# 11th Macondo Awards

The 11th Macondo Awards ceremony, presented by the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences, honored the best audiovisual productions of 2023. It took place on November 5, 2023, at the Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata Olivella in Bogotá. The ceremony awarded 20 categories.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture The Kings of the World The Pack A Male A Mother | Best Director Laura Mora – The Kings of the World Jorge Navas – A Ballad for Dead Children Andrés Ramírez Pulido – The Pack Fabián Hernández – A Male |
| Best Actor Jhon Narváez – Rebellion Alejandro Aguilar – Ermitaño José Restrepo – A Mother Carlos Vergara Montiel – The Red Tree | Best Actress Marcela Valencia – A Mother Fabiana Medina – Salvador Ana María Otálora – Petit Mal María Fernanda Yepes – Línea de tiempo |
| Best Supporting Actor Nelson Camayo – The Border Alberto Cardeño – A Mother Hernán Caviativa – Ermitaño Fabio Velasco – Salvador | Best Supporting Actress Cristina Zuleta – A Mother Sandra Cubillos – Salvador Marcela Robledo – Ultraviolence Silvia Varón – Petit Mal |
| Best Screenplay Andrés Ramírez Pulido – The Pack Tatiana Andrade, Anne Fabini, Nicolás van Hemelryck, Gustavo Vasco, Clare Weiskopf – Alis María Camila Arias, Laura Mora – The Kings of the World Diógenes Cuevas – A Mother | Best Original Score Daniel Velasco – The Other Shape Andrés Cárdenas – Ermitaño Felipe Di Franco, Julián López – Línea de tiempo Ezra Axelrod – Pepe Cáceres |
| Best Original Song Andrés Correa, Camilo Sanabria – "Y si fuera usted" from Salvador Owen Chamorro, Oscar Mauricio Hernández – "Pájaro de la montaña" from The Red Tree Alejandro Loaiza, Sandra Serrato – "Cuando estés a mi lado" from Ermitaño Adriana Lucía, Jairo Barón, David David – "La frontera" from The Border | Best Cinematography David Gallego – The Kings of the World Mauricio Vidal – Rebellion Juana González – Salvador Sofia Oggioni – A Male |
| Best Art Direction Marcela Gómez, Daniel Rincón – The Kings of the World Sara Millán – La ciudad de las ferias Johana Agudelo Susa, Daniel Rincón – The Pack Juan Bernal – A Male | Best Editing Sebastián Hernández, Gustavo Vasco – The Kings of the World Sebastián Hernández – A Ballad for Dead Children Etienne Boussac, Juan Cañola – La Roya David Rojas – Toro |
| Best Sound Design Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos García, Boris Herrera – The Kings of the World Andrés Acevedo, Oneida Orejuela Barco – Songs that Flood the River Sebastián Alzate, Estebanoise Brauier, Miller Castro – La ciudad de las fieras Sebastián Alzate, Alejandro Escobar Vallejo, Daniel Vásquez – La Roya | Best Visual Effects Juan Manuel Betancourt – A Ballad for Dead Children Víctor Forigua – The Red Tree Elmer Villa – The Border Manuel Barrios – I'm Cris from Tierra Bomba |
| Best Costume Design Catherine Rodríguez – Salvador Luisa Toro – La ciudad de las fieras Ana Acosta Ospina – The Kings of the World Daniela Rivano – Pepe Cáceres | Best Makeup Natalia Prada, Andrés Ramírez – Rebellion Diana Parra – The Kings of the World Natalia Prada – Pepe Cáceres María Clara López – Salvador |
| Best Documentary Nicolas van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf – Alis Jorge Navas – A Ballad for Dead Children Marta Rodríguez – Camilo Torres Restrepo, el amor eficaz Angélica Cervera – If God were a Woman | Best Animated Feature Diego Felipe Guzman – The Other Shape Santiago Caicedo – Virus Tropical Marcela Rincón – Lila's Book Oscar Andrade, Jairo Eduardo Carrillo – Little Voices |
| Best Ibero-American Picture Santiago Mitre – Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) Manuela Martelli – 1976 (Chile) Rodrigo Sorogoyen – The Beasts (Spain) Tatiana Huezo – Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico) | Best Short Film Jeferson Cardoza Herrera – Paloquemao Cristina Sánchez Salamanca – Baby Jeferson Romero Ruiz – Se alquilan lavadoras Carlos Gómez Salamanca – Yugo |
| Audience Award – Best Film Nina Marín – Tierra quebrá |