Guadalajara International Film Festival

Guadalajara International Film Festival


Location	Guadalajara, Mexico
Founded	1986
Most recent	2023
Awards	Mezcal
No. of films	306 (440 screenings) 45 countries (2011)
Language	Spanish (Mainly)
Website	http://www.ficg.mx/

The Guadalajara International Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara) is a week-long film festival held each March in the Mexican city of Guadalajara since 1986.

The presence in Guadalajara of delegates from other important festivals from around the world has helped Mexican cinema to have a strong international presence in the last twenty years.^[1] The festival has also helped to revitalize the careers of some older more established Mexican and English speaking artists like Arturo Ripstein, Gabriel Figueroa, María Félix, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Silvia Pinal, Ignacio López Tarso, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Felipe Cazals, Jorge Fons, Katy Jurado, and Ismael Rodríguez as well as many others.^[1]

The festival features an official competition, similar to other festivals like Cannes, and an international jury presents awards in several category at the end of each festival, many of which are accompanied by cash prizes.^[2]

Activities

Guadalajara Film Market & Producers Network (Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes)
Iberoamerican Film Market
Short Up!!! (Short Film Program)
Digital Space (Digital Cinema Keynotes)
Iberoamerican Co-production Meeting
Guadalajara Build (Post-production Market)
Expotec (Technology Show)
Iberoamerican Film Crossing Borders (Foreign Market Training)

Sections and awards

Mezcal Award: consisting of Mexican films or co-productions, from 2000 to 2012 a series of awards named Mayahuel were also given to Mexican films.
Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film: consisting of fictional feature films from countries within Ibero-America.
Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film: consisting of documentary feature films from countries within Ibero-America.
Ibero-American Short Film: consisting of short films from countries within Ibero-America, including Mexico.
Maguey Award: consisting of films with LGBT topics.
Hecho en Jalisco: consisting of films produced in Jalisco.
Socio-Environmental Cinema Award: consisting of films with socio-environmental topics.
International Animation Feature Film: consisting of animated feature films from all over the world.
Rigo Mora Award: consisting of animated short films from all over the world.

Gallery

Eva Longoria at the festival.
Salma Hayek at the festival.
Open-air screening at Guadalajara Film Festival.
The Guadalajara International Film Festival offers outdoor free-access projections at certain points within the city.
Open-Air-Cinema with an AIRSCREEN on the Guadalajara Film Festival.
Doris Dörrie on the talent panel.

Award winners

Mexican Feature Films Competition (Mezcal Award)

Best Film

2007 – Blue Eyelids (Párpados azules) by Ernesto Contreras
2008 – The Desert Within (Desierto adentro) by Rodrigo Plá
2009 – Voy a explotar by Gerardo Naranjo
2010 – Las buenas hierbas by María Novaro
2011 – The Prize (El premio) by Paula Markovitch
2012 – Un mundo secreto by Gabriel Mariño
2013 – Quebranto [es] by Roberto Fiesco
2014 – Echo of the Mountain (Eco de la montaña) by Nicolás Echevarría
2015 – 600 Miles (600 millas) by Gabriel Ripstein
2016 – Maquinaria Panamericana by Joaquín del Paso
2017 – La libertad del diablo [es] by Everardo González [es]
2018 – Restos de viento by Jimena Montemayor Loyo
2019 – Midnight Family (Familia de medianoche) by Luke Lorentzen
2020 – Kokoloko by Gerardo Naranjo
2021 – This Is Not a Comedy (El comediante) by Rodrigo Guardiola and Gabriel Nuncio [es]
2022 – El reino de Dios by Claudia Sainte–Luce [es]
2023 – Heroic (Heroico) by Everardo González [es]

Best Direction

2017 – Sofía Gómez Córdova [es] for Los años azules
2018 – Jimena Montemayor Loyo for Restos de viento
2019 – Luke Lorentzen for Midnight Family (Familia de medianoche)
2021 – Antonio Hernández for Nos hicieron noche
2022 – Claudia Sainte–Luce [es] for El reino de Dios
2023 – Gisela Delgadillo for Kenya

Best Actor

2017 – José Manuel Poncelis and Eligio Meléndez [es] for I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en otro idioma)
2018 – Noé Hernández for Ocho de cada diez
2019 – Benny Emmanuel for Detrás de la montaña
2020 – Alfredo Castro for My Tender Matador (Tengo miedo torero)
2021 – Fernando Xavier de Casta for Plaza Catedral
2022 – Diego Armando Lara Lagunas for El reino de Dios
2023 – Fernando Cuautle [es] for Heroic (Heroico)

