Guadalajara, Jal., As expected, the 66th edition of the Ariel award ceremony, the great star of the night was the film Totem, by Lila Avilés , which won five awards , including the main categories of the evening: best film and direction, in a very emotional, balanced afternoon-evening with some surprises.
The mysteries surrounding the winners of the most important awards in Mexican cinema gradually began to clear up as the hosts opened the red envelopes containing the names.
Starting at 3 p.m. yesterday, the audience began to mill around the winding red carpet. They hooted and hollered every time they recognized a famous face at the main entrance of the Degollado Theater, which hosted the Mexican awards ceremony for the second time.
Among the popular faces on the red carpet were Mexico's sweetheart, Angélica María , with her daughter Angélica Vale; the star of the series Ted Lasso, actor Cristo Fernández; the former director of Amacc, Leticia Huijara; the stars of Tótem, the girls Naíma Sentíes and Saori Gurza; the hipster fashion director Manolo Caro; the impressive actor Humberto Bustos; and the darling of the night, Adriana Barraza.
Those who went off-script were Omar Chaparro and Yalitza Aparicio , who entered the audience to greet each other; one boy even placed a golden eagle on the right shoulder of the star of Roma, which caused a great uproar.
In a video message, Diego Luna made his presence felt track about being fed up and congratulated everyone who made films this year
.
The president of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences , Armando Casas, said that with this year's motto, "Cinema Dresses as Mexico
," he hopes to continue the traveling nature of the awards ceremony in other states. He also celebrated the fact that this awards ceremony was broadcast on Jalisco's state television channel, Channel 22, and internationally on streaming channels MAX and TNT.
Casas celebrated the continued growth of female talent; our three Golden Ariel winners are women, and Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities are also nominated
