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MEXICO CITY — Paula Markovitch‘s aptly titled The Prize (El Premio), a drama set during Argentina’s dirty war, won top honors Tuesday evening at the 55th Ariel Awards ceremony.
Writer-director Markovitch’s The Prize won Mexico’s top film award for best picture, first work, original screenplay and editing. Winner of two Silver Bear awards in Berlin, the Kung Works production has fared well on the festival circuit, although it’s struggled at the Mexican box office.
The film academy gave best director to Rodrigo Pla for his Uruguay-set drama La Demora (The Delay), which also walked away with an Ariel for adapted screenplay.
Best Ibero-American picture went to Pablo Berger‘s fairy tale drama Blancanieves, the big winner at this year’s Goya Awards in Spain.
Winners list:
BEST PICTURE
El Premio
DIRECTOR
La Demora (Rodrigo Pla)
ACTOR
El Fantastico Mundo de Juan Orol (Roberto Sosa)
ACTRESS
El Sueno de Lu (Ursula Pruneda)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Colosio, El Asesinato (Daniel Gimenez Cacho)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
La Vida Precoz y Breve de Sabina Rivas (Angelina Pelaez)
FIRST WORK
El Premio
IBERO-AMERICAN PICTURE
Blancanieves (Spain)
DOCUMENTARY
Cuates de Australia
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
El Premio
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
La Demora
EDITING
El Premio
CINEMATOGRAPHY
El Fantastico Mundo de Juan Orol
SPECIAL EFFECTS
La Vida Precoz y Breve de Sabina Rivas
VISUAL EFFECTS
Depositarios
SOUND
Cuates de Australia
ORIGINAL SCORE
Carriere 250 Metros
MAKEUP
Colosio, El Asesinato
COSTUME DESIGN
El Fantastico Mundo de Juan Orol
ART DESIGN
La Vida Precoz y Breve de Sabina Rivas
ANIMATED SHORT
La Noria
FICTION SHORT
La Tirica o Como Curar la Tristeza
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
La Herida Se Mantiene Abierta
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