15th Ariel Awards


The 15th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences took place on May 20, 1973, in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 14 categories honoring films released in 1972. El Castillo de la Pureza and Mecánica Nacional were the most nominated films, and also the most awarded with five wins each, including a tie for Best Picture, with Reed, México Insurgente. Canadian-Mexican cinematographer Alex Phillips received the Golden Ariel for his artistic career.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
El Castillo de la PurezaMecánica NacionalReed, México InsurgenteLuis Alcoriza – Mecánica Nacional
Ignacio López Tarso – Rosa Blanca as Jacinto Yáñez
  • * Alfonso Arau – El Rincón de las Vírgenes as Lucas Lucatero
  • * Jorge Martínez de Hoyos – Los Días del Amor as Vicente Icaza
    		• Lucha Villa – Mecánica Nacional as Chabela
  • * Helena Rojo – Los Cachorros as Tere
  • * Maritza Olivares – Los Meses y Los Días as Cecilia
    • Arturo Beristáin – El Castillo de la Pureza as Porvenir
  • * Héctor Ortega – El Rincón de las Vírgenes as Gobernador
  • * Héctor Suárez – Mecánica Nacional as Gregorio
    		• Diana Bracho – El Castillo de la Pureza as Utopía
  • * Anita Blanch – Los Días del Amor as Grandecita
  • * Gloria Marín – Mecánica Nacional as Dora
    • El Castillo de la Pureza – Arturo Ripstein and José Emilio Pacheco
  • * Los Días del Amor – Alberto Isaac and Emilio García Riera
  • * Mecánica Nacional – Luis Alcoriza
    		• Mecánica Nacional – Luis Alcoriza
  • * El Castillo de la Pureza – Arturo Ripstein and José Emilio Pacheco
  • * Los Días del Amor – Alberto Isaac
    • Los Días del Amor – José Antonio Alcaraz, Lucía Álvarez and Raúl Lavista
  • * El Muro del Silencio – Rubén Fuentes
  • * Los Cachorros – Eduardo Luján and Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras
    		• María – Gabriel Figueroa
  • * El Castillo de la Pureza – Alex Phillips
  • * Reed, México Insurgente – Alex Grivas
    • Mecánica Nacional – Carlos Savage
  • * El Castillo de la Pureza – Eufemio Rivera
  • * Reed, México Insurgente – Giovanni Korporaal and Rafael Castanedo
    		• El Castillo de la Pureza – Manuel Fontanals
  • * Mecánica Nacional – Manuel Fontanals
  • * Rosa Blanca – Edward Fitzgerald
    • Los Días del Amor – Lucero Isaac
  • * El Castillo de la Pureza – Lucero Isaac
  • * Vals Sin Fin – Julio Alejandro
    		• Frida Kahlo – Marcela Fernández Violante