Best Actress

2017 – Paloma Domínguez for Los años azules
2018 – Daniela Schmidt for Ocho de cada diez
2019 – Diana Sedano for Yo necesito amor
2020 – Martha Reyes for Los lobos
2021 – Ilse Salas for Plaza Catedral
2022 – Marta Aura for Coraje
2023 – Rocío de la Mañana for Adolfo

Best Cinematography

2017 – María Secco for La libertad del diablo [es]
2018 – César Gutiérrez Miranda for La negrada
2019 – César Gutiérrez Miranda for Yo necesito amor
2020 – Sofía Oggioni for Tragic Jungle (Selva trágica)
2021 – María Secco for This Is Not a Comedy (El comediante)
2022 – Carlos Correa for El reino de Dios
2023 – Santiago Sánchez for Mujeres del alba

Ibero-American Feature Films Competition

Best Film

2002 – To the Left of the Father (Lavoura Arcaica) by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Brazil)
2003 – El bonaerense by Pablo Trapero (Argentina)
2004 – Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos) by Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
2005 – Crónicas by Sebastián Cordero (Ecuador)
2006 – The Minder (El custodio) by Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina, Uruguay, France, Germany) & Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus) by Marcelo Gomes (Brazil)
2007 – Blue Eyelids (Párpados azules) by Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)
2008 – 14 kilómetros [es] by Gerardo Olivares (Spain)
2009 – The Milk of Sorrow (La teta asustada) by Claudia Llosa (Peru)
2010 – Portraits in a Sea of Lies (Retratos en un mar de mentiras) by Carlos Gaviria [es] (Colombia)
2011 – Post Mortem by Pablo Larraín (Chile, Mexico, Germany)
2012 – Back to Stay (Abrir puertas y ventanas) by Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina)
2013 – Workers by José Luis Valle González (Mexico, Germany)
2014 – Ciencias naturales [es] by Matías Lucchesi (Argentina)
2015 – Ixcanul by Jairo Bustamante (Guatemala, France)
2016 – Dark Beast (Oscuro animal) by Felipe Guerrero (Colombia)
2017 – Santa & Andres by Carlos Lechuga (Colombia, Cuba)
2018 – Killing Jesus (Matar a Jesús) by Laura Mora [es] (Colombia)
2019 – Petra by Jaime Rosales (Spain)
2020 – Spider (Araña) by Andrés Wood (Chile, Argentina)
2021 – My Brothers Dream Awake (Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos) by Claudia Huaiquimilla [es] (Chile)
2022 – Carajita by Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porras (Dominican Republic, Argentina)
2023 – I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos) by Valentina Maurel (Costa Rica, Belgium, France)

Special Jury Mention

2007 – Alice's House (A casa de Alice) by Chico Teixeira (Brazil)
2008 – The Other Side [pt] (A Outra Margem) by Luís Filipe Rocha (Portugal)
2009 – Our Beloved Month of August (Aquel querido mes de agosto) by Miguel Gomes (Portugal, France)
2010 – Zona sur [es] by Juan Carlos Valdivia (Bolivia)
2011 – Juan Gentil [es] by Laura Amelia Guzmán [es] and Israel Cárdenas [es] (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Germany)
2012 – Los pasos dobles [es] by Isaki Lacuesta (Spain, Switzerland)
2013 – Quebranto [es] by Roberto Fiesco & Xingu by Cao Hamburger (Brazil)
2014 – The Man of the Crowd (O Homem das Multidões) by Marcelo Gomes (Brazil)
2015 – The Thin Yellow Line (La delgada línea amarilla) by Celso R. García (Mexico)
2016 – The 4th Company (La 4ª Compañía) by Mitzi Vanessa Arreola and Amir Galván Cervera (Mexico)
2017 – Carpinteros by José María Cabral (Dominican Republic)
2018 – Vivir y otras ficciones by Jo Sol [es] (Spain)
2019 – The Sharks (Los tiburones) by Lucia Garibaldi [es] (Argentina, Uruguay, France)
2020 – Los lobos by Samuel Kishi (Mexico)
2023 – Sister & Sister (Las hijas) by Kattia González (Panamá, Chile)

