The 59th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took place on July 11, 2017, at the

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. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the

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in 27 categories honoring films released in 2016. The ceremony will be televised in Mexico by Canal 22. '' La 4ª Compañía'' was the most awarded film with 10 awards including Best Picture.

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became the first female director to receive the Best Director award, for the documentary feature ''

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'', which also received three awards. '' Almacenados'' received three accolades, for Best Actor, Supporting Actor, and Adapted Screenplay; while '' La Caridad'' earned two awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Art designer Lucero Isaac and actress

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received the Golden Ariel for their outstanding artistic career.

Background

The Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMAAC) announced that films released in Mexico from January 1 through September 30 should register online for award consideration at the Ariel Awards' official website during the month of October 2016; films released from October 1 to December 31, could register at the same website from December 2016 to January 15, 2017. It was also revealed that the Academy reinstated for the 59th ceremony two former categories,

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and Actress in a Minor Role, that will be awarded to a performer that "has a smaller participation than a lead protagonist or a co-star and is not the narrative focus but their performance is relevant to the plot. Their performance can be limited to a single

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." At the press conference held on May 3, 2017 to announce the 2017 Ariel Award nominees, AMAAC Secretary Everardo González informed that 131 films were submitted for consideration, including 11 animated short films, 10 documentary short subject films, 45 live action short films, 18 documentary features, 37 feature films, and 10 Iberoamerican feature films. He also announced that the award ceremony would be held at the

in Mexico City, and will be dedicated to

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in order to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first Ariel Awards. This year the nominees were selected by 174 Academy members. Actors Karina Gidi and Juan Carlos Colombo announced the nominees which included two documentary features nominated for Best Picture, '' Bellas de Noche'', directed by María José Cuevas and ''

'', by

, with both films also being nominated for Best Documentary Feature. '' La 4ª Compañía'' is the most nominated film, with 20 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best First Feature Film, and seven acting nominations in the

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, Best Supporting Actor and Actor in a Minor Role, categories. Art director Lucero Isaac and Mexican actress

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will received the Golden Ariel to recognize their artistic career. On June 22, 2017, the President of the AMACC,

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, announced that the award ceremony would go on despite a 77% cut to the academy's budget. "Let us make use of our imagination and creativity to have a dignified and solemn ceremony," Heredia declared. The ceremony will be produced by actor

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and televised by Canal 22, since the academy had several problems with

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the previous year.

Awards

The following list includes nominees and winners which are first and highlighted with boldface.

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations: Films that received multiple awards:

References

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