The films nominated in the I edition of the Fénix Awards, the Ibero-American Film Awards.
The big favorites for these awards are the Mexicans «Jauja»By Lisandro Alonso and«The golden cage»By Diego Quemada-Diez with nine nominations each, including those for best film, best direction and best screenplay.
Mexican women are also eligible for these three main awards «Heli»By Amat Escalante and«Sandwich club»By Fernando Eimbcke, with six and three nominations respectively, and the Venezuelan«Bad hair»By Mariana Rondón that adds up to five.
Among the Spanish films nominated for the Fénix Awards we find, among others, «The witches of Zugarramurdi»By Álex de la Iglesia, who is competing for five technical awards,«Cannibal»By Manuel Martín Cuenca, who is up for the best photography and best actor awards for Antonio de la Torre or«The wound»By Fernando Franco, for which Marian Álvarez aspires to the best actress award.
The winners will be announced on October 30 at the gala that will take place at the Esperanza Iris City Theater in Mexico City.
List of Nominees for Phoenix Awards:
Best film
"Club Sándwich" by Fernando Eimbcke
"The Golden Cage" by Diego Quemada-Díez
«Jauja» by Lisandro Alonso
«Heli» by Amat Escalante
"Bad hair" by Mariana Rondón
Best documentary
"Letter to a father" by Edgardo Corazinsky
"On the marxa" by Jordi Morató
«See and listen» by José Luis Torres Leiva
"Echo of the mountain" by Nicolás Echevarría
«E Agora? Lembra-me »by Joaquim Pinto
Best Director
Lisandro Alonso for «Jauja»
Amat Escalante for «Heli»
Mariana Rondón for "Bad Hair"
Fernando Eimbcke for «Club Sandwich»
Diego Quemada-Diez for "The Golden Cage"
Best Actor
Fernando Bacilio for «El mudo»
Brandon López for "The Golden Cage"
Antonio de la Torre for "Caníbal"
Álex Brendemühl for «Stella Candente»
Viggo Mortensen for «Jauja»
Best Actress
Marián Álvarez for «The wound»
Paulina García for «The illiterate women»
Karen Martínez for "The Golden Cage"
Samantha Castillo for "Bad Hair"
Leandra Leal for «O lobo back da porta»
Best Cinematography
"Burning"
"Heli"
"The golden cage"
"Cannibal"
"Jauja"
Best screenplay
"Jauja"
"Heli"
"Bad hair"
"Sandwich club"
"The golden cage"
Better sound
"The golden cage"
"Burning"
"Jauja"
"Heli"
"The witches of Zugarramurdi"
Best original music
"Güeros"
"The golden cage"
"The witches of Zugarramurdi"
"Bad hair"
"Jauja"
Best costumes
"The witches of Zugarramurdi"
"Tatuagem"
"Jauja"
"The future"
"The dance of reality"
Best Art Design
"The burjas of Zugarramurdi"
"The dance of reality"
Stella Candente
"The future"
"Tatuagem"
Best edition
«O wolf behind the door»
"The golden cage"
"Heli"
"The witches of Zugarramurdi"
"Jauja"
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