Best Direction

2002 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho for To the Left of the Father (Lavoura Arcaica) (Brazil)
2003 – Pablo Trapero for El bonaerense (Argentina)
2004 – Daniel Burman for Lost Embrace (El abrazo partido) (Argentina)
2006 – Isabel Coixet for The Secret Life of Words (La vida secreta de las palabras) (Spain)
2007 – Paulo Caldas [pt] for Deserto Feliz [pt] (Brazil, Germany)
2008 – Eliseo Subiela for Don't Look Down (No mires para abajo) (Argentina)
2009 – Chus Gutiérrez for Return to Hansala (Retorno a Hansala) (Spain)
2010 – Sebastián Cordero for Rage (Rabia) (Ecuador)
2011 – Fernando León de Aranoa for Amador (Spain)
2012 – Sebastian Cordero for Pescador [es] (Ecuador)
2013 – Fernando Coimbra for A Wolf at the Door (O Lobo Atrás da Porta) (Brazil)
2015 – Jayro Bustamante for Ixcanul (Guatemala, France)
2016 – Felipe Guerrero for Dark Beast (Oscuro animal) (Colombia)
2017 – Joel Calero [es] for One Last Afternoon (La última tarde) (Peru)
2018 – Anahí Berneri for Alanis (Argentina)
2019 – Jaime Rosales for Petra (Spain)
2020 – Juan Pablo Félix for Karnawal (Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Norway, France)
2021 – Nicolás Postiglione for Immersion (Inmersión) (Chile, Mexico)
2022 – Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porras for Carajita (Dominican Republic, Argentina)
2023 – Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren for 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) (Spain)

Best Actor

2005 – Damián Alcázar for Crónicas (Ecuador)
2006 – João Miguel for Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus) (Brazil)
2007 – Selton Mello for Drained (O Cheiro do Ralo) (Brazil)
2008 – Marlon Moreno [es] for Dog Eat Dog (Perro come perro) (Colombia)
2009 – Andrés Parra for Gabriel's Passion (La pasión de Gabriel) (Colombia)
2010 – Gustavo Sánchez Parra for Rage (Rabia) (Ecuador) & Pascual Loayza for Zona sur [es] (Bolivia)
2011 – Alfredo Castro for Post Mortem (Chile, Mexico, Germany)
2012 – Andrés Crespo for Pescador [es] (Ecuador)
2013 – Ernesto Alterio for Clandestine Childhood (Infancia clandestina) (Argentina)
2014 – Gustavo Sánchez Parra for La tirisia (Mexico)
2015 – Joaquín Furriel for El patrón: radiografía de un crimen [es] (Argentina)
2016 – Adrián Ladrón for The 4th Company (La 4ª Compañía) (Mexico)
2017 – Jean Jean for Carpinteros (Dominican Republic)
2018 – Luis Gerardo Méndez for Time Share (Tiempo compartido) (Mexico) & Giovanny Rodríguez for Killing Jesus (Matar a Jesús) (Colombia)
2019 – Darío Grandinetti for Rojo (Argentina)
2020 – Luis Tosar for Out in the Open (Intemperie) (Spain) & Alfredo Castro for Karnawal (Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Norway, France)
2021 – Iván Cáceres for My Brothers Dream Awake (Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos) (Chile)
2022 – Nahuel Pérez Biscayart for One Year, One Night (Un año, una noche) (Spain, France)
2023 – Reinaldo Amién for I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos) (Costa Rica, Belgium, France)

Best Actress

2005 – Mirella Pascual for Whisky (Uruguay)
2006 – Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres for The House of Sand (Casa de areia) (Brazil)
2007 – Carla Ribas [pt] for Alice's House (A casa de Alice) (Brazil)
2008 – Maria D'Aires [pt] for The Other Side [pt] (A Outra Margem) (Portugal)
2009 – Magaly Solier for The Milk of Sorrow (La teta asustada) (Peru)
2010 – Paola Baldion for Portraits in a Sea of Lies (Retratos en un mar de mentiras) (Colombia) & Alma Blanco for La Yuma (Nicaragua)
2011 – Magaly Solier for Amador (Spain)
2012 – Francisca Gavilán for Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta se fue a los cielos) (Chile)
2013 – Female ensemble cast for The Last Call (Tercera llamada) (Mexico)
2014 – Paula Hertzog and Paola Barrientos for Ciencias naturales [es] (Argentina)
2015 – Claudia Muñiz, Marianela Pupo and Maribel García Garzón for Venecia (Cuba, Colombia)
2016 – Marleyda Soto [es], Luisa Vides Galiano and Jocelyn Meneses for Dark Beast (Oscuro animal) (Colombia)
2017 – Lola Amores for Santa & Andres (Colombia, Cuba)
2018 – Sofía Gala Castiglione for Alanis (Argentina)
2019 – Romina Bentancur for The Sharks (Los tiburones) (Argentina, Uruguay, France) & Bárbara Lennie for Petra (Spain)
2020 – Greta Fernández for A Thief's Daughter (La hija de un ladrón) (Spain)
2021 – María Romanillos [es] for The Consequences (Las consecuencias) (Spain, Netherlands, Belgium)
2022 – Magnolia Núñez for Carajita (Dominican Republic, Argentina)
2023 – Beatriz Batarda for Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (Portugal, United Kingdom, France)

