| Ariel Awards | |
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| Current: 65th Ariel Awards | |
Actress Isela Vega with an Ariel award (2017)
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| Awarded for | Artistical and technical excellence in the Mexican film industry |
| Country | Mexico |
| Presented by | Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | May 15, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-05-15) |
| Website | www |
The Ariel Award (Spanish: Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excellence in the Mexican film industry. The purpose of the Ariel recognition is to stimulate and increase the excellence of Mexican cinema, favor the growth of the industry, and promote the meeting and strengthening of the national film community. It is regarded as the most prestigious award in the Mexican film industry and considered Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars of the United States.[1]
The statuette is in the image of a man and it was designed by the sculptor Ignacio Asúnsolo. The original statuette is currently found inside Churubusco StudiosinMexico City. The name "Ariel" was inspired by a series of short writings called El ArielbyUruguayan writer José Enrique Rodó that inspired generations of young Latin Americans in the first decades of the 20th century.
| † | Denotes awards that are irregularly given |
