5th Fénix Awards explained

Number:	5
Award:	Fénix Awards
Date:	November 7, 2018
Site:	Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico City, Mexico
Best Film:	Birds of Passage
Best Actor:	Lorenzo Ferro
Best Actor Film:	El Angel
Best Actress:	Carmiña Martínez
Best Actress Film:	Birds of Passage
Most Wins:	Zama (4)
Most Nominations:	Zama and Birds of Passage (9)
Last:	4th

The 5th Fénix Awards was presented at Mexico City's Teatro de la Ciudad, on November 7, 2018 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2017-2018.^[1]

Zama and Birds of Passage received the most nominations with nine,^[2] with the first receiving the most, four.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Birds of Passage • Alanis • Good Manners • Cocote • The Heiresses • Museum • Zama •	Marcelo Martinessi – The Heiresses Anahí Berneri – Alanis Julio Hernández Cordón - Buy Me a Gun Laura Mora - Killing Jesus Alonso Ruizpalacios - Museum Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego - Birds of Passage Lucrecia Martel - Zama
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Lorenzo Ferro - El Angel* as Carlos Robledo Puch** Javier Gutiérrez - The Motive as Álvaro Martín Gael García Bernal - Museum as Juan Núñez Rodrigo Santoro - Un Traductor as Malin Daniel Giménez Cacho - Zama as Don Diego de Zama	*Carmiña Martínez - Birds of Passage* as Úrsula** Sofía Gala Castiglione - Alanis as Alanis Karine Teles - Benzinho as Irene Antonella Costa - Dry Martina as Martina Bárbara Lennie - A Sort of Family as Malena
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Killing Jesus - Laura Mora y Alonso Torres The Heiresses - Marcelo Martinessi Birds of Passage - María Camila Arias y Jacques Toulemonde Petra - Jaime Rosales, Michel Gaztambide y Clara Roquet Zama - Lucrecia Martel	Zama - Rui Poças El Angel - Julián Apezteguía The Heiresses - Luis Armando Arteaga Museum - Damián García Birds of Passage - David Gallego