Ariel Awards 2009

2009 Ariel Awards
2009 Ariel nominations: Feb. 27, 2009
2009 Ariel winners: National Auditorium in Mexico City on March 31, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Fernando Eimbcke’s minimalist comedy Lake Tahoe presents a series of vignettes showing a small-town teenager (Diego Cataño) trying to cope with the death of his father. Lake Tahoe won three Ariels: best film, best director, and best supporting actor (Héctor Herrera). The night’s biggest winner, however, was Rodrigo Plá’s drama Desierto adentro, set during Mexico’s Cristero War, with eight awards including best actor (Mario Zaragoza) and best original screenplay. Box-office hit Arrancame la vida / Tear This Heart Out, Mexico’s submission for the 2009 foreign-language film Academy Award, failed to get a best picture nod [...]

by Anna Robinson | March 31, 2009   
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Berlin 2008: CHERRY BLOSSOMS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

2008 Berlin Film Festival: Official Competition Line-Up Part II

Berlin 2008: Official Competition Line-Up – Part I

Kirschblüten – Hanami / Cherry Blossoms, Germany
by Doris Dörrie
with Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl

Lady Jane, France
by Robert Guédiguian
with Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Frédérique Bonnal

Lake Tahoe, Mexico / US (World Premiere)
by Fernando Eimbcke
with Diego Cataño, Héctor Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara and Yemil Sefani

Musta Jaä / Black Ice, Finland / Germany (International Premiere)
by Petri Kotwica
with Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosala, Ville Virtanen

Restless, Israel / Germany / Canada / France / Belgium
by Amos Kollek
with Moshe Ivgy, Ran Danker, Karen Young, Phyllis Sommerville

S.O.P. Standard Operating Procedure, USA (World Premiere)
by Errol Morris

The Sparrow, Hong Kong
by Johnnie To
with Simon Yam Tat [...]

by Andre Soares | January 31, 2008   
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