis Tosar – Retribution Pedro Casablanc – B Benicio del Toro – A Perfect Day | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Natalia de Molina – Food and Shelter Inma Cuesta – The Bride Penélope Cruz – Ma Ma Nora Navas – |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Javier Cámara – Truman Manolo Solo – B Mario Casas – My Big Night Quim Gutiérrez – Spy Time Luis Tosar – Ma Ma | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Luisa Gavasa – The Bride Elvira Mínguez – Retribution Mariana Cordero – Food and Shelter Marian Álvarez – Happy 140 |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Manuel Burque – Requirements to Be a Normal Person Fernando Colomo – Isla bonita Miguel Herrán – Nothing in Return Juan del Santo – | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Irene Escolar – An Autumn Without Berlin Antonia Guzmán – Nothing in Return – Olivia Delcán – Isla bonita Paula del Río – Retribution |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| – The Bride Xavi Giménez – Palm Trees in the Snow Jean-Claude Larrieu – Endless Night Alex Catalán – A Perfect Day | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| – Retribution – Requirements to Be a Normal Person Nacho Ruiz Capillas – A Perfect Day Javier García – The Bride |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Shigeru Umebayashi – The Bride Lucas Vidal – Endless Night Alberto Iglesias – Ma Ma Roque Baños – Regression | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| The Propaganda Game I Am Your Father
| colspan = "2" style="vertical-align:top;" width="100%"| Inside Out Bridge of Spies Whiplash Leviathan
Special awards Honorary Medal: Pepa Flores Medal for the Promotion of Cinema Merit: (TVE) Medal for the Journalistic Merit: Enrique Herreros
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