Best Screenplay

2005 – Sebastian Cordero for Crónicas (Mexico)
2006 – Rodrigo Moreno for The Minder (El custodio) (Argentina, Uruguay, France, Germany)
2007 – Carlos Contreras for Blue Eyelids (Párpados azules) (Mexico)
2008 – Icíar Bollaín and Tatiana Rodríguez for Mataharis (Spain)
2009 – Chus Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Rubio [es] for Return to Hansala (Retorno a Hansala) (Spain)
2010 – Juan Carlos Valdivia for Zona sur [es] (Bolivia)
2011 – Héctor Olivera for El mural [es] (Argentina, Mexico)
2012 – Jaime Osorio Márquez [es] for The Squad (Colombia)
2013 – Valentí Figueres for El efecto k, el montador de Stalin (Spain)
2014 – Matías Lucchesi and Gonzálo Salaya for Ciencias naturales [es] (Argentina)
2015 – Celso R. García for The Thin Yellow Line (La delgada línea amarilla) (Mexico)
2016 – Marina Seresesky [es] for The Open Door (La puerta abierta) (Spain)
2017 – Carlos Lechuga for Santa & Andres (Colombia, Cuba)
2018 – Martín Boulocq [es] for Eugenia (Bolivia)
2019 – Lucía Garibaldi for The Sharks (Los tiburones) (Argentina, Uruguay, France)
2020 – Diego Vega Vidal and Daniel Vega Vidal for La bronca (Perú, Colombia)
2021 – Claudia Huaiquimilla [es] and Pablo Greene for My Brothers Dream Awake (Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos) (Chile)
2022 – Alejandro Loayza Grisi for Utama (Bolivia, Uruguay, France)
2023 – Ricardo Adolfo and Marco Martins for Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (Portugal, United Kingdom, France)

Best Cinematography

2005 – Miguel Joan Littin for La última luna (Chile)
2006 – Willi Bhenish for Cuatro mujeres descalzas [es] (Argentina)
2007 – Daniel Aranyó for The Distance (La distancia) (Spain)
2008 – Pedro Farkas for Os Desafinados [pt]
2009 – Álex Catalán for Camino (Spain)
2010 – Enrique Chediak for Rage (Rabia) (Ecuador) & Mauro Pinheiro Jr. for Os Famosos e os Duendes da Morte (Brazil, France)
2011 – Sergio Armstrong for Post Mortem (Chile, Mexico, Germany)
2012 – Mauro Pinheiro Jr. for Southwest (Brazil)
2013 – Kiko de la Rica for Blancanieves (Spain)
2014 – Ivo Lopes Araújo for The Man of the Crowd (O Homem das Multidões) (Brazil)
2015 – Juan Carlos Gil for ¡Que viva la música! [es] (Colombia, Mexico)
2016 – Fernando Lockett for Dark Beast (Oscuro animal) (Colombia)
2017 – Daniela Cajías for Two Irenes (As duas Irenes) (Brazil)
2018 – óscar Catacora for Eternity (Wiñaypacha) (Peru)
2019 – Luis Armando Arteaga for Tremors (Temblores) (Guatemala)
2020 – Nicolas Wong for La Llorona (Guatemala)
2021 – Sergio Armstrong for Immersion (Inmersión) (Chile, Mexico)
2022 – Iván Gierasinchuk and Sergio Amstrong for Carajita (Dominican Republic, Argentina)

Best First Feature Film

2004 – A Day Without a Mexican (Un día sin mexicanos) by Sergio Arau (Mexico)
2005 – Kept and Dreamless (Las mantenidas sin sueños) by Martín Desalvo and Vera Fogwill (Argentina)
2006 – Lo más bonito y mis mejores años [es] by Martín Boulocq [es] (Bolivia)
2007 – Lo que sé de Lola by Javier Rebollo [es] (Spain)
2008 – The Pope's Toilet (El baño del Papa) by César Charlone and Enrique Fernández (Uruguay, Brazil, France)
2009 – Voy a explotar by Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico)
2010 – La Yuma by Florence Jaugey (Nicaragua)
2011 – El Dedo [es] by Sergio Teubal (Argentina)
2012 – Transeunte [pt] by Eryk Rocha (Brazil)
2013 – Tanta agua [es] by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge (Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands)
2014 – Los Ángeles by Damian John Harper (Mexico, Germany)
2015 – El patrón: radiografía de un crimen [es] by Sebastián Schindel [es] (Argentina)
2016 – La granja by Ángel Manuel Soto (Puerto Rico)
2017 – Two Irenes (As duas Irenes) by Fabio Meira [pt] (Brazil)
2018 – Eternity (Wiñaypacha) by óscar Catacora (Peru)
2019 – Carmen & Lola by Arantxa Echevarría (Spain)
2020 – Piola [es] by Luis Alejandro Pérez (Chile)
2021 – Immersion (Inmersión) by Nicolás Postiglione (Chile, Mexico)
2022 – Utama by Alejandro Loayza Grisi (Bolivia, Uruguay, France)
2023 – 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)

