ARIEL 2015: SURPRISES, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS

By Jose Alberto Hermosillo

The Mexican Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences (AMACC) on Monday announced the nominations for the 2015 Ariel Awards with some surprises and disappointments.

d. Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gueros, AFI FEST 2014, Photo by Jose A. Hermosillo.

The biggest winners were "Gueros" directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios with twelve, "Carmín tropical" by Rigoberto Perezcano and "Las oscuras primaveras" by Ernesto Contreras both with ten nominations. 

The Mexican box office hit "Buen dia, Ramón/Guten tag, Ramón" only got six nominations, including best picture and best director, but the amazing music by Rodrigo Flores López was overlooked.

Among the disappointments, it was the Oscar submission "Cantinflas" that did not get the best picture nomination, neither best director or original screenplay, the highest box office biopic about the great comedian from "Around the World in 80 Days" only got best actor, best makeup, art design, costume design, and visual effects. That says a lot about how far Mexico is to ever win an Oscar for best foreign film.  

The Ariel Awards were established in 1946 to recognize the talent and efforts of the people in the Mexican film industry.

The especial Golden Ariel recipients are the producer Bertha Navarro ("Pan's Labyrinth") and special effects specialist Miguel Vazquez.

Also, it will be a special tribute to the writers Jose Emilio Pacheco, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Vicente Lenero.  

AND THE 57TH ARIEL NOMINATIONS ARE:

BEST PICTURE:
- Carmín tropical, Rigoberto Perezcano 
- Güeros, Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Guten Tag, Ramón, Jorge Ramírez- Suárez
- La dictadura perfecta, Luis Estrada
- Las oscuras primaveras, Ernesto Contreras

BEST FIRST WORK:
- González, Christian Díaz
- Güeros, Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Las horas contigo, Catalina Aguilar
- Los bañistas, Max Zunino
- Obediencia perfecta, Luis Urquiza

BEST DIRECTOR:
– Rigoberto Perezcano, Carmín tropical
– Alonso Ruizpalacios, Güeros
– Jorge Ramírez-Suárez, Guten Tag, Ramón
– Luis Estrada, La dictadura perfecta
– Ernesto Contreras, Las oscuras primaveras

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
- Bering. Equilibrio y Resistencia, Lourdes Grobet
- Eco de la montaña, Nicolás Echeverría
- H20MX, José Cohen
- Los años de fierro, Santiago Eisteinou
- Navajazo, Ricardo Silva

BEST ACTOR:
– Óscar Jaenada, Cantinflas
– Harold Torres, González
– Tenoch Huerta, Güeros
– Kristyan Ferrer, Guten tag, Ramón
– Juan Manuel Bernal, Obediencia perfecta

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
– Luis Alberti, Carmín tropical
– Alonso Echánove, Cuatro lunas
– Álvaro guerrero, Eddie Reynolds, and for los Ángeles de Acero
– Carlos Bardem, González
– Noé Hernández, La tirisia

BEST ACTRESS
– Ilse Salas, Güeros
– Karina Gidi, La guerra de Manuela Jankovic
– Adriana Paz, La tirisia
– Cassandra Ciangherotti, Las horas contigo
– Irene Azuela, Las oscuras primaveras

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
– Mima Vukovic, La guerra de Manuela Jankovic
– Mercedes Hernández, La tirisia
– Isela Vega, Las horas contigo
– Cecilia Suárez, Las oscuras primaveras
– Margarita Sanz, Las oscuras primaveras

BEST MALE REVELATION:
– Sebastián Aguirre, Güeros
– Daniel Carrera, La fórmula del doctor Funes
– Hayden Meyenberg, Las oscuras primaveras
– Sebastián Aguirre, Obediencia perfecta
– Alejandro Gallardo, Somos Mari Pepa

BEST FEMALE REVELATION:
– Vico Escorcia, Eddie Reynolds and for los Ángeles de Acero
– Gabriela Cartol, La tirisia
– Magda Ortiz, La tirisia
– Nora Isabel Huerta, Seguir viviendo
– Petra Iñiguez, Somos Mari Pepa

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
– Rigoberto Perezcano, Carmín tropical
– Fernando del Razo, Christian Díaz, González
– Alonso Ruizpalacios, Güeros
– Jorge Ramírez-Suárez, Guten Tag, Ramón
– Luis Estrada, Jaime Sampietro, La dictadura perfecta

