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Ernesto Contreras

Awards

Ernesto Contreras

24 wins & 22 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico

  • Nora Velázquez and Benny Emmanuel in Cosas imposibles (2021)
    2022 Nominee Silver Ariel
    • Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
    • Cosas imposibles
  • The Obscure Spring (2014)
    2015 Nominee Silver Ariel
    • Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
    • The Obscure Spring
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2008 Winner Silver Ariel
    • Best First Work (Mejor Ópera Prima)
    • Párpados azules
  • Los no invitados (2003)
    2004 Winner Silver Ariel
    • Best Short Fiction Film (Mejor Cortometraje de Ficción)
    • Los no invitados

Cannes Film Festival

  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2007 Nominee Golden Camera
    • Párpados azules
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2007 Nominee Critics Week Grand Prize
    • Párpados azules

Florida Film Festival

  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Best International Feature
    • I Dream in Another Language

Guadalajara International Film Festival

  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Winner Press Award
    • Best Mexican Feature - Fiction
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Nominee MEZCAL Award
    • Best Mexican Long Feature Film
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2007 Winner Mayahuel Award
    • Best Ibero-American Feature Film
    • Párpados azules
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2007 Winner MEZCAL Award
    • Párpados azules
  • El milagro (2003)
    2000 Winner Best Short Film
    • El milagro

Imagen Foundation Awards

  • Where the Tracks End (2023)
    2024 Nominee Imagen Award
    • Best Director - Feature Film
    • Where the Tracks End

Mexican Cinema Journalists

  • Where the Tracks End (2023)
    2024 Winner Silver Goddess
    • Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
    • Where the Tracks End
  • Where the Tracks End (2023)
    2024 Nominee Silver Goddess
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Where the Tracks End
    Shared with: Maria Jose Cordova · Rafael Ley · Alejandro Cortés Rubiales · Mónica Vértiz
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2019 Nominee Silver Goddess
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2019 Nominee Silver Goddess
    • Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
    • I Dream in Another Language

Miami Film Festival

  • The Obscure Spring (2014)
    2015 Winner Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize
    • The Obscure Spring
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2008 Winner Special Mention
    • Dramatic Features - Ibero-American Cinema Competition
    • Párpados azules

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2007 Winner Horizons Award - Special Mention
    • Párpados azules

Sundance Film Festival

  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2011 Winner Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2008 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • Párpados azules
  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2008 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • Párpados azules

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Párpados azules (2007)
    2007 Nominee Tokyo Grand Prix
    • Párpados azules

Huesca Film Festival

  • El milagro (2003)
    2000 Winner Special Mention
    • El milagro

Huelva Latin American Film Festival

  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Colon
    • Best Film
    • I Dream in Another Language

Morelia International Film Festival

  • The Obscure Spring (2014)
    2014 Nominee Feature Film Competition Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Obscure Spring
  • Los no invitados (2003)
    2003 Winner Short Film Competition - Special Mention
    • Los no invitados
    For a fiction short film.

Chile International Short Film Festival

  • El milagro (2003)
    2001 Winner Best Fiction
    • International
    • El milagro

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

  • The Obscure Spring (2014)
    2014 Nominee FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Latin American Film
    • The Obscure Spring

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Cine Latino
    • I Dream in Another Language

Premios Canacine, MX

  • Nora Velázquez and Benny Emmanuel in Cosas imposibles (2021)
    2021 Nominee Premio Canacine
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Cosas imposibles
  • Nora Velázquez and Benny Emmanuel in Cosas imposibles (2021)
    2021 Nominee Premio Canacine
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • Cosas imposibles
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2019 Nominee Premio Canacine
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • I Dream in Another Language
  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2019 Nominee Premio Canacine
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • I Dream in Another Language

Pantalla de Cristal

  • Where the Tracks End (2023)
    2023 Winner Crystal Screen
    • Best Director
    • Where the Tracks End
  • Where the Tracks End (2023)
    2023 Winner Crystal Screen
    • Best Film
    • Where the Tracks End

Series Mania

  • Tengo que morir todas las noches (2023)
    2023 Winner International Panorama
    • Best Director
    • Tengo que morir todas las noches

Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival

  • Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, and Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio in I Dream in Another Language (2017)
    2017 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Feature Film
    • I Dream in Another Language

Seoul International Drama Awards

  • Belascoarán, PI (2022)
    2023 Nominee Individual Award
    • Best Director
    • Belascoarán, PI
    For episode: "Dias de combate"

PRODU Awards

  • El Chapo (2017)
    2018 Nominee Talento
    • Best Director - Series, Superseries or Telenovela (Mejor Director - Serie, Superserie o Telenovela)
    • El Chapo

Premios Aura

  • The Secret of the River (2024)
    2025 Winner Premios Aura
    • Best Original or Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión o Guión Adaptado)
    • The Secret of the River
    Shared with: Fanie Soto · Alberto Barrera
  • Tengo que morir todas las noches (2023)
    2025 Nominee Premios Aura
    • Best Director (Mejor Dirección)
    • Tengo que morir todas las noches
    Shared with: Alejandro Zuno

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