The 5th Fénix Awards was presented at Mexico City's Teatro de la Ciudad, on November 7, 2018 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2017-2018.
Zama and Birds of Passage received the most nominations with nine, with the first receiving the most, four.
Winners and nominees
Best Film Best DirectorBirds of Passage • Alanis • Good Manners • Cocote • The Heiresses • Museum • Zama • | valign="top" |Marcelo Martinessi – The Heiresses Anahí Berneri – Alanis Julio Hernández Cordón - Buy Me a Gun Laura Mora - Killing Jesus Alonso Ruizpalacios - Museum Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego - Birds of Passage Lucrecia Martel - Zama Best Actor Best ActressLorenzo Ferro - El Angel as Carlos Robledo Puch Javier Gutiérrez - The Motive as Álvaro Martín Gael García Bernal - Museum as Juan Núñez Rodrigo Santoro - Un Traductor as Malin Daniel Giménez Cacho - Zama as Don Diego de ZamaCarmiña Martínez - Birds of Passage as Úrsula Sofía Gala Castiglione - Alanis as Alanis Karine Teles - Benzinho as Irene Antonella Costa - Dry Martina as Martina Bárbara Lennie - A Sort of Family as Malena Best Screenplay Best CinematographyKilling Jesus - Laura Mora y Alonso Torres The Heiresses - Marcelo Martinessi Birds of Passage - María Camila Arias y Jacques Toulemonde Petra - Jaime Rosales, Michel Gaztambide y Clara Roquet Zama - Lucrecia MartelZama - Rui Poças El Angel - Julián Apezteguía The Heiresses - Luis Armando Arteaga Museum - Damián García Birds of Passage - David Gallego
Special awards Fénix Award for Cinematographic Work: Luiz Carlos Barreto Fénix Award for Critical Work: Luciano Monteagudo Fénix Award for the Exhibitors: Perfect Strangers
References
External links Official site