The 18th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took place on April 22, 1976, in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 13 categories honoring films released in 1975. Actas de Marusia was the most nominated film with twelve nominations that resulted in nine wins, including Best Picture and Best Director. Actas de Marusia was selected to represent Mexico at the 48th Academy Awards and received a nomination, which it lost to Dersu Uzala from the Soviet Union.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Actas de Marusia – CONACINE Canoa – STPC De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas – Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos Miguel Littín – Actas de Marusia Felipe Cazals – Canoa Marcela Fernández Violante – De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas Jorge Russek – De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas Juan Ferrara – De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas Enrique Lucero – Canoa as The Priest Rocío Brambila – De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas Patricia Aspillaga – De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas Diana Bracho – Actas de Marusia as Luisa Ernesto Gómez Cruz – Actas de Marusia as Crisculo "Medio Juan" Eduardo Lómez Rojas – Actas de Marusia as Domingo Soto Claudio Obregón – Actas de Marusia as Captain Troncoso Patricia Reyes Spíndola – Actas de Marusia as Rosa Graciela Doring – Coronación as Lourdes Silvia Mariscal – Actas de Marusia as Margarita Actas de Marusia – Miguel Littín Canoa – Tomás Pérez Turrent De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas – Marcela Fernández Violante, Adrián Palomeque, and Mitl Valdez Salazar Canoa – Tomás Pérez Turrent De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas – Marcela Fernández Violante, Adrián Palomeque, and Mitl Valdez Salazar El Hombre del Puente – Julio Alejandro Más Negro Que la Noche – Raúl Lavista De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas – Milly Bermejo El Hombre del Puente – Gustavo César Carrión Actas de Marusia – Jorge Stahl, Jr. Canoa – Alex Phillips, Jr. Coronación – Gabriel Figueroa Actas de Marusia – Alberto Valenzuela and Ramón Aupart De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas – Marcelino Aupart Supervivientes de los Antes – Alfredo Rosas Priego Coronación – Julio Alejandro Actas de Marusia – Raúl Serrano De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas – Marcela Fernández Violante Tiempo de Correr – Arturo Ripstein IV Maratón Náutico del Río Balsas – Demetrio Bilbatúa Rodríguez Todos Son Mexicanos – Alberto Bojórquez and Óscar Menéndez
Multiple nominations and awards
The following five films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 12 Actas de Marusia 10 De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas 6 Canoa 3 Coronación 2 El Hombre del Puente
Films that received multiple awards: Awards Film 9 Actas de Marusia 2 De Todos Modos Juan Te Llamas
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