The 33rd edition of the Spanish Academy of Film Arts and Sciences Awards, aka The Goyas, took place in Sevilla. Surpringly, the film winning all major categories didn´t get the Goya for Best Film.
The political thriller The Realm by Rodrigo Sorogoyen – co-produced with France – ended up with seven Goyas: including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Galician Luis Zahera) and Best Lead Actor (Antonio de la Torre).
Although, one of the biggest surprises on the night was that Champions by Javier Fesser, a title that has enjoyed a great deal of mainstream success (having grossed €20 million so far), emerged triumphant as the best feature of 2018, given that it is a comedy, a genre that does not traditionally receive the official top prizes.
Champions received three awards: Best Film, Best Song (composed by Coque Malla) and Best New Actor, for first-timer Jesús Vidal. Another film that stood out at the ceremony was Carmen & Lola by Arantxa Echevarría, which took home two statuettes: Best Supporting Actress (Carolina Yuste) and Best New Director.
At the ceremony, which was attended by Minister of Culture José Guirao, was watched by four million viewers on the channel TVE and paid tribute to the Honorary Goya Award winner, Chicho Ibáñez Serrador with a video directed by Juan Antonio Bayona.
Here is the full list of award winners:
Best Film
Champions – Javier Fesser
Best Director
Rodrigo Sorogoyen – The Realm (Spain/France)
Best Lead Actress
Susi Sánchez – Sunday’s Illness
Best Lead Actor
Antonio de la Torre – The Realm
Best Supporting Actress
Carolina Yuste - Carmen & Lola
Best Supporting Actor
Luis Zahera – The Realm
Best New Actor
Jesús Vidal – Champions
Best New Actress
Eva Llorach – Quién te cantará (Spain/France)
Best New Director
Arantxa Echevarría – Carmen & Lola
Best Original Screenplay
Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen – The Realm
Best Adapted Screenplay
Álvaro Brechner – A Twelve-Year Night (Spain/Argentina/France/Uruguay)
Best Original Score
Olivier Arson – The Realm
Best Production Direction
Yousaf Bokhari – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (Spain/France/Belgium/Portugal)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Rivera and Laura Pedro – Superlópez
Best Sound
Roberto Fernández and Alfonso Raposo – The Realm
Best Wardrobe Design
Clara Bilbao – Gun City (Spain/France)
Best Original Song
Este es el momento – Coque Malla (Champions)
Best Hair and Make-up
Sylvie Imbert, Amparo Sánchez and Pablo Perona – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Best Art Direction
Juan Pedro de Gaspar – Gun City
Best Cinematography
Josu Incháustegui – Gun City
Best Editing
Alberto del Campo – The Realm
Best European Film
Cold War – Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland/UK/France)
Best Animated Film
Another Day of Life – Damian Nenow and Raúl de la Fuente (Spain/Poland/Belgium/Germany/Hungary)
Best Documentary Film
The Silence of Others – Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar (Spain/USA)
Best Latin American Film
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico/USA)
Best Short Fiction
Piggy – Carlota Pereda
Best Short Documentary
Gaza – Carlos Bover Martínez and Julio Pérez del Campo
Best Animated Short
Cazatalentos – José Herrera
Honorary Goya
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador