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66th Ariel Awards
66th Ariel Awards
	Official poster
Date	7 September 2024
Site	Teatro Degollado; Guadalajara, Mexico
Hosted by	Michelle Rodríguez
Highlights
Best Picture	Tótem
Best Actor	Noé Hernández; Kokoloko
Best Actress	Adriana Llabrés; All the Silence
Most awards	Tótem (5)
Most nominations	Tótem (15)
	← 65th; Ariel Awards; 67th →;

The 66th Ariel Awards ceremony, presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, took place at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 7 September 2024.^[2]^[3] The ceremony was broadcast live on TNT América Latina, Canal 11, Jalisco TV, Canal 22 and, for the first time, through the streaming platform Max.^[4]^[5]

The 186 nominations, divided into 24 categories, were announced on 19 June 2024, by actresses Arcelia Ramírez and Fiona Palomo.^[6]^[7] Of the nominated films, 17 had received public support in their production and distribution from organizations such as EFICINE, FOCINE, ECAMC, FONCA and IMCINE.^[8] Lila Avilés' second film, Tótem, led with 15 nominations, followed by David Zonana's Heroic and Elisa Miller's Hurricane Season with 11.^[9] Tótem went on to win five awards, more than any other film in the ceremony, including Best Picture.^[10]^[1] For this edition, the Golden Ariel was awarded to production designer Brigitte Broch, filmmaker and screenwriter Busi Cortés as well as actress and singer Angélica María.^[11]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Picture Tótem – Limerencia Films, Laterna, Paloma Productions, Alpha Violet Producción. Dir. Lila Avilés‡ All the Silence – Animal de Luz Films and This Is Why Cinema. Dir. Diego del Río The Echo – Radiola Films. Dir. Tatiana Huezo Heroic – New Fiction Films. Dir. David Zonana Hurricane Season – Redrum 15. Dir. Elisa Miller	Best Director Lila Avilés – Tótem‡ Rodrigo García – Familia Tatiana Huezo – The Echo Elisa Miller – Hurricane Season David Zonana – Heroic
Best Actress Adriana Llabrés – All the Silence‡ Adriana Barraza – Where the Tracks End Cassandra Ciangherotti – Familia Ilse Salas – Familia Mónica Huarte – Like or Die	Best Actor Noé Hernández – Kokoloko‡ Daniel Giménez Cacho – Familia Harold Torres – Disappear Completely Pablo de Tavira Egurrola – Human Resources Juan Daniel García Treviño – Lost in the Night
Best Supporting Actress Montserrat Marañón – Tótem‡ Ludwika Paleta – All the Silence‡ Myriam Bravo – Valentina or the Serenity Marisol Gasé – Tótem Teresa Sánchez – Tótem	Best Supporting Actor Fernando Cuautle – Heroic‡ Juan Manuel Bernal – Confesiones Humberto Busto – Martínez Julio César Cedillo – Upon Open Sky Mateo García Elizondo – Tótem
Best Breakthrough Performance Naíma Sentíes – Tótem‡ Danae Ahuja Aparicio – Valentina or the Serenity Ikal Paredes – Where the Tracks End Rocío de la Mañana – Adolfo Santiago Sandaval Carvajal – Heroic Saori Gurza – Tótem	Best Original Screenplay Lila Avilés – Tótem‡ Ángeles Cruz – Valentina or the Serenity David Zonana – Heroic Guillermo Arriaga – Upon Open Sky Lucía Carreras – All the Silence
Best Adapted Screenplay Elisa Miller and Daniela Gómez – Hurricane Season‡ Fernando Frías de la Parra and María Camila Arias – I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me Hugo Hiriart and Guita Schyfter – The Eagle and the Worm Javier Peñalosa – Where the Tracks End Jesús Magaña Vázquez, Fernando del Razo and Antonio Ortuño – Human Resources	Best Cinematography Ernesto Pardo – The Echo‡ Carolina Costa – Heroic Damián García – I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me Diego Tenorio – Tótem Glauco Bermúdez – Disappear Completely María José Secco – Hurricane Season
Best Original Music Leonardo Heiblum and Jacobo Lieberman – The Echo‡ Alejandro Otaola – Disappear Completely Andrés Sánchez Maher, Keit Javier Reyes Osorio "Konk Reyes" and Adan Samuel Romero Ramiréz "Haxah" – A Wolfpack Called Ernesto Héctor Ruiz – Hurricane Season Ludovico Einaudi – Upon Open Sky Zulu González and Estéban Aldrete – Have a Nice Day!	Best Costume Design Gabriela Fernández – Heroic‡ Jimena Fernández and Nora Solís – Tótem Laura García de la Mora – Where the Tracks End Mariestela Fernández – Familia Úrsula Schneider – Hurricane Season
Best Art Direction Ivonne Fuentes – Heroic‡ Alisarine Ducolomb – Disappear Completely Antonio Muñohierro – Where the Tracks End Carlos Y. Jacques – Hurricane Season Nohemí González – Tótem	Best Visual Effects Gustavo Bellón, Thomas Boda, René Allegretti Zambrano, Jesús Corrales Clark, Jorge Palma and Javier Velázquez Dorantes – Disappear Completely‡ Mario Raúl Villegas Rojano, Pablo Ángeles Zuman – Teques Chainsaw Massacre Nicolás González, Ignacio Pol, Pablo Accamee, Enrique Cantú Garza V and Fernando Campos – Human Resources Peter Hjorth, Roberto Galindo Rivera and Mikael Windelin – Lost in the Night Víctor Valencia – Hurricane Season
Best Makeup Alejandra Velarde – Hurricane Season‡ Adam Zoller Duplan – Disappear Completely Gerardo Muñoz – Teques Chainsaw Massacre Tania Aguilera – Heroic Vanessa Coty – Tótem	Best Sound Miguel Hernández, Mario Martínez Cobos and Liliana Villaseñor – All the Silence‡ Carlos E. García, Raúl Locatelli and Michel Schöpping – Lost in the Night José Miguel Enríquez, António Pórem Pires and Federico González Jordán – Disappear Completely Lena Esquenazi, Martin de Torcy, Jaime Baksht and Michelle Couttolenc – The Echo Raúl Locatelli and Erik Clauss – Heroic Rune Palving, Daniel Rojo Solís and Guido Berenblum – Tótem Sergio Díaz, Pablo Tamez Sierra and Carlos Cortés Navarrete – Hurricane Season
Best Special Effects Goyo Vega, Adam Zoller Duplán and Rocío Espinosa Valdés – Disappear Completely‡ Gerardo Muñoz – Teques Chainsaw Massacre José Martínez – All the Fires José Martínez – Where the Tracks End Lanfranco Buratini, Esteban Parodi, Nico Crespo and Jano Ubierna – Human Resources	Best First Work All the Silence – Diego del Río‡ Adolfo – Sofía Auza Daughter of Rage – Laura Baumeister Martínez – Lorena Padilla Upon Open Sky – Mariana Arriaga and Santiago Arriaga
Best Documentary Feature The Echo – Tatiana Huezo‡ The Darkness Within La Luz del Mundo – Carlos Pérez Osorio The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders – María José Cuevas M20 Matamoros Ejido 20 – Leonor Maldonado García A Wolfpack Called Ernesto – Everardo González	Best Editing Paulina del Paso and Miguel Schverdfinger – Hurricane Season‡ Lucrecia Gutiérrez and Tatiana Huezo – The Echo Omar Guzmán – Tótem Óscar Figueroa Jara – Heroic Yibrán Asuad – Familia
Best Documentary Short Film Norte – Natalia Bermúdez‡ Charrascas – Carlos Hernández Vázquez Huachinango rojo – Cinthya Lizbeth Toledo Cabrera KeMonito: La última caída – Teresa de Miguel Escribano Yaxche'oob – Pablo Cruz Villalba	Best Animated Short Film Humo – Rita Basulto‡ Camille – Denise Raquel Roldán Alcalá La canción del lago – Carlos Alberto Sallas Becerra and Beatriz Ariana Navarrete Ledesma Emme y sus días mutantes – Diego Acevedo Nube – Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada and Christian Arredondo Narváez La vieja y el cuerpo – María Lucía Bayardo Dodge
Best Ibero-American Film Society of the Snow – J. A. Bayona (Spain)‡ Behind the Mist – Sebastián Cordero (Ecuador) La hembrita – Laura Amelia Guzmán (Dominican Republic) Puan – María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat (Argentina) The Settlers – Felipe Gálvez (Chile)	Best Fiction Short Film Apnea – Natalia Bermúdez‡ Ángel – Hoze Meléndez Chica de fábrica – Selma Cervantes El color de la habitación – Iván Löwenberg Patrona – Fanie Soto
Golden Ariel Brigitte Broch Busi Cortés Angélica María

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:


Nominations	Films
15	Tótem
11	Heroic
11	Hurricane Season
8	Disappear Completely
7	The Echo
6	All the Silence
	Familia
	Where the Tracks End
4	Upon Open Sky
4	Human Resources
3	Lost in the Night
	Martínez
	Teques Chainsaw Massacre
	Valentina or the Serenity
2	Adolfo
	A Wolfpack Called Ernesto
	I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me