17th Ariel Awards explained

Number:17
Award:Ariel Awards
Best Picture:La Choca and La Otra Virginidad
Most Wins:La Choca (6)
Most Nominations:La Choca, La Otra Virginidad, and Presagio (7)
Last:16th
Next:18th

The 17th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took place in 1975, in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 13 categories honoring films released in 1974. La Choca, La Otra Virginidad, and Presagio were the most nominated films, and La Choca and La Otra Virginidad tied for Best Picture.[1] Emilio "El Indio" Fernández won for Best Director for La Choca, it was his fourth win in the category, becoming the most awarded director in the category; he held the record for 35 years, until Carlos Carrera tied with four wins in 2010 with the film Backyard: El Traspatio.[2] La Choca was the most awarded film with six accolades; La venida del Rey Olmos and Presagio followed with two wins each.[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.[1]

  • Auandar Anapu – Héctor Sánchez
  • Contra la razón y por la fuerza – Carlos Ortíz Tejada
    • Drenaje Profundo – Carlos Prieto and Ingenieros Civiles Asociados

Multiple nominations and awards

The following six films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
scope=row rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" 7La Choca
La Otra Virginidad
Presagio
scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" 5La venida del Rey Olmos
scope=row rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" 2Meridiano 100
Rapiña
Films that received multiple awards:
AwardsFilm
scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" 6La Choca
scope=row rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" 2La venida del Rey Olmos
Presagio

Notes and References

  1. News: XVII 1975 — Ganadores y nominados. 1975. March 21, 2016. Asociación Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Spanish. June 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160616185224/http://v1.academiamexicanadecine.org.mx/ver_ariel.asp?anio=XVII+1975&tipo=anio. dead.
  2. News: 20 Curiosidades del Ariel. May 28, 2013. May 24, 2016. Chilango. Grupo Expansión. Javier. Pérez. Spanish.