Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas

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The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (Spanish: Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, AMACC) is a professional honorary organization founded on July 3, 1946, in Mexico City to promote the dissemination, research, preservation, development, and defense of the cinematographic arts and sciences. Currently, the president of the AMACC is producer Mónica Lozano Serrano.

The AMACC is committed to making Mexican cinema known and valued in Mexico and abroad. It organizes meetings between filmmakers, annually rewards the films exhibited during each year, in addition to publishing books that talk about the development of the Mexican film industry, and participates in the conservation of cinematographic works in Mexico. At the same time, it defends the creative and labor freedom of Mexican filmmakers from censorship and labor grievances.

The AMACC is endorsed by the cinematographic trajectory of its members and by their willingness to selflessly defend the present and the future of Mexican cinema.^[1]

History[]

The following people were present before a notary public during the signing of the document:

This was a moment where the movie industry in Mexico was going through its peak. The year before, alone, 85 movies had been made, a record figure even today. The purpose of creating the Academy was to promote advancements in the arts and sciences of film-making, as well as to give public recognition and to outstanding film productions and promote future research.

In practice, however, most of the efforts of the Academy went on to recognize the best films with its award: the Ariel. Every year, from 1947 to 1958, the Ariel was awarded. After 1958 the number of productions fell considerably and it was not until 1972 when the ceremony was held again, and it has every year until the present year.

Current Administration[]

Members[]

Active members

5. Ernesto Contreras Flores
11. Leticia Huijara
15. Arcelia Ramírez
27. Jorge Zárate
29. Juan Carlos Colombo
30. Juan José Saravia
37. Nicolás Echevarría
43. Tatiana Huezo
44. Verónica Langer

Emeritus Members

2. Blanca Guerra
3. Carlos Carrera
4. Diana Bracho
5. Dolores Heredia
6. Ernesto Gómez Cruz
7. Felipe Cazals
8. Jorge Fons
11. Lucía Álvarez

Honorary Members

1. Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, represented by
2. , represented by
3. – Filmoteca de la UNAM, represented by
4. Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas (UNAM), represented by

References[]

External links[]

• Official site (in Spanish)
• AMACC UNAM
• Historia
• Premio Ariel - IMCINE
• La AMACC surgió para respaldar la búsqueda de un cine más ambicioso: Juan Antonio de la Riva
• Academia Mexicana de Cine, trayectoria de 68 años de trabajo