Directed by Luciana Kaplan and Pierre Saint-Martin, both films won major awards at the 39th edition of our Festival
The Ariel Awards are presented by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) and recognize the best in Mexican cinema from the past year. No Nos Moverán by Pierre Saint-Martin, winner of the Mezcal Award and the Audience Award at the FICG, took home the Ariel for Best Actress for Luisa Huertas, Breakthrough Performance for José Alberto Patiño, Best Original Screenplay for Pierre Saint-Martin and Iker Compean Leroux, and Best Debut Feature. Meanwhile, Luciana Kaplan ’s *Tratado de invisibilidad* , winner of the Youth Jury Award and the FIPRESCI Award, won the Ariel for Best Documentary Feature.
The Golden Ariel is an award given to those who, over the years, have contributed to the excellence of Mexican cinema. At this year’s ceremony, two Golden Ariels—an award recognizing years of excellence in Mexican cinema—were presented to actresses Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Jacqueline Andere, whose careers are immortalized in the films of Felipe Cazals and Arturo Ripstein, which have left their mark on the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).
Here are all the winners of the 2025 Ariel Awards:
Best Picture
Dirty
Best address
Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez – Sujo
Best Actress
Luisa Huertas – They Won't Move Us
Best Actor
Raúl Briones – The Kitchen
Best Supporting Actress
Yadira Pérez Esteban – Sujo
Best Supporting Actor
Héctor Kotsifakis – Pedro Páramo
Best Breakout Performance
José Alberto Patiño – They Won't Move Us
Best Original Screenplay
They Won't Move Us – Pierre Saint-Martin and Iker Compean Leroux
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Kitchen – Alonso Ruizpalacios
Best Art Design
Pedro Páramo
Best edition
The kitchen
Better sound
The kitchen
Best Costume Design
Pedro Páramo
Best Makeup
Pedro Páramo
Best Original Score
The kitchen
Best Photo
Pedro Páramo
Best special effects
Pedro Páramo
Better visual effects
Pedro Páramo
Best Debut Film
They won't move us
Best Ibero-American Film
El Jockey – Argentina
Best Documentary Feature
Treaty of Invisibility
Best Animated Short Film:
Flashes
Best Documentary Short Film
Anonymous vastness
Best Fiction Short Film
The waterfall
Best Animated Feature Film
Uma and Haggen: Princess and Viking