The 57th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took place on May 27, 2015, in

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. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the

Ariel Award The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ...

in 25 categories honoring films released in 2014. ''

Güeros ''Güeros'' is a 2014 Mexican road comedy-drama film written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Set in Mexico City in 1999, the film tells the story of three restless teenagers searching for a folk-rocker during the Mexican capital's student stri ...

'' received five awards out of 12 nominations, including

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and

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for

Alonso Ruizpalacios Alonso Ruizpalacios (; born 1978) is a Mexican film director. Best known for directing the feature films '' Güeros'' (2014), ''Museum'' (2018), '' A Cop Movie'' (2021) and '' La cocina'' (2024). Biography Ruizpalacios was born and raised in M ...

. ''

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'', ''Obediencia Perfecta'', and ''Las Oscuras Primaveras'' followed with three awards; ''La Tirisia'' and ''Visitantes'' with two; and ''Seguir Viviendo'', '' Relatos Salvajes'', '' H20mx'', ''El Penacho de Moctezuma. Plumaria del México Antiguo'', ''El Modelo de Pickman'' and ''Ramona'' with one.

Awards

Winners will be listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Special awards

Golden Ariel The Golden Ariel () is an award that “symbolizes the work of excellence that a member of the film industry has achieved throughout their career and that has contributed to the development and growth of Mexican cinematography”. The Golden Ariel ...

– Bertha Navarro *Special Silver Ariel – Miguel Vázquez *Special recognition –

José Emilio Pacheco José Emilio Pacheco Berny (30 June 1939 – 26 January 2014) was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Lit ...

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th centur ...

, and

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Multiple nominations and awards

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

References

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