55th Ariel Awards
The 55th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences took place in 2013, in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 23 categories honoring films released in 2012. La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas received eleven nominations and won three awards including Best Supporting Actress for Angelina Peláez. El Premio was named Best Picture and Rodrigo Plá was awarded Best Director.
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldfaceEl Premio – Kung Works
| Rodrigo Plá – La Demora |
| Roberto Sosa – El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol as Juan Orol | Úrsula Pruneda – El Sueño de Lú as Lucía |
| Daniel Giménez Cacho – Colosio: El Asesinato as José María Córdoba Montoya | Angelina Peláez – La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas as Doña Lita |
| El Premio – Paula Markovitch | La Demora – Laura Santullo from the novel La Espera by Laura Santullo |
| Blancanieves – Pablo Berger | El Premio – Paula Markovitch |
| Cuates de Australia – Everardo González | La Herida Se Mantiene Abierta – Alberto Cortés |
| La Noria – Karla Castañeda | La Tiricia o Cómo Curar la Tristeza – Ángeles Cruz |
| Carrière 250 Metros – Jacobo Lieberman and Leonardo Heiblum | Cuates de Australia – Matías Barberis, Jaime Baksht and Pablo Tamez |
| El Premio – Paula Markovitch, Lorena Moriconi and Mariana Rodríguez | La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas – Antonio Muñohierro |
| El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol – Carlos Hidalgo | Colosio: El Asesinato – Alfredo Tigre Mora |
| El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol – Deborah Medina | La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas – Adrián Durán |
| Depositarios – Alejandro Berea and Víctor Velázquez | - |
Multiple nominations and awards
The following films received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas |
| 10 | El Premio |
| 8 | Los Últimos Cristeros |
| 6 | La Demora |
| 4 | Colosio: El Asesinato |
| 4 | El Sueño de Lú |
| 4 | El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol |
| 3 | Carrière 250 Metros |
| 3 | Depositarios |
| 3 | Después de Lucía |
| 3 | Todo el Mundo Tiene a Alguien Menos Yo |
| 2 | Cuates de Australia |
| 2 | Morelos |
Films that received multiple awards:
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | El Premio |
| 3 | El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol |
| 3 | La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas |
| 2 | Colosio: El Asesinato |
| 2 | Cuates de Australia |
| 2 | La Demora |