2012 ARIEL AWARD WINNERS

Emilio Portes Castro's Pastorela (Mexico, 2011) won six 2012 Ariel Award including Best Film and Best Director.

Everado Gout's Days of Grace (Mexico, 2011) won nine 2012 Ariel Award including Best first Film and Best Actor Award

Winners List:
BEST PICTURE
Pastorela
DIRECTOR
Pastorela (Emilio Portes)
ACTRESS
Martha (Magda Vizcaino)
ACTOR
Dias de Gracia (Tenoch Huerta)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dias de Gracia (Eileen Yanez)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Dias de Gracia (Carlos Cobos)
FIRST WORK
Dias de Gracia
DOCUMENTARY
El Lugar Mas Pequeno
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Pastorela
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dias de Gracia
EDITING
Dias de Gracia
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Dias de Gracia
SOUND
Dias de Gracia
ART DESIGN
Dias de Gracia
COSTUME DESIGN
Pastorela
MAKEUP
Pastorela
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Salvando al Soldado Perez
VISUAL EFFECTS
Pastorela
ANIMATED SHORT
Prita Noire
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Yuban
FICTION SHORT
Mari Pepa

NOTES: Gerardo Naranjo's Miss Bala (Mexico, 2011) which was selected to many film festival including the official entry to 2012 Best Foreign Language Academy Award was left empty handed.