The Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) recognized the most outstanding achievements of the past year in the national film industry in the 65th edition of Ariel. The Ariel 2023 awards ceremony was unique in that it was held outside of Mexico City for the first time in its history.
This year 139 films were registered – 130 Mexican and 9 Ibero-American – including 39 feature films, 15 documentaries and 12 animation films. The votes of the 186 members of the AMACC election committee were counted to select the nominated projects. The dominance of productions directed by women drew a great deal of attention in this episode.
The top winner was BARD, False Chronicle of Some Truths who took home eight Ariel Awards, including Best Director for Alejandro González Iñárritu and Best Actor for Daniel Giménez Cacho. This was followed bone holder, by Michelle Garza Cervera, who walked away with four of the 17 awards aspired to. Despite it, The north above the voidAlejandra Márquez Abella’s ‘The Movie’ caused quite a stir when it won Best Picture.
Here is the full list of nominees and winners for Ariel 2023 in its 24 categories:
Best film Ariel 2023
- Bard, False Chronicles of Some TruthsAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
- The north above the voidAlejandra Marquez Abella – WINNER
- Bone holderMichelle Garza
- The autumnLucia Puenzo
- The civil, Teodora Mihai
Best address
- Natalia Beristáin – Noise
- Michelle Garza Cervera – Bone holder
- Alejandro González Inarritu – BARD, False Chronicle of Some Truths – WINNER
- Alejandra Marquez Abella – The north above the void
- Lucia Puenzo – The autumn
best actor
- Daniel Gimenez Cacho – BARDO, false chronicle of some truths – WINNER
- Alvaro Guerrero – The civil
- Cuauhtli Jiménez – Finland
- Hernan Mendoza – Crate
- Gerardo Trejoluna – The north above the void
Best Actress
- Martha Aura – courage
- Julieta Egurrola – Noise
- Arcelia Ramirez – The civil – WINNER
- Natalia Solian – Bone holder
- Karla Souza – The autumn
Best Female Performance
- Mayra Batalla – Bone holder
- Dolores Heredia – The north over the void
- Martha Claudia Moreno – Bone holder
- Nicolasa Ortiz Monasterio – Wheat field – WINNER
- Ursula Pruneda – Wheat field
Best Male Performance
- Fernando Bonilla – The north over the void
- Raúl Briones – The north over the void – WINNER
- Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino – The civil
- Jorge A. Jiménez – The civil
- Francisco Rubio – BARDO, false chronicle of some truths
Acting revelation
- Eustacio Ascacio – Red shoes
- Emilia Berjon – Wheat field – WINNER
- Déja Ebergengi – The autumn
- Diego Armando Lara – God’s kingdom
- Elizabeth Moon – Bone holder
Best Original Screenplay
- The north over the voidGabriel Nuncio, Alejandra Marquez Abella
- Bone holderMichelle Garza Cervera, Abia Castillo – WINNER
- The autumnMaria Renee Prudencio, Lucia Puenzo
- CrateLorenzo Vigas, Lauro Santullo
- the civilianTeodora Mihai, Habakkuk Antonio de Rosario
best photography
- Darius Khonji, BARD, False Chronicle of Some Truths – WINNER
- Claudia Becerril, The north over the void
- Just Rubio Sherwell, Bone holder
- Dariela Ludlow, Noise
- Serguei Saldívar Tanaka, Red shoes
Best Original Music
- BARD, False Chronicle of Some TruthsBryce Dessner, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Distance lettersPhilip Glass, Leonardo Heiblum
- The north over the voidTomas Barreiro
- Bone holderGibran Andrade, Rafael Manrique
- Red shoesCamila Uboldi – WINNER
Better sound
- Bard, false chronicle of some truths, Nicolas Becker, Martín Hernández, Ken Yasumoto (sound design); Frankie Montaño, Jon Taylor (sound mixing); Santiago Núñez (sound director) – WINNER