Ibero-American Documentary Films Competition

Best Ibero-American Documentary Film

2004 – The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (La pelota vasca) by Julio Medem (Spain) & De niños by Joaquim Jordà [es] (Spain)
2005 – El inmortal by Mercedes Moncada (Mexico) & Soy Cuba or el mamut siberian by Vicente Ferraz (Brazil)
2006 – In the Pit (En el hoyo) by Juan Carlos Rulfo (Mexico)
2007 – Accidente by Cao Guimarães [pt] and Pablo Lobato (Brazil)
2008 – Vengo de un avión que cayó en las montañas by Gonzalo Arijón (Uruguay, Spain, France)
2009 – Unidad 25 [es] by Alejo Hoijman (Argentina)
2010 – Entre a Luz e a Sombra [pt] by Luciana Burlamaqui (Brazil)
2011 – Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) by Patricio Guzmán (Chile, France, Germany)
2012 – Long Live the Antipodes! (¡Vivan las Antipodas!) by Viktor Kossakovsky (Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands)
2013 – El otra día by Ignacio Agüero (Chile)
2014 – La última estación by Catalina Vergara and Cristian Soto (Chile)
2015 – Tea Time (La once) by Maite Alberdi (Chile, United States)
2016 – El charro de Toluquilla by José Villalobos Romero (Mexico)
2017 – La libertad del diablo [es] by Everardo González [es] (Mexico)
2018 – La línea de la sombra by Nicolás Combarro (Spain)
2019 – Cine Moroccos by Ricardo Calil (Brazil)
2020 – El canto de las mariposas by Núria Frigola (Peru)
2021 – El cielo está rojo by Francina Carbonell (Chile)
2022 – Alis by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás Van Hemelryck (Colombia, Romania, Chile)
2023 – Samuel y luz by Vinícius Girnys (Brazil, France)

Special Mention

From 2007 to 2012, two special mentions were presented, one for a Mexican documentary film and other for an Ibero-American one.

2007 – Súper amigos by Arturo Pérez Torres (Mexico) & Los ladrones viejos [es] by Everardo González [es] (Mexico)
2008 – Niño Fidencio... de Roma a Espinazo by Juan Farré (Mexico) & Lucio [es] by Aitor Arregi Galdos [es] and José Mari Goenada (Spain)
2009 – El viaje del cometa by Ivonne Fuentes Mendoza (Mexico)
2010 – Perdida by Viviana García Besné (Mexico) & Havanyork by Luciano Larobina (Mexico) & Cuchillo de palo [es] by Renate Costa [es] (Spain)
2011 – Agnus Dei: Cordero de Dios [es] by Alejandra Sánchez (Mexico); Circo by Aaron Sock (Mexico) & Al final de la escapada by Albert Solé [es] (Spain)
2012 – Carrière, 250 metros by Juan Carlos Rulfo and Natalia Gil; El paciente interno by Alejandro Solar (Mexico) & El salvavidas [es] by Maite Alberdi (Chile)
2013 – Elena by Petra Costa (Brazil)
2014 – Echo of the Mountain (Eco de la montaña) by Nicolás Echevarría (Mexico)
2015 – Juanicas by Karina García Casanova (Mexico, Canada)
2016 – Paciente [es] by Jorge Caballero (Colombia, Spain)
2017 – Adriana's Pact (El pacto de Adriana) by Lissette Orozco (Chile)
2018 – El espanto by Pablo Aparo and Martín Bechimol (Argentina)
2019 – El cuarto reino de Adán Aliaga and Álex Lora (Spain)
2020 – El segundo entierro de Alejandrino de Raúl Soto Rodríguez (Colombia)
2021 – Vals de Santo Domingo by Tatiana Fernández Geara (Dominican Republic)
2022 – La playa de los enchaquirados by Iván Mora Manzano (Ecuador)

Best Direction

2021 – Luiz Bolognesi for A Última Floresta [pt] (Brazil)
2022 – Marc Sempere-Moya and Leire Apellaniz López for Canto cósmico. Niño de elche (Spain)
2023 – Pau Faus for Fauna (Spain)

Best Cinematography

2021 – Eryk Rocha and Jorge Chechile for Edna (Brazil)
2022 – Víctor Mares for Para su tranquilidad haga su propio museo (Panama)
2023 – Nico Miranda and Fernando Lorenzale for The Castle [es] (El castillo) (Argentina, Francia)

Best Mexican Documentary Film

2007 – Los ladrones viejos [es] by Everardo González [es]
2008 – Trazando Aleida by Christiana Bukhard
2009 – Los que se quedan by Carlos Hagerman and Juan Carlos Rulfo
2010 – Presumed Guilty (Presunto culpable) by Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith
2011 – Morir de pie by Jacaranda Correa
2012 – Cuatres de Australia by Everardo González [es]

