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Oscar Winning Films that Have Screened At FICM

The two most recent editions of FICM have opened with extraordinary films that have enjoyed a great deal of success on an international level, at various festivals around the world and with the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, which opened the 11th FICM, won six Oscars in 2014 (Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Special Effects, Best Sound Edition and Best Sound Mixing); while Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which opened the 12th edition of FICM last year, has just won four Oscars (Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Original Script). This recognition is testament to the quality of the films that we have had the privilege to show at our Opening Night. It is also noteworthy that both films were directed by Mexicans.

This relationship between FICM and the Oscars is nothing new, however. That’s why we have decided to share a list of films presented in Morelia that have been awarded Oscars by the United States Academy:

2015 Oscars:

- Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Opening Night film at the 12th FICM (Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Script)

- The Theory of Everything, by James Marsh (Best Actor for Eddie Redmayne)

- Whiplash, by Damien Chazelle (Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Sound Mix)

- Ida, by Pawel Pawlikowski (Best Foreign Language Film)

2014 Oscars:

- Gravity, by Alfonso Cuarón, Opening Night film at the 11th FICM (Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Special Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing)

- Blue Jasmine, by Woody Allen (Best Actress for Cate Blanchett)

2013 Oscars:

- Argo, by Ben Affleck (Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing)

- Amour, by Michael Haneke (Best Foreign Language Film)

- Brave, by Mark Andrews (Best Animated Film)

- Searching for Sugarman, by Malik Bendjelloul (Best Documentary)

- Anna Karenina, by Joe Wright (Best Costume Design)

2010 Oscars:

- Inglorious Basterds, by Quentin Tarantino, Opening Night film at the 7th FICM (Best Supporting Actor)

Oscars 2009:

- Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona, by Woody Allen (Best Supporting Actress)

- Man on Wire, by James Marsh and Simon Chinn (Best Documentary)

2008 Oscars:

- Atonement, by Joe Wright (Best Original Music)

2007 Oscars:

- The Departed, by Martin Scorsese (Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay)

- The Last King of Scotland, by Kevin Macdonald (Best Actor)

- Little Miss Sunshine, by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Script)

- The Queen, by Stephen Frears (Best Actress)

- Pan’s Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro (Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Make Up)

- An Inconvenient Truth, by Davis Guggenheim (Best Documentary, Best Original Song)

- Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others, by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Best Foreign Language Film)

2006 Oscars:

- The Constant Gardener, by Fernando Meirelles (Best Supporting Actress)

- Tsotsi, by Gavin Hood (Best Foreign Language Film)

- Hustle and Flow, by Craig Brewer (Best Original Song)

2004 Oscars:

- Mystic River, by Clint Eastwood (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor)