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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Tags: Ariadna Gil, Ariel 2009, Ariel Awards, Arrancame la vida, Bajo la Sal, Desierto adentro, Diego Catano, Diego Luna, Eugenio Polgovsky, Fanny Kauffman, Fernando Eimbcke, Film Awards, Gerardo Naranjo, Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo, Irene Azuela, Lake Tahoe, Leonera, Los herederos, Maria Deschamps, Mario Zaragoza, Mexican Cinema, Premios Ariel, Rudo y Cursi, Tear This Heart Out, Tony Manero, Under the Salt, Voy a explotar
Havana Film Festival Awards 2008
2008 Havana Film Festival Awards
2008 Havana Film Festival of New Latin America Cinema: 2-12 December, 2008
Set in Santiago in the repressive 1970s, Pablo Larraín’s Tony Manero follows a man (murderously) obsessed with John Travolta’s disco-dancing character from Saturday Night Fever.
FEATURE FILMS
First place
Tony Manero, Pablo Larrain, Chile
Second place
Linha de Passe, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Brazil
Third place
El Cuerno de la Abundancia, Juan Carlos Tabio, Cuba
Special jury award
Leonera, Pablo Trapero, Argentina
Honorable mention
La Buena Vida, Andres Wood, Chile
DOCUMENTARIES
First place
Los Herederos, Eugenio Polgovsky, Mexico
Second place
El Diario de Agustin, Ignacio Aguero, Chile
Third place
Stranded — Vengo de un Avion Que Cayo en las Montanas, Gonzalo Arijon, Uruguay
Special jury prize
Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo, Yulene Olaizola, Mexico
Honorable mention
The Illusion, Susana Barriga, Cuba
Director
Albertina Carri, La Rabia, Argentina
Screenplay
Arturo [...]
by Andre Soares | December 15, 2008
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Tags: El Cuerno de la Abundancia, El Diario de Agustin, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Havana Film Festival Awards, Linha de Passe, Los herederos, Pablo Larrain, Tony Manero, Walter Salles
