5th Fénix Awards
# 5th Fénix Awards

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.

Zama and Birds of Passage received the most nominations with nine, with the first receiving the most, four.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| - | - |
| Birds of Passage • Colombia Alanis • Argentina Good Manners • Brazil Cocote • Argentina The Heiresses • Paraguay Museum • Mexico Zama • Argentina | 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 |

### Special Awards

* Fénix Award for Cinematographic Work: Luiz Carlos Barreto
* Fénix Award for Critical Work: Luciano Monteagudo
* Fénix Award for the Exhibitors: Perfect Strangers
