title: 7th Macondo Awards
text: # 7th Macondo Awards
  
  The 7th Macondo Awards ceremony, presented by the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences, honored the best audiovisual productions of 2018. It took place on November 17, 2018, at the Ágora Bogotá Convention Center in Bogotá. The ceremony awarded 18 categories and was broadcast by Canal Capital.
  
  The film Killing Jesus won the award for Best Film.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  | Best Picture Killing Jesus The Dragon Defense The Sacrifice Sal | Best Director Laura Mora – Killing Jesus Nicolás van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf – Amazona Rubén Mendoza – Señorita Maria Santiago Caicedo – Virus Tropical |
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  | Best Actor Enrique Carriazo – Amalia the Secretary Jorge Herrera – Hangman's Game Juan Pablo Barragán – La sargento Matacho Alexander Betancur – The Sacrifice José Ángel Bichir – Virginia Casta | Best Actress Marcela Benjumea – Amalia the Secretary Fabiana Medina – La sargento Matacho Diana Pérez – Sal Juliana Betancourth – Virginia Casta |
  | Best Supporting Actor Camilo Escobar – Killing Jesus Fabio Rubiano – Amalia the Secretary Francisco Bolívar – Nadie sabe para quién trabaja Aldemar Correa – Virginia Casta | Best Supporting Actress Patricia Tamayo – Amalia the Secretary Carmenza Cossio – Killing Jesus Cristina Umaña – Virginia Casta Marcela Carvajal – Virginia Casta |
  | Best Screenplay Laura Mora, Alonso Torres – Killing Jesus Marcela Rincón – Lila's Book Natalia Santa – The Dragon Defense Enrique Lozano – Virus Tropical | Best Cinematography David Gallego – Sal Nicolás van Hemelryck – Amazona James L. Brown – Killing Jesus Iván Herrera, Nicolás Ordoñez – The Dragon Defense |
  | Best Editing Gustavo Vasco – Amazona Sebastián Hernández – Bad Lucky Goat Leandro Aste – Killing Jesus Rubén Mendoza, Juan David Soto, Gustavo Vasco – Señorita María | Best Art Direction Marcela Gómez – Sal Tatiana Espitia, Daniel Murillo – Lila's Book Marcela Gómez – The Dragon Defense Ramsés Benjumea – The Sacrifice Power Paola – Virus Tropical |
  | Best Sound Design Guido Berenblum, Gerardo Kalmar, Carlos Lopera – Killing Jesus César Salazar, Jean Guy Véran – Sal Juan Manuel López, Daniel Vásquez – The Dragon Defense Carlos García, Marco Salaverria – The Sacrifice | Best Costume Design Ana María Acosta – Sal Helena del Mar – Bad Lucky Goat Ana María Acosta – Killing Jesus Julián Grijalba – The Dragon Defense |
  | Best Makeup Ana María Acosta – Sal Helena del Mar – Bad Lucky Goat Laura Copó – Killing Jesus Julián Grijalba – The Dragon Defense | Best Visual Effects Héctor Acosta – The Sacrifice Juan Camilo Lezaca, Leo Otero – Hangman's Game Bruno Fauceglia, Pablo Herrera, Santiago Svirsky – Killing Jesus Camilo Valero – Vía crucis |
  | Best Original Score Camilo Sanabria – Amazona Alejandro Ramírez Rojas – La sargento Matacho Juan Andrés Otálora – Lila's Book Adriana García Galán – Virus Tropical | Best Original Song Adriana García Galán – Virus Tropical Diego Gómez, Elkin Robinson – Bad Lucky Goat Holman Álvarez – Sal Gonzalo de Sagarminaga – The Dragon Defense |
  | Best Documentary Clare Weiskopf – Amazona Erwin Göggel – Poner a actuar pájaros Rubén Mendoza – Señorita Maria | Best Animation Film Santiago Caicedo – Virus Tropical Marcela Rincón – Lila's Book |
  