Four nominated films for Best Picture had been awarded on several international film festivals . '' Sueño en Otro Idioma '' received the World Cinema Audience Award : Dramatic at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . Amat Escalante won the Silver Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival for '' La Región Salvaje '' . '' La Libertad del Diablo '' earned the accolades for Best Mexican Film , Best Documentary , and Best Cinematography at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 . Julio Chavezmontes and Sebastián Hofmann won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting for '' Tiempo Compartido '' at the Sundance Film Festival . Sofía Gómez Córdova , winner for Best Director for '' Los Años Azules '' , '' Ayúdame a Pasar la Noche '' , Audience Award winner , and '' Cerulia '' , that won for Best Animated Short Film at the Guadalajara Film Festival in 2017 , also received Ariel Awards nominations in 2018 . '' El Vigilante '' , won Best Mexican Film and Best Actor ( Leonardo Alonso ) at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2016 . Issa López , nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Director for '' Vuelven '' , received the same award at the Diosas de Plata in 2018
2017 Sundance Film Festival
2017 Sundance Film Festival
60th Ariel Awards