| 1 | Sundance Screenwriting Lab Finalist | Sundance, USA | Sundance Film Festival |
| 2 | Un Certain Talent Award | Cannes, France | Cannes Film Festival |
| 3 | Best Latin Language Film – Gillo Pontecorvo Award | Cannes, France | Gillo Pontecorvo Association |
| 4 | Special Mention – François Chalais Award | Cannes, France | François Chalais Association |
| 5 | Best Director | London, England | Satyajit Ray Foundation |
| 6 | Golden Hugo Award – Best New Director | Chicago, USA | Chicago Film Festival |
| 7 | Best Director | Thessaloniki, Greece | Thessaloniki Film Festival |
| 8 | Best Film Award – Golden Alexander | Thessaloniki, Greece | Thessaloniki Film Festival |
| 9 | Best Film – Hellenic Parliament Award | Thessaloniki, Greece | Hellenic Parliament |
| 10 | Fischer Audience Award for Best Film in the International Competition | Thessaloniki, Greece | Fischer at the Thessaloniki Film Festival |
| 11 | Best Film Nomination – Camera d’Or | Cannes, France | Cannes Film Festival |
| 12 | Best Film Nomination | Cannes, France | Cannes Film Festival |
| 13 | Best Film – Golden Astor | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Mar del Plata Film Festival |
| 14 | Audience Award – Mar del Plata | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Mar del Plata Film Festival |
| 15 | Best Film Award | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Argentine Film Critics Association |
| 16 | SIGNIS Award for Best International Film | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Mar del Plata Film Festival |
| 17 | Ariel Award for Best Film | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) |
| 18 | Ariel Award for Best First Feature | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) |
| 19 | Ariel Award for Best Original Screenplay | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) |
| 20 | Best Director Nomination | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) |
| 21 | Best Fiction Feature | Mexico City, Mexico | Fénix Awards |
| 22 | Best Film – Golden Eye | Zurich, Switzerland | Zurich Film Festival |
| 23 | Best Film – Golden Gateway of India | Mumbai, India | Mumbai Film Festival |
| 24 | Best International Feature Film | Viña del Mar, Chile | Viña del Mar Film Festival |
| 25 | Best Film – Golden Angel | St. Petersburg, Russia | St. Petersburg Film Festival |
| 26 | Best Director | Vladivostok, Russia | Vladivostok Film Festival |
| 27 | Best Director | New York, USA | Havana Film Festival New York |
| 28 | Jean Renoir Award from High School Students | Paris, France | French Ministry of National Education |
| 29 | Jury Award for Best First Feature | Lima, Peru | Lima International Film Festival |
| 30 | International Critics Jury Award for Best Film | Lima, Peru | Lima International Film Festival |
| 31 | Critics’ Award for Best Film | São Paulo, Brazil | Mostra International Film Festival |
| 32 | Special Mention – New Directors | São Paulo, Brazil | Mostra International Film Festival |
| 33 | Best First Feature | Morelia, Mexico | Morelia Film Festival |
| 34 | Audience Award | Morelia, Mexico | Morelia Film Festival |
| 35 | Press Award for Best Film | Morelia, Mexico | Morelia Film Festival |
| 36 | Best Film Nomination – Mexican Feature Film | Morelia, Mexico | Morelia Film Festival |
| 37 | Goya Awards Nomination for Best Ibero-American Film | Madrid, Spain | AMACC and the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences |
| 38 | Special Jury Prize | Auray, France | International Latin Film Festival |
| 39 | Special Jury Mention | Slovakia | Slovakia Film Festival |
| 40 | Dublin Critics Circle Jury Award | Dublin, Ireland | Jameson Dublin International Film Festival |
| 41 | Best Film – Golden Giffoni | Giffoni, Italy | Giffoni Film Festival |
| 42 | Giffoni Crystal Award | Giffoni, Italy | Giffoni Film Festival |
| 43 | CIAL Award for the Environment | Giffoni, Italy | Giffoni Film Festival & Secretariat of the Environment |
| 44 | Best Director | New York, USA | Association of Entertainment Critics of New York, ACE Latino Awards |
| 45 | Best First Feature | London, England | Rober Awards |
| 46 | Best Hispanic Film | London, England | Rober Awards |
| 47 | Audience Award | Los Angeles, USA | Hola México Los Angeles Film Festival |
| 48 | Best Film Award from Students | The Hague, Netherlands | Movies That Matter Film Festival |
| 49 | Special Coral Jury Award – First Feature | Havana, Cuba | International Festival of New Latin American Cinema |
