All 2023 Ariel Awards Nominees Revealed; the best of mexican cinema

Excitement is in the air as the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMACC) reveals the incredible nominated for the 65th Ariel Awards. This ceremony, which celebrates the best of Mexican cinema, will take place on September 9 at the Teatro Degollado, in the vibrant city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. But that is not all! This year the event will take place outside Mexico City for the first time, adding a fresh touch to the prestigious gala.

In the Best Film category, we find an impressive selection of titles that made history at the 20th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Outstanding among them is the outstanding film “Huesera” (2022), which won the Audience Award for Mexican Fiction Feature Film at the said festival.

Now, at the 2023 Ariel Awards, she’s earned a staggering 17 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, First Feature and many others. Closely follows with 16 nominations “El norte sobre el vacío” (2022), directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, which was awarded Best Mexican Fiction Feature Film and Best Mexican Fiction Feature Film Screenplay at the FICM.

Other notable films that were also part of the programming of the 20th FICM are in the list of candidates. “Bard, False Chronicle of a Few Truths” (2022) stands out with 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, among other exciting categories.

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Short films leave their mark on Mexican cinema

Besides feature films, short films have also made their mark on the Mexican film industry. The documentary “La evaluación”, directed by Diego Enrique Osorno, obtained a deserved nomination in its category, as well as “Cartas a distancia” (2021), directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, which was part of the Official Selection of the 19th FICM and it was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Original Score.

One of the biggest names in the Best Actor category is Gerardo Trejoluna, who took home the Ojito for Best Actor in a Mexican Fiction Feature Film at the 20th FICM. Now, his performance in ‘The North Over the Void’ has catapulted him to a new Best Actor nomination at the 2023 Ariel Awards.

Andrés Kaiser’s “Teorema de tiempo” (2022), which received the Special Mention for Mexican Feature Documentary at the 20th FICM, will instead face stiff competition in the Best Feature Documentary category. Meanwhile, “Los cuervos” (2022), directed by Héctor Dávila Cabrera and winner of the Special Mention for Mexican Animated Short Film, was recognized as one of nominated in the Animated Shorts category at the 2023 Ariel Awards.

List of nominees by category at the Ariel Awards 2023

Best Movie

• Bardo, False chronicle of few truths, Alejandro González Iñárritu
• The North Beyond the Void, Alejandra Márquez Abella
• Bonemaker, Michelle Garza
• The fall, Lucia Puenzo
• The Civilian, Theodora Mihai

best direction

• Natalia Beristain (Noise)
• Michelle Garza Cervera (Bone Maker)
• Alejandro González Iñárritu (Bardo, false chronicle of some truths)
• Alejandra Márquez Abella (The North on the Void)
• Lucía Puenzo (The Fall)

best actor

• Daniel Giménez Cacho (Bardo, false chronicle of few truths)
• Álvaro Guerrero (The Civilian)
• Cuautli Jimenez (Finland)
• Hernan Mendoza (The Box)
• Gerardo Trejoluna (The north on the void)

Best Actress

• Marta Aura (Courage)
• Julieta Egurrola (Noise)
• Arcelia Ramírez (The civilian)
• Natalia Solian (Bonemaker)
• Karla Souza (The Fall)

Best Feature Documentary

• Distance letters, Juan Carlos Rulfo
• Gods of Mexico, Helmut Dosantos
• Home is elsewhere, Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman
• Theorem of time, Andrés Kaiser
• Users, Natalia Almada

best acting revelation

• Eustacio Ascacio (Red Shoes)
• Emilia Berjón (trial)
• Déja Ebergengi (The Fall)
• Diego Armando Lara (The Kingdom of God)
• Isabel Luna (Bonemaker)

Best Ibero-American film

• 1976 (Chile), Manuela Martelli
• Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), Santiago Mitre
• Like Bestas (Spain), Rodrigo Sorogoyen
• Carajita (Dominican Republic), Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra
• The Kings of the World (Colombia), Laura Mora Ortega

best photography

• Claudia Becerril Bulos (The north over the void)
• Dariela Ludlow AMC (Noise)
• Nur Rubio Sherwell (Bonemaker)
• Darius Khondji (Bard, false chronicle of some truths)
• Serguei Saldívar Tanaka AMC (Red Shoes)

best editing

• Alain Dessauvage (La Civil)
• Alejandro González Iñarritu (Bardo, false chronicle of some truths)
• Adriana Martinez (Bone Maker)
• Miguel Schverdfinger (The North the Void)
• Miguel Schverdfinger (Noise)