- The north over the voidPablo Betancourt, Zulu González (sound design), Yuri Laguna, Gerardo Villareal (direct sound)
- Bone holderChristian Giraud (sound design), Pablo Lach (sound mixing), Omar Pareja (direct sound)
- the civilianJean-Stephane Garbe (sound mixing), Federico González Jordán (direct sound), Valérie Le Docte (sound design)
- Gem CloakThomas Becka (sound design), Carlos Cortés (sound mixing), Raúl Locatelli, Victor Tendler (direct sound)
best editing
- Alain Dessauvage, the civil
- Alejandro González Iñarritu, Monica Salazar, Bardo, false chronicle of some truths – WINNER
- Adriana Martinez, Bone holder
- Michael Schverdfinger, the north the emptiness
- Miguel Schverdfinger, Noise
best art design
- Ana Bellido, Bone holder
- Eugenio Caballero, Bardo, false chronicle of some truths – WINNER
- Sandra Cabriada, The north above the void
- Nohemi Gonzalez, Red shoes
- Daniela Schneider, Crate
best makeup
- Lucy Betancourt, Bardo, false chronicle of some truths
- Alfredo GarcíaThe civil one
- Pedro Guijarro, The north above the void
- Marco Jimenez, Finland
- adam zoller, Bone holder – WINNER
best costume
- amanda carcamo, The north over the void
- Gabriella Gower, Bone holder
- Mayra Juárez, The Mighty Victoria
- Anna Terrazas, Bardo, false chronicle of some truths – WINNER
- star vazquez, Finland
best special effects
- The north over the voidLuis E. Ambriz Martinez
- the mighty victoryElliot Rebollar Feregrino
- Bone holderGustavo Campos, Raul Camarena – WINNER
- The autumnGregorio Vega Lopez
- The Evil EyeYoshiro Hernandez, Roberto Ortiz
better visual effects
- BARDO, false chronicle of some truthsGuillaume Rocheron, Olaf Wendt – WINNER
- The north over the voidRaul Luna
- Bone holderRaul Prado
- The ExorcistRaul Luna
- The evil eyeMevlana Rumi, Ariel Gordon
Best Debut Film
- Bone holderMichelle Garza – WINNER
- Gem CloakNatalia Lopez
- PedroLiora Spilk Bialostotsky
- Wheat fieldAnabel Caso
- Red shoesCarlos Eichelmann Kaiser
Best Iberoamerican Film
- 1976 (Chile), Manuela Martelli
- Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), Santiago Miter – WINNER
- Ace Bestas (Spain), Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Carajita (Dominican Republic), Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra
- The kings of the world (Colombia), Laura Mora Ortega
Best Documentary
- Distance lettersJuan Carlos Rulfo
- Gods of MexicoHelmut Dosantos – WINNER (Equality)
- Home is somewhere elseCarlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos
- time rateAndres Kaiser– WINNER (Equality)
- userNatalia Almada
Best Animated Feature Film
- Eagle and Jaguar: The Legendary WarriorsMike R Ortiz
- Home is somewhere elseCarlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos – WINNER
Best Fiction Short Film
- Augustine, Luciana Herrera case – WINNER
- AirKenya Marquez
- A CricketCarlos Hernandez Vazquez
- EverywhereMinerva Rivera Bolaños
- pit bullFabian Leon Lopez
Best Animated Short Film
- BoucletteFernanda Lozada
- the year of radiumSamuel Kishi – WINNER
- K8Miguel Anaya Borja
- The rousing melodyJose Luis Saturno
- the RavensHector Davila Cabrera
Best Short Documentary
- The reviewDiego Enrique Osorno
- The clouds are made of music Enrique Garcia Meza – WINNER
- my kingdomLuis J Arellano
- look at the skySantiago Zermeno
- no worriesJuan Vicente Manrique
Recipient of the Golden Ariel
- Marcela Fernandez Violante
- Juan Mora Catlett
- Department of Image and Sound of the University of Guadalajara
The 65th edition of Ariel took place on Saturday September 9, 2023 from that Degollado Theater in Guadalajara, Jalisco.