The 72nd CEC Medals ceremony, presented by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, took place on 30 January 2017 at the Cine Palafox in Madrid. The gala was hosted by Brays Efe and .
Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows: {| class=wikitable style="width="100%" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| The Fury of a Patient Man Smoke & Mirrors Julieta The Olive Tree | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Ozzy Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Alberto Rodríguez – Smoke & Mirrors Pedro Almodóvar – Julieta Rodrigo Sorogoyen – May God Save Us Icíar Bollaín – The Olive Tree | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Raúl Arévalo – The Fury of a Patient Man Nely Reguera – María (and Everybody Else) Salvador Calvo – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – The Open Door |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Raúl Arévalo, David Pulido – The Fury of a Patient Man Paul Laverty – The Olive Tree Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isabel Peña – May God Save Us – The Distinguished Citizen | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos – Smoke & Mirrors Patrick Ness – A Monster Calls Pedro Almodóvar – Julieta Gerardo Olivares, Lucía Puenzo, Sallua Sehk – The Lighthouse of the Orcas |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Eduard Fernández – Smoke & Mirrors Antonio de la Torre – The Fury of a Patient Man Roberto Álamo – May God Save Us Luis Callejo – The Fury of a Patient Man José Luis Gómez – | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Emma Suárez – Julieta Bárbara Lennie – María (and Everybody Else) Carmen Machi – The Open Door Adriana Ugarte – Julieta Maribel Verdú – The Lighthouse of the Orcas |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Manolo Solo – The Fury of a Patient Man Javier Gutiérrez – The Olive Tree José Coronado – Smoke & Mirrors Javier Pereira – May God Save Us | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Ruth Díaz – The Fury of a Patient Man Emma Suárez – The Next Skin Terele Pávez – The Open Door Rossy de Palma – Julieta |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Carlos Santos – Smoke & Mirrors Ricardo Gómez – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Raúl Jiménez – The Fury of a Patient Man Miki Esparbé – The One-Eyed King | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Anna Castillo – The Olive Tree Ruth Díaz – The Fury of a Patient Man Macarena Sanz – The Furies Sílvia Pérez Cruz – At Your Doorstep |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Óscar Faura – A Monster Calls – The Fury of a Patient Man Álex Catalán – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Jean-Claude Larrieu – Julieta
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| , Bernat Vilaplana – A Monster Calls – The Fury of a Patient Man – Smoke & Mirrors , Fernando Franco – May God Save Us |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Fernando Velázquez – A Monster Calls – Smoke & Mirrors Alberto Iglesias – Julieta Roque Baños – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"|
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| colspan = "2" style="vertical-align:top;" width="100%"| Hacksaw Ridge Son of Saul I, Daniel Blake Elle Paterson
Special awards Honorary Medal: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba Medal for the Literary Merit: Medal for the Promotion of Cinema: Cine Palafox Medal for the Journalistic Merit:
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