Short Films Competition

Best Ibero-American Short Film

2003 – Los tripulantes by Daniel Henríquez (Chile)
2004 – Sueños by Daniel Guzmán (Spain)
2006 – Sarean by Asier Altuna [es] (Spain)
2007 – Beijo de sal by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa [pt] (Brazil)
2008 – Diente por ojo by Elving Holmboe (Spain)
2009 – Karai Norte by Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay)
2010 – Alijuna by Cristina Escoda (Colombia)
2011 – Ensolarado by Ricardo Targino (Brazil)
2012 – Minutos 200 by Franz Benítez (Colombia)
2013 – La gallina que burló al sistema by Quico Meirelles (Brazil)
2014 – Nunca regreses by Leonardo Díaz (Mexico)
2015 – Castillo y el Armado by Pedro Harres (Brazil)
2016 – Los Ángeles 1991 by Miguel de Olaso and Bruno Zacarías (Spain, United States)
2017 – Aya by Francesca Canepa Sarmiento (Peru)
2018 – El escarabajo al final de la calle by Joan Vives (Spain)
2019 – Bodas de oro by Lorenzo Tocco (Uruguay)
2020 – La medallita by Martín Aletta (Argentina)
2021 – Before I Die by Iker Esteibarlanda (Spain)
2022 – Adeus, Calon by Joâo Borges (Brazil)
2023 – An Avocado Pit (Um coroço de abacate) by Ary Zara (Portugal)

Special Mention

2007 – Primera comunión by Daniel Eduviges Carrera (Mexico) & Hamac Caziim by Gerónimo Barriga (Mexico)
2008 – Primer movimiento para 20 hombres en un cuarto vacío by Gabriel Herrera (Mexico) & Un ramo by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Brazil)
2010 – Lupano Leyva by Felipe Gómez (Mexico)
2011 – La otra Emma by Jashua A. Camarera (Mexico) & Los teleféricos by Federico Actis (Argentina)
2014 – Zafo by Pablo Andrés Orta Zamora (Mexico9
2015 – Trémulo by Roberto Fiesco (Mexico)
2016 – El ocaso de Juan by Omar Deneb Juárez Vargas (Mexico)
2017 – Lucha by Eddie Rubio (Mexico) & Berta Vive by Katia Lara Pineda [es] (Honduras)
2019 – Kyoko by Marcos Cabotá [es] and Joan Bover (Spain)
2020 – Lunas de marte by David Desola (Spain)
2021 – Manchester Acatitla by Selma Cervantes (Mexico)

Best Mexican Short Film

1996 – Novia mía by Rodrigo Plá
1997 – Rastros by Diego Muñóz
1998 – Sin sostén by René Castillo [es] and Antonio Urrutia
1999 – Ondas hertzianas by Ernesto Contreras
2000 – El milagro by Ernesto Contreras
2001 – Hasta los huesos [es] by René Castillo [es]
2002 – La milpa by Patricia Riggen & ¿Y cómo es el? by Issa García Ascot
2003 – La cumbre by Jorge Fons
2004 – La luna de Antonio by Diana Cardozo
2005 – El viejo by Paula Chaurand & La cola entre las patas by Carlos Sama
2006 – La leche y el agua by Celso R. García
2007 – Tiene la tarde ojos by Carlos Sama
2008 – Café Paraíso by Alonso Ruizpalacios
2009 – El tío Facundo by Alejandro Cachoúa
2010 – Si maneja de noche procure ir acompañado by Isabel Muñoz Cota
2011 – Mari Pepa by Samuel Kishi Leopo
2012 – Lucy vs. Los límites de la voz by Mónica Herrera

Animated Short Films (Rigo Mora Award)

Best Animated Short Film

2007 – Niebla by Emilio Ramos (Spain)
2008 – Jacinta by Karla Castañeda (Mexico)
2009 – Jaulas by Juan José Medina (Mexico)
2010 – Luna by Raúl Cárdenas and Rafael Cárdenas (Mexico)
2011 – Mutatio by León Fernández (Mexico)
2012 – Un ojo by Lorenza Manrique (Mexico)
2013 – Electrodoméstico by Erik de Luna (Mexico)
2014 – El modelo de Pickman by Pablo Ángeles (Mexico)
2015 – Zimbo by Juan José Medina and Rita Basulto (Mexico)
2016 – Los gatos by Alejandro Ríos (Mexico)
2017 – Cerulia by Sofía Carrillo (Mexico)
2018 – 32-Rbit by Victor Orozco Ramírez (Mexico)
2019 – Guaxuma by Nara Normande (France)
2020 – The Physics of Sorrow by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
2021 – Bestia by Hugo Covarrubias [es] (Chile)
2022 – Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez (Portugal, France, United Kingdom)
2023 – Carne de Dios by Patricio Plaza (Argentina, Mexico)

