'La Jaula de Oro' Sweeps Mexico's Ariels; 'Heli' Takes Best Director John Hopewell - Variety
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La Jaula De Oro - A film by Diego Quemada (Films Boutique)

Immigration thriller “La jaula de oro” has swept Mexico’s 56^th Ariel Awards, winning nine kudos including best picture, debut feature, original screenplay, actor (Brandon Lopez) and supporting actor (Rodofo Dominguez).

Mexico's Amat Escalante won the best director prize for the ultra-violent "Heli" about his country's blood-drenched drug wars. (CineVistaBlog)

A Cannes best director winner, Amat Escalante’s “Heli” also won the Ariel director nod at an awards ceremony that, organized by Mexico’s Academy of Moving Picture Arts and Sciences, took place Tuesday night at Mexico City’s Palace of Fine Arts.

Adding to its best actress kudo for Paulina Garcia at last year’s Berlin Festival, plus pic, actress and screenplay wins at April’s Platino Awards, Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria” – a celebratory portrait of a late 50-s divorcee’s gusto for life, love and sex- won best Ibero-American picture.

The Ariel trophy trawl confirms “La jaula de oro,” if it needed any further confirmation, as one of the standout debuts in recent Latin America cinema, and its director-producer-co-writer Diego Quemada-Diez as one of its key talents to watch.

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