The 68th Ariel Awards ceremony, presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), was held on 3 October 2026 at the Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City. The ceremony was hosted by Fernando Bonilla, Daniel Tovar, Fabrizio Santini, Elena del Río, Verónica Bravo, and Giovanna Romo. It was broadcast on HBO Max.
Winners and nominations The nominations were announced on 8 July 2026, by and Baltimore Beltrán at the . The winners and nominees are listed as follows:
On the Road The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) La libertad de Fierro The Blue Trail Vanilla David Pablos — On the Road Pablo Pérez Lombardini — La reserva Ernesto Martínez Bucio — The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Gabriel Mascaro — The Blue Trail — Vidas en la orilla — On the Road Andrés Catzín — Ernesto Rocha — Adiós, amor Hoze Meléndez — Crocodiles Mauricio Isaac — Café Chairel Diana Sedano — Juana Ángela Molina — Emma Dib — Perpetual Adolescent — Las mutaciones Natalia Reyes — It Would Be Night in Caracas Ángeles Cruz — The Follies Arcelia Ramírez — Crocodiles — Juana — Perpetual Adolescent Teresita Sánchez — Crocodiles Mariano López Sosa — On the Road Bernardo Gamboa — The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) — Total Loss Manuel Cruz Vivas — Crocodiles — The Follies Víctor Miguel Prieto Simental — On the Road Aurora Dávila — Vanilla Carolina Guzmán — La reserva Donovan Said — The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Laura Uribe Rojas — The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Ximena Amann — On the Road Germinal Roaux, Inti Briones — Guillermo Garza — The Blue Trail Juan Pablo Ramírez — It Would Be Night in Caracas Moritz Tessendorf — La reserva Gabriel Mascaro, Tibério Azul — The Blue Trail David Pablos — On the Road Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Karen Plata — The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Germinal Roaux — Pablo Pérez Lombardini — La reserva Jimena Montemayor Loyo — Mujeres del alba Javier Peñalosa, Mariana Chenillo — Lucca's World Jorge Hernández Aldana — The Shadow of Catire Jorge Ramírez-Suárez — Las mutaciones Mariana Josefina Rondón García, María Teresa Ugás Castro — It Would Be Night in Caracas Yom — La reserva Andrea Balency-Béarn — On the Road María Giménez Cacho Goded — Juana Memo Guerra — The Blue Trail Yolihuani Curiel Balzareti — Brigada 2045 La reserva Crocodiles The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Juana Vanilla Alex de Icaza, David Montero — Autos, mota y rocanrol Antonio Porém Pirez, Lena Esquenazi, Nayuribe Montero — It Would Be Night in Caracas Arturo Salazar, Liliana Villaseñor, María Alejandra Rojas, Vincent Sinceretti — The Blue Trail Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Miguel Mata, Odín Acosta Ascencio — Brigada 2045 Denis Sechaud, Iván Dumas, Raphaël Sohier — Omar Guzmán, Sebastián Sepúlveda — The Blue Trail Alfonso Gastiaburo, Ana García, — Vidas en la orilla Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Karen Plata, Odei Zabaleta — The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Jonathan Pellicer — On the Road Jorge Márquéz — Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man Christian Alfredo Galindo García, Consuelo Iliana Martínez Ruiz — Autos, mota y rocanrol Belén Estrada — On the Road Daniela Rojas — Juana Ezra Buenrostro — It Would Be Night in Caracas Salvador Parra — Vanilla Karina E. Monroy — Autos, mota y rocanrol Adam Zoller — On the Road Alejandra Velarde — Vanilla Gerardo Muñoz — Un cuento de pescadores Karina Rodríguez — It Would Be Night in Caracas Gilda Navarro, Joanna Nogueiras Yankelevich — Autos, mota y rocanrol Brenda Gómez — It Would Be Night in Caracas Felipe Criado — On the Road Felipe Criado — Gilda Navarro — Vanilla Arturo Vázquez — Counterstrike Gerardo Muñoz, Omar Israel Ayala de la Peña — Un cuento de pescadores José Martínez "Josh" — Mujeres del alba Luis Ambriz — Crocodiles Ricardo Arvizu — It Would Be Night in Caracas Amet Ramos — Un cuento de pescadores Gastón Álvarez — Autos, mota y rocanrol Jorge Palma Bermúdez — On the Road María José Straffon — I Am Frankelda Paula Siqueira, Raúl "Ratón" Luna — It Would Be Night in Caracas La libertad de Fierro Brigada 2045 Gaza, la franja del exterminio
Vidas en la orilla I Am Frankelda La gran historia de la filosofía occidental Azul Crónica Menos Oc ni temiki (Sigo soñando) Techiq Una torreta en llamas Desdoblándome Teatro Secreto Azulesepia Te prometo violencia Wing Shop Las voces del despeñadero La Mar Mácula Mujer de barro Toda la vida para siempre A Poet (Colombia) Belén (Argentina) The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Chile) Sundays (Spain) Manas (Brazil)
Films with multiple nominations and awards
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; margin-right:1em;" |+Films with multiple nominations |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |- | scope="row"| 13 | On the Road |- | scope="row"| 9 | It Would Be Night in Caracas |- | scope="row"| 8 | The Devil Smokes |- | scope="row"| 7 | The Blue Trail |- | scope="row" rowspan="4"| 6 | Crocodriles
| La reserva |- | Vanilla |- | scope="row" rowspan="2"| 5 | Autos, mota y rocanrol |- | Juana |- | scope="row" rowspan="3"| 3 | Brigada 2045 |- | Un cuento de pescadores |- | Vidas en la orilla |- | scope="row" rowspan="6"| 2 | Perpetual Adolescent |- | La libertad de Fierro |- | The Follies |- | Las mutaciones |- | Mujeres del alba |- | I Am Frankelda
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; margin-right:1em;" |+Films with multiple awards |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |- | scope="row" rowspan="1"| 6 | On the Road |- | scope="row" rowspan="1"| 4 | Autos, mota y rocanrol |- | scope="row" rowspan="1"| 3 | La reserva |- | scope="row" rowspan="1"| 2 | The Blue Trail
Special awards The AMACC announced Rosita Arenas as a Golden Ariel recipient, recognizing her as a "trailblazing choreographer and actor, whose work has captivated generations and crossed genres". It also awarded another Golden Ariel to Demetrio Bilbatúa for being "the great visual chronicler of modern Mexico".
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