| 50 | Glauber Rocha Award | Havana, Cuba | Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina |
| 51 | Roque Dalton Award | Havana, Cuba | Radio Havana Cuba |
| 52 | Cibervoto Audience Award | Havana, Cuba | International Festival of New Latin American Cinema |
| 53 | UNICEF Award | Havana, Cuba | UNICEF |
| 54 | Best Film – Independent Cinema of America Jury Award | Tallinn, Estonia | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival |
| 55 | Berlin Favorite Film Award | Berlin, Germany | Berlin Favorite Film Festival |
| 56 | Best Film | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Fine Arts International Film Festival |
| 57 | Best Director | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Fine Arts International Film Festival |
| 58 | Best Film | Marzamemi, Italy | International Border Film Festival |
| 59 | Best Direction | Calanda, Spain | Calanda International Film Festival |
| 60 | Best Team | Calanda, Spain | Calanda International Film Festival |
| 61 | INALI Recognition for “La Jaula de Oro” for the Use of Indigenous Language in Media | Mérida, Mexico | National Institute of Indigenous Languages |
| 62 | Best Fiction Film | Seattle, USA | Seattle Latino Film Festival |
| 63 | Recognition from the Migration Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Deputies for the Film “La Jaula de Oro” | Mexico City, Mexico | Chamber of Deputies |
| 64 | International Press Award | Minsk, Belarus | Minsk Listapad International Film Festival |
| 65 | Blue Lobster Award for Best Caribbean Film | Barranquilla, Colombia | Barranquilla International Film Festival |
| 66 | Award for the Mexican Film with the Most International Recognition | Mexico City, Mexico | Canacine |
| 67 | Best Fiction Film | San Antonio, Texas, USA | San Antonio Film Festival |
| 68 | Special Jury Mention | Canada | Hispanic American Film Festival |
| 69 | Eligible for the 88th Academy Awards | Los Angeles, USA | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| 70 | Best Ibero-American Film Nomination | Panama | 1st Platino Awards for Ibero-American Cinema |
| 71 | Best Co-Production Nomination | Panama | 1st Platino Awards for Ibero-American Cinema |
| 72 | Casa Wabi Artistic Residency Selection | Oaxaca, Mexico | Casa Wabi |
| 73 | National Arts Award 2017 Nomination | Mexico | CNDH, INALI, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, CCEM, TEC Monterrey |
| 74 | Cinema in Development Award | Toulouse, France | Cinélatino – Rencontres de Toulouse |
| 75 | Project Development Award | New York, USA | Cinereach |
| 76 | Finalist – Preselection for the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation Residency | Paris, France | Cannes Film Festival |
| 77 | Selected for the Cannes Film Festival Workshop – L’Atelier | Cannes, France | Cinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival |
| 78 | Selected for the New Cinema Network | Rome, Italy | Rome Film Festival Co-Production Market |
| 79 | Selected for the Cine Qua Non Lab Screenwriting Workshop | Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico | Cine Qua Non Lab & University of Michoacán |
| 80 | Ibermedia Development Fund | Madrid, Spain | Ibermedia |
| 81 | Winner of the 13th Screenplay Development Support Fund for “La Jaula de Oro” | Amiens, France | Amiens International Film Festival |
| 82 | El Molino Award – 2008 Analysis and Development Workshop | Michoacán, Mexico | FICCO Cinemex / Typita Foundation – Violeta Bava & Ilse Hughan |
| 83 | Audience Award for Best Short Film | Los Angeles, USA | Los Angeles International Film Festival |
| 84 | Audience Award | São Paulo, Brazil | Mostra International Film Festival |
| 85 | Crystal Heart Award – Best Short Film | Indianapolis, USA | Heartland Film Festival |
| 86 | Audience Award for Best Short Film | Indianapolis, USA | Heartland Film Festival |
| 87 | Best Short Film Nomination | Sundance, USA | Sundance Film Festival |
| 88 | Best Ibero-American Short Film Award | Cancun, Mexico | Cancun Riviera Maya International Festival |
| 89 | Best Documentary Short Film Award | Cleveland, USA | Cleveland International Film Festival |
| 90 | Golden Horse Award – Best Short Film | Larissa, Greece | Larissa International Film Festival |
| 91 | Youth and Human Rights Award | Bologna, Italy | Bologna Human Rights Nights International Festival |
| 92 | Best Short Film Award | Bermuda, USA | Bermuda International Film Festival & M3 Wireless |
