"I'm No Longer Here" wins big at the Ariel Awards
Monday, October 12, 2020 at 6:00PM
NATHANIEL R in Ariel Awards, Best International Film, I'm No Longer Here, Mexico, Netflix, Oscars (20), This is Not Berlin

Mexico's own Oscar-like film awards have been handed out with I'm No Longer Here prevailing with 10 trophies. That's quite a haul. The drama is about a member of a dancing street gang (played by Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, pictured left) who is forced to immigrate to the US to escape a local cartel. The cast was non-actors, hired for their dancing ability and authenticity. The film is currently streaming on Netflix if you're curious.

ARIEL AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS

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We believe all of these* are eligible to be Mexico's submission this year as none were on their finalist list last year for consideration (though some of the other films nominated in craft categories were). This probably means I'm No Longer Here is the likely submission but you never know. Since it does take place partially in the US it has some English in it (movies run into trouble with this particular category if the English dialogue is dominant or roughly equal to the non-English dialogue). * Clarification: All except This is Not Berlin which would not be eligible as it did have a US theatrical run in 2019.

The nominees and winners are after the jump. If we've previously written about the film there's a link...

 

Director

First Work

Debut director David Zonana. His "Workforce" movie has won strong reviews

A slightly surprising result here in that Yazpik was the only one of them nominated for Best Director but he lost the first film prize. Also Edgar Nito of The Gasoline Thieves won Best New Narrative Director at Tribeca for this feature last year. 

Latin-American Film (Ibero-American Film)

 

All five of the nominees were submissions at least year's Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Only Pain and Glory was nominated, though. Peru's Retablo and Brazil's Invisible Life were nominated for Best International Film at the Indie Spirits last year. 

Best Actress

Fireflies/Luciérnagas is a gay drama about a male Iranian immigrant in Mexico. Not sure how the Best Actress fits in but we need to find this one for viewing! 

Best Actor

Luis Alberti also co-stars in Fireflies. Chicuarotes, which made a few of the acting nomination lists, was directed by international star Gael García Bernal and was one of the film's Mexico considered last year for their submission so it must be the oldest release among these titles. 

Best Supporting Actress

Suffocation (Asfixia) took both of the supporting acting prizes

Del Carmen previously won the Ariel in the lead category for her breakout film Leap Year (2010)

 

Best Supporting Actor

The winner here also has a small role in the current US/Mexico festival hit I Carry You With Me which is an altogether terrific movie -- see it first chance you get! The biggest star in this category is of course the 59 year old Giménez Cacho who you've seen as a headliner in films like Zama  and Blancanieves, and heard as the narrator of Y Tu Mama Tambien. He's won 5 Ariel Awards in his career.

Breakthrough Actor or Actress

Art Direction 

Cinematography

Costume Design

 

Editing

Makeup

 

"This is Not Berlin" received 12 nominations but lost every single one of them. even in the craft categories.

 

Original Music

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Sound

Special Effects

IMDb lists Belzebuth's first screening as 2017 but somehow it's a 2020 Ariel Award winner

Visual Effects 

Belzebuth, which took both of the effects prizes was on Mexico's consideration list last year for Oscar submission though they didn't send it. It's a horror film about the investigation of a school massacre. 

 

Animated Feature 

Animated Short 

I haven't been able to find the winner of this category. Anyone know? The official Ariel Awards site isn't working so I'm pulling from various articles on the web 

Documentary Feature

You might recall that Midnight Family was a finalist for the Oscars for Best Documentary Feature last season (though it wasn't nominated)

Documentary Short

Fiction Short 

 

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