6th Macondo Awards
# 6th Macondo Awards

The 6th Macondo Awards ceremony, presented by the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences, honored the best audiovisual productions of 2017. It took place on December 12, 2017, at the Faenza Theatre in Bogotá. The ceremony awarded 16 categories and was broadcast by Señal Colombia.

The film Guilty Men won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture Guilty Men The Nobodies Oscuro Animal X500 | Best Director Iván Gaona – Guilty Men Juan Sebastián Mesa – The Nobodies Carlos Osuna – With the Lips Closed Juan Andrés Arango – X500 |
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| Best Actor Bernardo Garnica – X500 Manuel Sarmiento – Destinos Luis Fernando Hoyos – El caso Watson Alejandro Aguilar – Empeliculados | Best Actress Luisa Vides – Oscuro Animal Verónica Orozco – El caso Watson Ángelica Blandón – Fragments of Love María Angélica Puerta – The Nobodies |
| Best Supporting Actor Álvaro Bayona – With the Lips Closed Diego Ramírez Hoyos – Destinos Carlos Hurtado – El caso Watson Manuel José Chávez – The Firefly | Best Supporting Actress Marcela Benjumea – With the Lips Closed Jennifer Arenas – Destinos Verónica Carvajal – Oscuro Animal Marcela Valencia – Pasos de héroe |
| Best Screenplay Iván Gaona – Guilty Men Juan Sebastián Mesa – The Nobodies Carlos Osuna, Juan Mauricio Ruiz – With the Lips Closed Juan Andrés Arango – X500 | Best Cinematography Juan Camilo Paredes – Guilty Men Eduardo Ramírez – Destinos Andrés Gutiérrez – Huellas Nicolás Canniccioni – X500 |
| Best Editing Andrés Porras – Guilty Men Eliane Katz – Oscuro Animal Isabel Otálvaro – The Nobodies Felipe Guerrero – X500 | Best Art Direction Juan David Bernal – Guilty Men Carmen Gómez – Keyla Marcela Gómez – Oscuro Animal Juan David Bernal – With the Lips Closed |
| Best Sound Design José Jarro Flores, Daniel Garcés – Guilty Men Miller Castro, Daniel Vásquez – Eso que llaman amor Alejandra Escobar, Daniel Vásquez – The Nobodies César Salazar, Roberta Ainstein – Oscuro Animal | Best Costume Design Camilo Barreto – Guilty Men Carolina Serna – Pasos de héroe Diana Oliva Basante – With the Lips Closed Camilo Barreto, Erika Dergal, Marylin Garceau – X500 |
| Best Makeup Sofía Ferreira, Jessica Suárez – With the Lips Closed Ernestina Arévalo – El caso Watson Michelle Cervera – Un caballo llamado Elefante Lina Cadavid, Priscila de Villalobos, Pamela Wardem – X500 | Best Original Score Edson Velandia – Guilty Men Gustavo Parra – Chamán: el Último Guerrero Daniel Velasco – Keyla Camilo Sanabria – Un caballo llamado Elefante |
| Best Documentary Nicolás Rincón Gille – Noche herida Claudia Fischer – Ati y Mindhiva Josephine Landertinger Forero – Home: The Country of Illusion Catalina Mesa – Jerico, the Infinite Flight of Days | Best Short Klych López – 7Un3L Andrés Ramírez Pulido – El edén Andrés Porras, Jesus Reyes – Genaro Simón Mesa Soto – Madre |
