17th Ariel Awards
# 17th Ariel Awards

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. 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. La Choca was the most awarded film with six accolades; La venida del Rey Olmos and Presagio followed with two wins each.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

| Best Picture La Choca – Estudios Churubusco Azteca La Otra Virginidad – STPC Presagio – Producciones Escorpión | Best Director Emilio "El Indio" Fernández – La Choca Luis Alcoriza – Presagio Juan Manuel Torres – La Otra Virginidad |
| - | - |
| Best Actor Héctor Bonilla – Meridiano 100 as El Rojo Ignacio López Tarso – Rapiña Jorge Martínez de Hoyos – La venida del Rey Olmos as Reynaldo Olmos-Camargo | Best Actress Pilar Pellicer – La Choca as La Choca Leticia Perdigón – La Otra Virginidad as Eva/Evelina Romero Isela Vega – Tráinganme la cabeza de Alfredo García as Elita |
| Best Supporting Actor Ernesto Gómez Cruz – La venida del Rey Olmos as The Hairdresser Arturo Beristáin – La Otra Virginidad as Luis Salvador Sánchez – La Choca as Audias | Best Supporting Actress Mercedes Carreño – La Choca as Flor Anita Blanch – Presagio as Mamá Santos Rosenda Monteros – Rapiña |
| Best Screenplay Presagio – Gabriel García Márquez and Luis Alcoriza La Otra Virginidad – Juan Manuel Torres and Luis Alcoriza El Santo Oficio – Arturo Ripstein and José Emilio Pacheco | Best Original Story Presagio – Gabriel García Márquez and Luis Alcoriza La Otra Virginidad – Juan Manuel Torres La venida del Rey Olmos – Eduardo Luján and Julián Pastor |
| Best Original Score Auandar Anapu – Héctor Sánchez La Otra Virginidad – Gustavo César Carrión La venida del Rey Olmos – Gustavo César Carrión | Best Cinematography La Choca – Daniel López Descenso al País de la Noche – Arturo de la Rosa Presagio – Gabriel Figueroa |
| Best Film Editing La Choca – Jorge Bustos Meridiano 100 – Ramón Aupart Presagio – Carlos Savage | Best Set Decoration La venida del Rey Olmos – Raúl Serrano |
| Best Documentary Short Subject Contra la razón y por la fuerza – Carlos Ortíz Tejada Drenaje Profundo – Carlos Prieto and Ingenieros Civiles Asociados |

## Multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| - | - |
| 7 | La Choca |
| 7 | La Otra Virginidad |
| 7 | Presagio |
| 5 | La venida del Rey Olmos |
| 2 | Meridiano 100 |
| 2 | Rapiña |
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | La Choca |
| 2 | La venida del Rey Olmos |
| 2 | Presagio |
