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The 50th Ariel Awards ceremony took place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on 25 March 2008. Luz silenciosa–a drama about a Mennonite community in northern Mexico–and the supernatural thriller Kilómetro 31 each won five times, although the latter film’s awards were all in technical categories. Quemar las naves and the documentary Los ladrones viejos were awarded two Arieles each; Cobrador, in God We Trust was nominated in 8 categories, but earned only one Ariel for director Paul Leduc.

The Lifetime Achievement Ariel de Oro went to actress Silvia Pinal, whose daughters Alejandra Guzmán and Silvia Pasquel were in attendance. Also receiving special Arieles were a group of film workers whose careers spanned more than 50 years in the industry, including one (Carlos Horcasitas) who died just a week before the ceremony.

BEST FILM:

Cobrador, in God We Trust

Los ladrones viejos

Luz silenciosa

BEST DIRECTOR:

Paul Leduc (Cobrador…)

Everardo González (Los ladrones viejos)

Carlos Reygadas (Luz silenciosa)

BEST ACTRESS:

Miriam Toews (Luz silenciosa)

Cecila Suárez (Párpados azules)

Irene Azuela (Quemar las naves)

BEST ACTOR:

Lázaro Ramos (Cobrador…)

Jorge Zárate (Dos abrazos)

Enrique Arreola (Párpados azules)

Alan Chávez (Partes usadas)

BEST CO-STARRING ACTRESS:

Miriana Moro (Drama/Mex)

Mayra Sérbulo (La zona)

María Pankratz (Luz silenciosa)

BEST CO-STARRING ACTOR:

Alan Chávez (La zona)

Mario Zaragoza (La zona)

Silverio Palacios (Morirse en domingo)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán (Cochochi)

Carlos Reygadas (Luz silenciosa)

Aarón Fernández (Partes usadas)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Xavier Robles (Cementerio de papel)

Paul Leduc (Cobrador…)

Laura Santullo (La zona)

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY:

Diego Rodríguez, Josep María Civil, Ángel Goded (Cobrador…)

Alexis Zabé (Luz silenciosa)

Guillermo Granillo (Morirse en domingo)

BEST EDITING:

Juan Carlos Macías (Cobrador…)

Juan Manuel Figueroa (Los ladrones viejos)

Natalia López (Luz silenciosa)

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC:

Carles Cases & La Lupita (Kilómetro 31)

Gabriel Villar (La leyenda de la Nahuala)

Alejandro Giacomán & Joselo Rangel (Quemar las naves)

BEST SOUND:

David Baksht, Martín Hernández, Toninho Muricy, Víctor Tendler, Lena Esquenazi, Jaime Baksht (Cobrador…)

Mario Martínez Cobos, Miguel Ángel Molina, Ernesto Gaytán, Evelia Cruz (Kilómetro 31)

Sergio Díaz, Martín Hernández,Jaime Baksht, Raúl Locatelli (Luz silenciosa)

BEST ART DIRECTION:

Bárbara Enríquez, Margarita Jussid (Cobrador…)

José Luis Aguilar, Lorenza Manrique (Morirse en domingo)

Lizette Ponce (Quemar las naves)

BEST COSTUMES:

Mariestela Fernández (Kilómetro 31)

Nohemí González (Luz silenciosa)

Gabriela Fernández (Párpados azules)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:

Jaime Moreno Buzzo, Alfonso Moreno Buzzo (Cañitas, Presencia)

Alejandro Vázquez (Kilómetro 31)

Ricardo Arvizu (Malos hábitos)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Raúl Prado, Roberto García, Charlie Iturriaga (Kilómetro 31)

Francisco Muñoz (Malos hábitos)

Raúl Prado, Roberto García, Charlie Iturriaga (Morirse en domingo)

BEST FIRST WORK:

Cochochi (Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán)

Párpados azules (Ernesto Contreras)

Partes usadas (Aarón Fernández)

BEST MAKEUP

Roberto Ortiz, Iñaqui Legaspi, Gaby Benito (Kilómetro 31)

Regina Reyes, David Ruiz Gameros (Morirse en domingo)

BEST FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

Bajo Juárez, la ciudad devorando a sus hijas (Alejandra Sánchez & José Antonio Cordero)

Los ladrones viejos (Everardo González)

Mi vida dentro (Lucía Gajá)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

La leyenda de la Nahuala (Ricardo Arnaiz)

BEST FICTIONAL SHORT:

Destápalo (Eun-Hee Ihm)

Fin de trayecto (Acán Coen) [tie]

Señas particulares (Kenya Márquez)

Ver llover (Elisa Miller) [tie]

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

Balance cósmico (Francisco Athié)

De la vista nace el amor (Miguel Anaya Borja)

Síndrome de linea blanca (Lourdes Villagómez)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

De motu cordis (Mariana Ochoa)

La mutilación de San Pedro, según San Xavier (Olivia Portillo Rangel)

Mago…el misterio de la vida (Ángel Estrada Soto)

BEST IBERO-AMERICAN FILM:

Satanás (Andrés Baiz–Colombia)

Tropa de elite (José Padilha–Brazil)

XXY (Luisa Puenzo–Argentina)

ARIELES DE ORO:

Silvia Pinal

Fernando Morales Ortiz (honorary Ariel)

Arieles de Oro for 50 years in the film industry to: Adolfo Ramírez, Bertha Chiú Amador, Carlos Horcasitas Ochoa, Enrique Lechuga Morales, Enrique Morales Montañez, Fernando Ramírez Romero, Francisco López Serrano, Heriberto Gutiérrez Rivera, Laurencio Cordero, Jesús Durán, Marcelino Pacheco, Salvador Serrano Pérez, Juvenal Herrera Domínguez

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