Silver Goddesses Award

Its origin dates back to 1961. In Paris "Cine México", the journalist Benjamín Ortega, father of the journalist Guillermo Ortega Ruiz, instituted the Xochiquetzal or Xochipilli, as a stimulus to the most outstanding works in the various specialties of the Fílmic Queo.

But in 1962, given the impossibility of sponsoring the delivery annually, Ortega gave the Figurilla to film journalists from Mexico (Pecime), whose partners decided to stylize the initially male figure and change the name. The feather and robe dictated that of the silver goddess, plus they were later bathed in gold.

An amalgamation of figures from Aztec mythology, the award represents the God of creation, fertility, the arts, wisdom and perseverance; Hence the elements that compose it: the spike, the turtle on which the sphinx (symbol of wisdom) is planted, the snake and the feather.

To guarantee the continuity of its delivery, the partners raised the possibility that each sculpture bear the name of a celebrity willing to cover its cost.

Gabriel Figueroa, Luis Buñuel, Mario Moreno Cantinflas and María Félix accepted the treatment, but, in the Assembly held on June 13, 1962, the Directive Committee decided to absorb the production costs as it occurs to date.

The first installment of silver squats was recorded on March 8, 1963 at the Hotel María Isabel. Tlayucan (1961), Ribbon by Luis Alcoriza, made by Matouk, SA, was the first to obtain it.

At the time, the sought after bronze and silver plated has become one of the most precious and important of the international phrase.

To strengthen its prestige, the group has decided at various stages of its history to assign you, permanently or temporarily, the name of great figures in recognition of your career.

Mexican luminaries such as Jacqueline Andere, María Felix, Dolores del Río, Fernando Soler, Katy Jury, Pina Pelicer, Ricardo Montalbán, Sara García, Tito Guízar, Silvia Pinal, Daniela Romo, Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Lupita Tovar, María Elena Marqués, Gloria Marín , Carmen Montejo, Lucía Méndez, Ana Brenda Contreras and Salma Hayek, among many other film celebrities, have received the goddess of silver, as well as renowned directors and technicians such as Gabriel Figueroa, Alex Phillips, Miguel Zacarias, Emilio "Indio" Fernández, Roberto Gavaldón, Ismael Rodríguez, Raúl de Anda, Luis Alcoriza, José Estrada and Alfonso Ara.

World cinema personalities, such as Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Michelangelo Antonioni, Katharine Hepburn, Luchino Visconti, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Wise, Jerome Riva, Rex Harrison, Emmanuelle Riva, Alain Cavalier, Terence Stamp, Julie Christie, Gollo Pontecordevo, Dirk Bogardevo , Miguel Littín, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pedro Almodóvar and James Cameron, have also been distinguished with the silver goddess.