Spain's Goya Awards make history as two titles share Best Film honour

The city of Granada hosted a historical edition of the Goya Awards, marked by an unexpected tie in the Best Film category, where Marcel Barrena's El 47 and Arantxa Echevarría's La infiltrada shared the top prize. This event, a rarity in the 39-year history of these awards, underlines the quality of current Spanish cinema.

It caused great surprise and debate among the gala's audience, with a tie not seen since 1990, when Blanco o negro and El viaje del agua both won for Best Fictional Short Film.

Carolina Yuste was crowned Best Actress in a Leading Role for La infiltrada. "We cannot use the wounds and pain of so many people for political gain. Stories serve to heal and repair," she said in her speech.

Eduard Fernández, recognised for his performance in Marco, reflected: "Marco was an enormous human being, who did many things wrong and some things right. Today more than ever, we must be aware of the dangers of fascism".

Richard Gere, International Goya

It was a gala with an international flair. American actor Richard Gere received the International Goya, highlighting in his speech the need to "understand and love more", criticising the isolation of the United States under Donald Trump's government.

Spanish-Italian actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón received the Goya of Honour. On receiving it, she stressed the importance of culture and art as tools against ignorance and violence. She also had kind words of affection for Richard Gere.

The absence of Karla Sofía Gascón

The gala was also the platform for various demands, from the housing crisis to climate change, with clear messages about the need for a fairer and more inclusive society.

The absence of Oscar-nominated Spanish trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón was notable, due to controversy over old racist and homophobic tweets. Many members of the film community have responded with messages of reflection and support for the actress, stressing the importance of differentiating between art and personal actions.

List of winners

Best Film

• 'The 47th' and 'The Infiltrator'
• House on Fire
• The Blue Star
• Second prize

Best Direction

• Isaki Lacuesta & Pol Rodríguez for 'Second Prize
• Pedro Almodóvar for 'La habitación de al lado' (The Next Room)
• Arantxa Echevarría for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Paula Ortiz for 'La virgen roja' (The Red Virgin)
• Aitor Arregi & Jon Garaño for 'Marco

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Carolina Yuste for 'La infiltrada'
• Emma Vilarasau for 'Casa en llamas' (House on Fire)
• Julianne Moore for 'The Next Room
• Tilda Swinton for 'The Next Room' * Patricia Lopez Arnaiz for 'The Girl Next Door
• Patricia Lopez Arnaiz for 'Los destellos' (The Flashes)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Eduard Fernández for 'Marco
• Alberto San Juan for 'Casa en llamas
• Alfredo Castro for 'Polvo serán
• Urko Olazabal for 'Soy Nevenka' (I am Nevenka)
• Vito Sanz for 'Volveréis

Best Supporting Actress

• Clara Segura for 'El 47
• Maria Rodríguez Soto for 'Casa en llamas' (House on fire)
• Macarena García for 'Casa en llamas' (House on Fire)
• Nausicaa Bonnín for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Aixa Villagrán for 'La virgen roja' (The Red Virgin)

Best Supporting Actor

• Salva Reina for 'El 47
• Enric Auquer for 'Casa en llamas' (House on Fire)
• Óscar de la Fuente for 'La casa' (The House)
• Luis Tosar for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Antonio de la Torre for 'Los destellos' (The Flashes)

Best Newcomer Actress

• Laura Weissmahr for 'Salve María
• Mariela Carabajal for 'La estrella azul' (The Blue Star)
• Marina Guerola for 'Los destellos
• Zoe Bonafonte for 'El 47' Lucía Veiga for 'Soy Nevenka' (I am Nevenka)

Best new actor

• Pepe Lorente for 'La estrella azul
• Cuti Carabajal for 'La estrella azul' (The Blue Star)
• Óscar Lasarte for '¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila' (Is it the enemy? Gila's film)
• Cristalino for 'Second prize
• Daniel Ibáñez for 'Second prize'.

