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The '''Premio Cuervo Tradicional''' (''[[English language|English]]:'' Cuervo Traditional Award) is a lifetime achievement or career recognition award presented at the [[Morelia International Film Festival]] by its sponsors, [[José Cuervo]], to recognize a [[Mexican cinema]] personality.
== Prize ==
The prize includes a statuette called ''El Ojo'', by [[Javier Marín]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/en/marina-de-tavira-premio-jose-cuervo-tradicional-ficm-17/|title=Marina de Tavira received the José Cuervo Tradicional Award at the FICM 17|last=Flores|first=Aranza|date=October 19, 2019|website=FICM|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://primeraplananoticias.mx/portal/archivos/481862|title=Reconocen trayectoria de Daniel Giménez Cacho con el premio José Cuervo Tradicional|date=2017-10-28|website=Primera Plana Noticias|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/en/prensa/ganadores-en-el-15-ficm/|title=Ganadores 15o FICM|website=FICM|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> and a monetary award of 120,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/oscar-nominated-marina-de-tavira-jose-cuervo-career-recognition-award-1203375054/|title=Oscar-Nominated Marina de Tavira to Receive Jose Cuervo Career Recognition Award|last=de la Fuente|first=Anna Marie|date=October 18, 2019|website=Variety|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeoutmexico.mx/ciudad-de-mexico/cine/premio-cuervo-tradicional-en-el-ficm|title=Premio Cuervo Tradicional en el FICM|last=Zárate|first=Nalleli I.|date=October 4, 2017|website=Time Out Mexico|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> or 130,000<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mimorelia.com/recibe-cecilia-suarez-el-premio-cuervo-tradicional-en-el-ficm/|title=Recibe Cecilia Suárez el premio Cuervo Tradicional en el FICM|date=2018-10-22|website=MiMorelia|language=es|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://konexion.com.mx/ficm-2018-cecilia-suarez-obtiene-el-premio-jose-cuervo-tradicional/|title=Cecilia Suarez obtiene el Premio Jose Cuervo Tradicional|website=Konexión|date=22 October 2018 |access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> [[Mexican peso|pesos]] to be put towards a future project; this is said to affirm support for Mexican filmmaking excellence and allow those in cinema to continue creating.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 2009, recipient [[Carlos Cuarón]] put the funds towards creating the short film ''[[The Second Bakery Attack]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/en/carlos-cuaron-recibe-premio-tequila-tradicional/|title=Carlos Cuarón receives Premio Tequila Cuervo|last=Sánchez|first=Clara|date=9 October 2009|website=[[Morelia International Film Festival|Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia]]|accessdate=5 November 2019}}</ref>
== History and recipients ==
First awarded in 2005, the Premio Cuervo Tradicional has been given to one individual each year since. Its first female recipient was [[Cecilia Suárez]] in 2018. Accepting it, Suárez said that she hoped more actresses and female filmmakers would be recognized in the future of the award.<ref name=":0" /> Six of the fifteen recipients are actors, the rest directors.
Recipients are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Recipient
|-
|2005
|[[Carlos Carrera]]
|-
|2006
|[[Juan Carlos Rulfo]]
|-
|2007
|[[Carlos Reygadas]]
|-
|2008
|[[Fernando Eimbcke]]
|-
|2009
|[[Carlos Cuarón]]
|-
|2010
|[[Diego Luna]]
|-
|2011
|[[Gael García Bernal]]
|-
|2012
|[[Michel Franco]]
|-
|2013
|[[Amat Escalante]]
|-
|2014
|[[Jonás Cuarón]]
|-
|2015
|[[Gabriel Ripstein]]
|-
|2016
|[[Demián Bichir]]
|-
|2017
|[[Daniel Giménez Cacho]]
|-
|2018
|[[Cecilia Suárez]]
|-
|2019
|[[Marina de Tavira]]
|}
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[[Category:Lifetime achievement awards]]
[[Category:Culture of Mexico]]