| 93 | Best Short Film Award | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Abidjan International Short Film Festival |
| 94 | Best International Short Film Award | Sardinia, Italy | Sardinia Film Festival |
| 95 | Eyes Award – Audience Award | Seoul, Korea | Seoul International Youth Film Festival |
| 96 | Best Director Award | New York, USA | Latin American Poetic Short Film Festival |
| 97 | Sterling Award for Best Short Film with Special Mention | Silver Spring, USA | Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival / AFI Docs |
| 98 | Best Documentary Award | New York, USA | Manhattan Short Film Festival |
| 99 | Humanitas Camerio Award | Rimouski, Canada | Carrousel International Film Festival of Rimouski |
| 100 | Director’s Choice Prize | New Jersey, USA | Black Maria Film Festival – Thomas Edison International Film Festival |
| 101 | Audience Award | Madrid, Spain | Short Film Competition Against Racism – SOS Racism Madrid |
| 102 | Best Documentary Award | Terrassa, Spain | Terrassa Film Festival |
| 103 | Best Short Film Award | Madrid, Spain | Actúa International Short Film Festival – Intermón Oxfam |
| 104 | Best Short Film Award | Calasparra, Spain | Calasparra International Film Festival |
| 105 | Best Short Film Award | Ashland, USA | Ashland Independent Film Festival |
| 106 | Best Short Film – Special Jury Mention | Amiens, France | Amiens International Film Festival |
| 107 | Best Short Film Award | Alcobendas, Spain | Alucine Film Festival |
| 108 | Audience Award | Alcobendas, Spain | Alucine Film Festival |
| 109 | Best Documentary Short Film Award | Spain | 10th Maniatan Short Film Festival |
| 110 | Onda Corta Award | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | Curtocircuito Film Festival – Portuguese Radio and Television |
| 111 | Artistic Residency Award | Itaparica Island, Brazil | Sacatar Foundation |
| 112 | Javier Aguirresarobe Best Short Film Award | Eibar, Spain | Asier Errasti Audiovisual Festival |
| 113 | Best Short Film Award | Valencia, Spain | Vila-real International Film Festival |
| 114 | Best Short Film | Nerva, Spain | Nerva Film Festival |
| 115 | Best Direction Award | Tenerife, Spain | Playa de las Americas Festival |
| 116 | Best Documentary Short Film Award | Tui, Spain | Tui International Documentary Festival / Play-Doc |
| 117 | Guillermo F. Zúñiga Award | Sobrarbe, Spain | Espiello Festival – 5th International Ethnographic Documentary Showcase |
| 118 | First Prize Siroco – Best Short Film | Benetússer, Spain | Siroco Festival of Benetússer |
| 119 | Best Short Film Award | Boadilla del Monte, Spain | Boadilla del Monte Short Film Competition |
| 120 | Second Prize – Best Short Film | Cádiz, Spain | San Roque Film Week |
| 121 | Youthfest Best Short Film Award | Sarasota, Florida, USA | Sarasota Film Festival |
| 122 | Best Short Film Award | Aranda de Duero, Castilla y León, Spain | Sonorama Film Festival |
| 123 | Best Experimental Documentary Award | Gran Canaria, Spain | International Festival of Digital Arts and Cultures of Gran Canaria – Canariasmediafest |
| 124 | Best Short Film Award | Castellón, Spain | Cineculpable Film Festival |
| 125 | First Prize – Best Short Film | Rivas, Spain | Creatrivas Film Festival |
| 126 | First Prize – Best Short Film | Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain | October Short Film Festival of the Aborigen Arnedan Vanguard Cultural Association |
| 127 | Second Prize – Best Short Film | Alcalá de Henares, Spain | Alcalá de Henares Film Festival |
| 128 | Honorary Award | Zaragoza, Spain | Zaragoza Scientific Film Biennial |
| 129 | Special Jury Prize | Barcelona, Spain | Solo para Cortos Festival – International Social Short Film Festival |
| 130 | Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Award for Excellence in Filmmaking | Cannes, France | Kodak |
| 131 | Student Academy Awards Finalist | Los Angeles, USA | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| 132 | Artistic Excellence in Cinematography Award | Los Angeles, USA | International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) Local 600 |
| 133 | Robert Surtees Heritage Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Los Angeles, USA | American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) |
| 134 | Anthony Hopkins Scholarship Award | Los Angeles, USA | American Film Institute (AFI) & American Express |
