17th Ariel Awards


The 17th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences 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.

  • La Choca – Estudios Churubusco Azteca
  • La Otra Virginidad – STPC
  • * Presagio – Producciones Escorpión
  • Emilio "El Indio" Fernández – La Choca
  • * Luis Alcoriza – Presagio
  • * Juan Manuel Torres – La Otra Virginidad
  • Héctor Bonilla – Meridiano 100 as El Rojo
  • * Ignacio López Tarso – Rapiña
  • * Jorge Martínez de Hoyos – La venida del Rey Olmos as Reynaldo Olmos-Camargo
  • 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
  • Ernesto Gómez Cruz – La venida del Rey Olmos as The Hairdresser
  • * Arturo Beristáin – La Otra Virginidad as Luis
  • * Salvador Sánchez – La Choca as Audias
  • Mercedes Carreño – La Choca as Flor
  • * Anita Blanch – Presagio as Mamá Santos
  • * Rosenda Monteros – Rapiña
  • 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
  • Presagio – Gabriel García Márquez and Luis Alcoriza
  • * La Otra Virginidad – Juan Manuel Torres
  • * La venida del Rey Olmos – Eduardo Luján and Julián Pastor
  • Auandar Anapu – Héctor Sánchez
  • * La Otra Virginidad – Gustavo César Carrión
  • * La venida del Rey Olmos – Gustavo César Carrión
  • La Choca – Daniel López
  • * Descenso al País de la Noche – Arturo de la Rosa
  • * Presagio – Gabriel Figueroa
  • La Choca – Jorge Bustos
  • * Meridiano 100 – Ramón Aupart
  • * Presagio – Carlos Savage
  • La venida del Rey Olmos – Raúl Serrano
  • Contra la razón y por la fuerza – Carlos Ortíz Tejada
  • * Drenaje Profundo – Carlos Prieto and Ingenieros Civiles Asociados
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    Multiple nominations and awards

    The following six films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    7La Choca
    7La Otra Virginidad
    7Presagio
    5La venida del Rey Olmos
    2Meridiano 100
    2Rapiña

    Films that received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    6La Choca
    2La venida del Rey Olmos
    2Presagio