Best first film

• Bonemaker, Michelle Garza
• Cloak of Gems, Natalia López
• Pedro, Liora Spilk Bialostozky
• Trigal, Anabel Caso
• Red shoes, Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser

best special effects

• Luis Eduardo Ambriz (The North on the Void)
• Raúl Camarena, Gustavo Campos, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Juan Carlos Santos (Huesera)
• Yoshiro Hernández and Roberto Ortiz (Evil Eye)
• Elliot Rebollar Fegrino (The Mighty Victoria)
• Gregorio Vega López (The Fall)

best visual effects

• Raúl Luna (The Exorcist)
• Raúl Luna (The north over the void)
• Raúl Prado (Bonemaker)
• Guillaume Rocheron and Olaf Wendt (Bard, false chronicle of few truths)
• Mevlana Rumi and Ariel Gordon (Evil Eye)

Best Original Screenplay

• Abia Castillo and Michelle Garza Cervera (Ossaio)
• Habacuc Antonio De Rosario and Teodora Mihai (La Civil)
• Paula Markovitch, Laura Santullo and Lorenzo Vigas (La Caja)
• Alejandra Márquez Abella and Gabriel Nunzio (The north on the void)
• Mónica Herrera, Samara Ibrahim, Tatiana Meñeruk, Lucía Puenzo and María Renée Prudencio (The Fall)

Best animated feature film

• Eagle and Jaguar: The Legendary Warriors, Mike R. Ortiz
• Home is elsewhere, Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman

best art design

• Ana Bellido (Bonemaker)
• Eugenio Caballero (Bardo, false chronicle of few truths)
• Sandra Cabriada (The north over the void)
• Nohemí González (Red Shoes)
• Daniela Schneider (The box)

best makeup

• Lucy Betancourt (Bard, false chronicle of few truths)
• Alfredo Garcia (The Civilian)
• Pedro Guijarro (The north over the void)
• Marco Jimenez (Finland)
• Adam Zoller (Bone Maker)

best wardrobe

• Amanda Cárcamo (The North on the Void)
• Gabriela Gower (Bone Maker)
• Mayra Juárez (The Mighty Victoria)
• Anna Terrazas (Bardo, false chronicle of few truths)
• Estrella Vazquez (Finland)

Best animated short

• Boulette, Fernanda Lozada
• The year of radium, Samuel Kishi
• K8, Miguel Anaja Borja
• The torrential melody, José Luis Saturno
• The Crows, Ali Humar

Best Fiction Short Film

• Agustina, Luciana Herrera Case
• Aria, Kenya Marquez
• The cricket, Carlos Hernández Vázquez
• Everywhere, Minerva Rivera Bolanos
• Pitbull, Fabian Leon Lopez

better sound

• Nicolas Becker, Martín Hernández, Ken Yasumoto (sound design); Frankie Montaño, Jon Taylor (sound mixing); Santiago Núñez (sound director) for Bardo, false chronicle of few truths
• Pablo Betancourt, Zulu González (sound design), Yuri Laguna, Gerardo Villareal (direct sound) for El norte sobre el vacío
• Christian Giraud (sound design), Pablo Lach (sound mixing), Omar Pareja (direct sound) for Huesera
• Jean-Stephane Garbe (sound mixing), Federico González Jordán (direct sound), Valérie Le Docte (sound design) for La Civil
• Thomas Becka (sound design), Carlos Cortés (sound mix), Raúl Locatelli, Victor Tendler (direct sound) from Manto de gemas.

Best Documentary Short

• The evaluation, Diego Enrique Osorno
• Clouds are made of music, Enrique García Meza
• My kingdom, Luis Arellano
• Watch the silence, Santiago Zermeño
• Don’t worry, Juan Vicente Manrique

best original music

• Gibrán Andrade and Rafael Manrique (Huesera)
• Tomás Barreiro (The north over the void)
• Bryce Dessner and Alejandro G. Iñarritu (Bardo, false chronicle of some truths)
• Philip Glass and Leonardo Heiblum (Distance Letters)
• Camilla Uboldi (Red Shoes)

Best Male Performance

• Fernando Bonilla (The north over the void)
• Raúl Briones (The north over the void)
• Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño (La Civil)
• Jorge A. Jiménez (La Civil)
• Francisco Rubio (Bardo, false chronicle of few truths)

Best Female Performance

• Mayra Batalla (Bonesmith)
• Dolores Heredia (The North on the Void)
• Martha Claudia Moreno (Ossea)
• Nicolasa Ortiz Monastery (Trigale)
• Ursula Pruneda (Trigale)

With this exciting list of nominees, the 2023 Ariel Awards promise to be a night filled with cinematic talent, creativity and passion. The Mexican film industry has once again demonstrated its artistry and its ability to tell captivating stories that transcend borders.