On their web page they define Mantarraya as; "... works as a platform for a new generation of filmmakers and has earned a reputation for promoting new talent".
They are the Mexican production company with the most international film awards in the last 50 years.
The Mexican Academy choose Heli to represent Mexico for the 2014 Oscars Award.
In 2005 the French newspaper Le Monde referred to them as: "Mexique, la génération spontanée".
[1] In 2007 they repeated this achievement as they were invited with two other of their productions, Silent Light by Carlos Reygadas who received the Jury Prize in the Competition of the "Official Selection" and La Influencia by Pedro Aguilera that premiered at the Fortnight sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival.