# 11th Pedro Sienna Awards

The 11th Pedro Sienna Awards were presented at the Municipal Theatre in Chillán on August 5, 2017 given by the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA) to honour the best in Chilean films of 2017. Daniela Vega and Matías Assler hosted the ceremony.
The nominees were announced on July 19, 2017. Chameleon led the nominations with eleven including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress twice, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay, followed by Much Ado About Nothing with nine nominations.
Much Ado About Nothing won Best Film, as well as Best Screenplay. Rara won Best Film too. Neruda won the most awards with five. Jorge Riquelme won Best Director for Chameleon.

## Winners and Nominees

| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Much Ado About Nothing Rara Chameleon | Jorge Riquelme – Chameleon Alejandro Fernández Almendras – Much Ado About Nothing María José San Martín – Rara |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Paulina Urrutia – Chameleon as Paulina Paulina Moreno – 7 semanas as Camila Paula Zuñiga – Chameleon as Paula | Sergio Hernández – You'll Never Be Alone as Juan Gastón Salgado – Chameleon as Gastón Agustín Silva – Much Ado About Nothing as Vicente |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
| Mariana Loyola – Rara as Paula Paulina García – Much Ado About Nothing as Roxana Francisca Vidal – La mujer de la esclavina as Alicia | Roberto Farías – Neruda as Singer Alejandro Sieveking – Fragmentos de Lucía as Emilio Alejandro Goic – Much Ado About Nothing as Uncle Julio |
| Best Screenplay | Best Original Score |
| Much Ado About Nothing - Alejandro Fernández and Jerónimo Rodríguez Chameleon - Jorge Riquelme El primero en la familia - Carlos Leiva | Chameleon - Carlos Cabezas Much Ado About Nothing - Domingo García Huidobro You'll Never Be Alone - Álex Anwandter |
| Best Documentary Film | Best Documentary Short Film |
| Quilapayún, más allá de la canción Atrapados en Japón Te Kuhane o Te Tupuna (El espíritu de los ancestros) | Yo no soy de aquí Hemos estado peor Materia prima |
| Best Short Film | Best Animated Short Film |
| Y todo el cielo cupo en el ojo de la vaca muerta Cazador Non Castus | Cantar con sentido W.A.R.F. |
| Best Art Direction | Best Cinemaography |
| Neruda - Estefanía Larraín El primero de la familia - Ignacio Ruiz You'll Never Be Alone - Andrea Contreras | Neruda - Sergio Armstrong Much Ado About Nothing - Inti Briones You'll Never Be Alone - Matías Illanes |
| Best Make-Up | Best Costume Design |
| Neruda - Margarita Marchi Chameleon - Patricia Figueroa Un caballo llamado Elefante - Michelle Cervera | Neruda - Muriel Parra Chameleon - Patricia Figueroa Un caballo llamado Elefante - Carolina Espina |
| Best Editing | Best Special Effects |
| Much Ado About Nothing - Alejandro Fernández and Soledad Salfate Chameleon - Valeria Hernández and Jorge Riquelme El primero de la familia - Macarena Yurjevic | Un caballo llamado Elefante - Raúl Prado Chameleon - Margarita Marchi Neruda - Tomás Roca |

## Honorary Award

* Jacqueline Mouesca

## Films by number of nominations and awards

Films by number of nominations :
| Film | Nominations |
| Chameleon | 11 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 9 |
| Neruda | 6 |
| You'll Never Be Alone | 4 |
| Rara | 3 |
| El primero de la familia | 3 |
| Un caballo llamado Elefante | 3 |
Films by number of awards :
| Film | Awards |
| Neruda | 5 |
| Chameleon | 3 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 3 |
| Rara | 2 |
| You'll Never Be Alone | 1 |
| El caballo llamado Elefante | 1 |