Special Mention

2007 – Juanito bajo el naranjo by Juan Carlos Villamizar (Colombia); Lapsus by Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina) & El viaje de Said by Coke Riobóo (Spain)
2014 – La última cena by Vanessa Quintanilla (Mexico)
2020 – Carne de Camila Kater (Brazil, Spain)
2021 – Steakhouse by Špela Čadež (Slovenia, France, Germany)
2022 – Zoon by Jonatan Schwenk (Germany) & My Love Affair ith Marriage by Signe Baumane (Latvia, United States, Luxembourg)
2023 – Ninety-Five Senses by Jared Hess & Jerusha Hess (United States)

International Animated Feature Films Competition

Best International Animated Film

2019 – Mirai (未来のミライ / Mirai no Mirai) by Mamoru Hosoda (Japan)
2020 – Josep by Jean-Louis Milesi (France, Belgium, Spain)
2021 – My Sunny Maad (Moje slunce Mad) by Michaela Pavlátová (Czequia, Slovakia, France)
2022 – Nayola by José Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands)
2023 – Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!) by Chiara Malta [fr] and Sébastien Laudenbach [fr] (France, Italy)

Special Mention

2020 – The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia) by Lorenzo Mattotti (Italy, France)
2021 – Bob Cuspe: Nós Não Gostamos de Gente [pt] by Cesar Cabral [pt] (Brazil)
2023 – No Dogs or Italians Allowed (Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens) by Alain Ughetto (France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Portugal)

Maguey Award

Best Feature Film

2014 – Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) by Xavier Dolan (Canada, France)
2015 – Something Must Break (Nånting måste gå sönder) by Ester Martin Bergsmark (Sweden)
2016 – Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau) by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (France)
2017 – Corpo Elétrico by Marcelo Caetano (Brazil)
2018 – Hard Paint (Tinta bruta) by Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher (Brazil)
2019 – One Taxi Ride [es] by C. K. Mak (Mexico, Singapore)
2020 – Port Authority by Danielle Lessovitz (United States, France)
2021 – Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields by Isabelle Solas (France)
2022 – My Emptiness and I (Mi vacío y yo) by Adrián Silvestre (Spain)
2023 – Kenya by Gisela Delgadillo (Mexico)

Special Mention

2014 – Julia by J. Jackie Baier (Germany, Lithuania)
2015 – Seashore (Beira-Mar) by Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher (Brazil)
2016 – Neon Bull (Boi neon) by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil)
2017 – Santa & Andres by Carlos Lechuga (Colombia, Cuba)
2019 – Memories of My Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) by Garin Nugroho (Indonesia)
2020 – No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei) by Faraz Shariat (Germany)
2021 – Colors of Tobi (Tobi Színei) by Alexa Bakony (Hungary)
2022 – Camila saldrá esta noche by Inés Barrionuevo (Argentina)
2023 – Medusa Deluxe by Thomas Hardiman (United Kingdom)

Best Performance

2017 – Jella Haase for Looping [de] (Germany)
2018 – Elliot Page (as Ellen Page) for My Days of Mercy (United States)
2019 – Valerie Pachner for The Ground Beneath My Feet (Der Boden unter den Füßen) (Austria)
2020 – Alfredo Castro for My Tender Matador (Tengo miedo torero) (Chile, Mexico, Argentina)
2021 – Lara Tremouroux for Medusa [pt] (Brazil)
2022 – The cast of Beautiful Beings (Berdreymi) (Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czequia)
2023 – The cast of 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) (Spain)

Mayahuel Award

From 2000 to 2012 a series of awards under the name of Mayahuel Awards were given to Mexican films within the festival. These awards would eventually be replaced by the current Mezcal Awards.

Best Film

2000 – De ida y vuelta by Salvador Aguirre
2001 – De la calle [es] by Gerardo Tort
2002 – Gabriel Orozco by Juan Carlos Martín
2003 – Recuerdos by Marcela Arteaga & La pasión de María Elena by Mercedes Moncada
2004 – Duck Season (Temporada de patos) by Fernando Eimbcke
2005 – El mago [es] by Jaime Aparicio
2006 – La Niña en la Piedra by Marisa Sistach Peret
2007 – Bad Habits (Malos hábitos) by Simón Bross
2008 – The Desert Within (Desierto adentro) by Rodrigo Plá
2009 – Viaje redondo [es] by Gerardo Tort
2010 – Perpetuum mobile by Nicolás Pereda
2011 – The Prize (El premio) by Paula Markovitch
2012 – Mariachi Gringo (El mariachi gringo) by Tom Gustafson