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
– Mauricio Walerstein, Claudia Nazoa, Canon (fidelidad al límite)
– José Buil, La fórmula del doctor Funes
– Ernesto Alcocer, Luis Urquiza, Obediencia perfecta

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
– Alejandro Cantú, Carmín tropical
– Damián García, Güeros
– Carlos Hidalgo, Guten tag, Ramón
– César Gutiérrez, La tirisia
– Tonatiuh Martínez, Las oscuras primaveras

BEST EDITING:
– Miguel Schverdfinger, Carmín tropical
– Yibrán Asuad, Ana García, Güeros
– Jorge Ramírez-Suárez, Sonia Sánchez, Sam Baixauli, Guten tag, Ramón
– Mariana Rodríguez, La dictadura perfecta
– Valentina Leduc, Las oscuras primaveras

 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC:
– Luca Ortega, Carmín tropical
– Mario Lavista, Eco de la montaña
– Tomás Barreiro, Güeros
– Emmanuel del Real, Renato del Real, Ramino del Real, Las oscuras primaveras
– Kenji Kishi Leopo, Somos Mari Pepa

BEST SOUD:
– Pablo Tamez, Ruy García, Carmín tropical
– Axel Muñoz, José Miguel Enríquez, Pablo Fernández, González
– Isabel Muñoz, Pedro González, Gabriel Teyna y Kyoshi Osawa por Güeros
– Santiago Núñez, Pablo Lach, Hugo de la Cerda, La dictadura perfecta
– Enrique Ojeda, Enrique Greiner, Las oscuras primaveras

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
– Ricardo Arvizu, El crimen del Cácaro Gumaro
– Alejandro Vázquez, La dictadura perfecta
– Nury Álamo and Karina Rodríguez, La fórmula del doctor Funes
– Bernat Aragonés, Más negro que la noche
– Ricardo Arvizu, Visitantes

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
– Marco Rodríguez, Cantinflas
– Fabián García, Cyntia Navarro and Paula Siqueira: Eddie Reynolds, and for los Ángeles de Acero
– Paula Siqueira, Michael Hoffmann, Raúl Prado, Cyntia Navarro and Charlie Iturriaga, El crimen del Cácaro Gumaro
– Adriana Arriaga, La dictadura perfecta
– Charlie Iturriaga, Visitantes

BEST ART DESIGN:
– Christofer Lagunes, Cantinflas
– Sandra Cabriada, Güeros
– Salvador Parra, La dictadura perfecta
– Antonio Muñohierro, Mariana Fernández, La guerra de Manuela Jankovic
– Julieta Ávarez, Obediencia perfecta

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
– Gabriela Fernández, Cantinflas
– Laura García de la Mora, Carmín tropical
– Gabriela Fernández, Eddie Reynolds and for los Ángeles de Acero
– Mariestela Fernández, La dictadura perfecta
– Josefina Echeverría, Obediencia perfecta

BEST MAKEUP:
– Maripaz Robles, Cantinflas
– Maripaz Robles, Carmín tropical
– Felipe Salazar, Eddie Reynolds and los Ángeles de Acero
– Roberto Ortíz, Felipe Salazar, Elena López, El crimen del Cácaro Gumaro
– Felipe Salazar, La dictadura perfecta

BEST SHORT (DOCUMENTARY)
– El palacio, Nicolás Pereda
– El penacho de Moctezuma. Plumaria del México antiguo, Jaime Kuri.
– Jefe del desierto, Alejandro Ramírez
– Perreus, Kalien Delgado
– Ulterior, Sabrina Muhate

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:
– 400 maletas, Fernanda Valadez
– Ella, Ximena Urrutia
– La carta, María de los Ángeles Cruz
– Nunca regreses, Leonardo Díaz
– Ramona, Giovanna Zacarías

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
– El color de mis alas, Miguel Anaya
– El modelo de Pickman, Pablo Ángeles Zuman
– El trompetista, Raúl Alejandro Morales
– Tierra seca, Ricardo Torres
– Tlacuache de maguey, Miguel Anaya

BEST IBERO-AMERICAN FILM
– Conducta, Ernesto Daranas – Cuba
– La isla mínima, Alberto Rodríguez – España
– Mr. Kaplan, Álvaro Brechner – Uruguay
– Pelo malo, Mariana Rondon – Venezuela
– Relatos salvajes, Damián Szifron  – Argentina

THE CEREMONY WILL BE ON MAY 26, 2015.

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