Best Director

2000 – Benjamín Cann [es] for Crónica de un desayuno [es]
2001 – Laura Mañá for Compassionate Sex (Sexo por compasión)
2002 – Juan Carlos Martín for Gabriel Orozco
2003 – Julián Hernández for A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor)
2004 – Fernando Eimbcke for Duck Season (Temporada de patos)
2005 – Ricardo Benet [es] for Noticias lejanas
2006 – Javier Patrón for Fuera del cielo
2007 – Enrique Begne FOR Dos abrazos
2008 – Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe
2009 – Alberto Cortés [es] for Corazón del tiempo
2010 – Carlos Carrera for De la infancia
2011 – Odin Salazar for Burros
2012 – Everardo Gout for Días de gracia

Best Actor

2000 – Fernando Luján for En el país de no pasa nada
2001 – Luis Fernando Peña [es] for De la calle [es]
2002 – Bruno Nichir for Ciudades oscuras
2003 – Damián Alcázar for The Crime of Padre Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro)
2004 – Enrique Arreola for Duck Season (Temporada de patos) & Roberto Espejo for Puños rosas
2005 – Erando González for El mago [es]
2008 – Mario Zaragoza [es] for The Desert Within (Desierto adentro)
2009 – Patricio Castillo for Crónicas chilangas
2010 – Damián Alcázar for De la infancia & Unax Ugalde for Cefalópodo
2011 – Jesús Ochoa for Between Us (Aquí entre nos)
2012 – Kuno Becker for Espacio interior [es]

Best Actress

2000 – Julieta Egurrola for En el país de no pasa nada
2001 – Karina Gidi [es] for Demasiado amor & Ximena Ayala for Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (Perfume de violetas)
2002 – Gabriela Canudas for La mujer del pueblo
2003 – Katy Jurado for Un secreto de Esperanza
2004 – Danny Perea [es] for Duck Season (Temporada de patos)
2005 – Maya Zapata [es] for El mago [es]
2008 – Dolores Heredia for Enemigos íntimos, Conozca la cabeza de Juan Pérez and The Desert Within (Desierto adentro)
2009 – Teresa Ruiz for Viaje redondo [es]
2010 – Úrsula Pruneda for Las buenas hierbas
2011 – Paula Galinelli Hertzog for The Prize (El premio)
2012 – Martha Higareda for Mariachi Gringo (El mariachi gringo)

Best Screenplay

2003 – Carlos Reygadas for Japón
2004 – Fernando Eimbcke for Duck Season (Temporada de patos)
2005 – Marcel Sisniega for El baile de la iguana
2008 – Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo for The Desert Within (Desierto adentro)
2009 – Carlos Enderle for Crónicas chilangas
2010 – María Novaro for Las buenas hierbas
2011 – Jesús Magaña for Abolición de la propiedad
2012 – Miguel Bonilla for Diente por diente

Best Cinematography

2002 – Ángel Goded for El gavilán de la sierra [es]
2003 – Everardo González [es] for La canción del pulque
2004 – Ciro Cabello and Alejandro Cantú for Adán y Eva (todavía)
2005 – Martín Boege for Noticias lejanas
2008 – Serguei Saldívar Tanaka for The Desert Within (Desierto adentro)
2009 – Tobias Dantum for Voy a explotar
2010 – Gerardo Barroso for Las buenas hierbas
2011 – Alejandro Cantú for Burros
2012 – Jerónimo Rodríguez for Todo mundo tiene a alguien menos yo

Best Art Direction

2002 – Gloria Carrasco for Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos [es]
2003 – Alejandro Reygadas for Japón
2004 – Hania Robledo for Puños rosas

Best Score

2002 – Eduardo Gamboa for Ciudades oscuras
2003 – Rosino Serrano for The Crime of Padre Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro)
2004 – Alejandro Rosso for Duck Season (Temporada de patos)

Best Sound

2002 – Antonio Isordia and Christian Manzuto for Gabriel Orozco
2003 – Aurora Ojeda for A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor)
2004 – Lena Esquenazi for Duck Season (Temporada de patos)

Best Editing

2002 – Roberto Bolado for Ciudades oscuras
2003 – Juan Manuel Figueroa for La canción del pulque
2004 – Daniel A. Fort for A Day Without a Mexican (Un día sin mexicanos)

Best First Feature Film

2004 – Adán y Eva (todavía) by Iván Ávila Dueñas
2006 – Más que a nada en el mundo by Andrés León Becker and Javier Solar
2007 – Partes usadas by Aarón Fernández
2008 – Conozca la cabeza de Juan Pérez by Emilio Portes
2009 – Crónicas chilangas by Carlos Enderle
2010 – Cefalópodo by Rubén Imaz
2011 – Asalto al cine [es] by Iria Gómez Concheiro [es]
2012 – The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol) by Sebastián del Amo

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