Best New Director

• Javier Macipe for 'La estrella azul'* (The Blue Star)
• Pedro Martín-Calero for 'El llanto' (The Cry)
• Miguel Faus for 'Calladita
• Sandra Romero for 'Por donde pasa el silencio' (Where the Silence Goes)
• Paz Vega for 'Rita

Best Original Screenplay

• Eduard Sola for 'Casa en llamas' (House in flames).
• Alberto Marini & Marcel Barrena for 'El 47' (The 47th)
• Javier Macipe for 'La estrella azul' (The Blue Star)
• Amèlia Mora & Arantxa Echevarría for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jorge Gil Munarriz & Jose Mari Goenaga for 'Marco'.

Best adapted screenplay

• Pedro Almodóvar for 'La habitación de al lado'* (The Next Room)
• Álex Montoya & Joana M. Ortueta for 'La casa' (The House)
• Pilar Palomero for 'Los destellos' (The Flashes)
• Mar Coll & Valentina Viso for 'Salve María' (Hail Mary)
• Iciar Bollain & Isa Campo for 'Soy Nevenka' (I am Nevenka)

Best Cinematography

• Edu Grau for 'La habitación de al lado' (The next room)
• Isaac Vila for 'El 47
• Javier Salmones for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Takuro Takeuchi for 'Segundo premio' (Second Prize)
• Gris Jordana for 'Soy Nevenka' (I am Nevenka)

Best editing

• Javi Frutos for 'Segundo premio' (Second prize)
• Javier Macipe & Nacho Blasco for 'La estrella azul' (The Blue Star)
• Victoria Lammers for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Fernando Franco for 'Los pequeños amores
• Nacho Ruiz Capillas for 'El 47' (The 47th)

Best original music

• Alberto Iglesias for 'La habitación de al lado' (The Next Room)
• Arturo Cardelús for 'Guardiana de dragones (Dragonkeeper)' (Dragonkeeper)
• Fernando Velázquez for 'La infiltrada' (The Infiltrator)
• Arnau Bataller for 'El 47' (The 47th)
• Sergio de la Puente for 'Verano en diciembre' (Summer in December)

Best original song

• "Los Almendros" by Antón Álvarez & Yerai Cortés for 'La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés'.
• "El borde del mundo" by Valeria Castro for 'El 47'.
• "Show me" by Fernando Velázquez for 'Buffalo Kids'.
• "La virgen roja" by Maria Arnal for 'La virgen roja'.
• "Love Is the Worst" by Alondra Bentley & Isaki Lacuesta for 'Second Prize'.

Best Art Direction

• Javier Alvariño for 'The Red Virgin
• Inbal Weinberg for 'La habitación de al lado' (The Next Room)
• Marta Bazaco for 'El 47' (The 47th)
• Pepe Domínguez del Olmo for 'Second prize'.
• Miguel Ángel Rebollo for 'Volveréis' (You'll be back)

Best costume design

• Arantxa Ezquerro for 'La virgen roja
• Irantzu Ortiz & Olga Rodal for 'El 47'.
• Bina Daigeler for 'La habitación de al lado' (The Next Room)
• Ester Palaudàries & Vinyet Escobar for 'Disco, Ibiza, Locomía'.
• Lourdes Fuentes for 'Second prize

Best hair and make-up

• Karmele Soler, Sergio Pérez Berbel & Nacho Díaz for 'Marco
• Morag Ross & Manolo García for 'La habitación de al lado' (The next room)
• Patricia Rodríguez & Tono Garzón for 'La infiltrada'.
• Eli Adánez & Paco Rodríguez Frías for 'La virgen roja' (The Red Virgin)
• Karol Tornaría for 'El 47

Best Sound

• Diana Sagrista, Eva Valiño, Alejandro Castillo & Antonin Dalmasso for 'Second Prize'
• Sergio Bürmann, Anna Harrington & Marc Orts for 'La habitación de al lado' (The Next Room)
• Fabio Huete, Jorge Castillo Ballesteros, Miriam Lisón & Mayte Cabrera for 'La infiltrada'.
• Coque F. Lahera, Álex F Capilla & Nacho Royo-Villanova for 'La virgen roja' (The Red Virgin)
• Amanda Villavieja, Joaquín Rajadel, Víctor R. Puertas, Mayte Cabrera & Nicolas de Poulpiquet for 'La estrella azul'.

Best Special Effects

• Laura Canals & Iván López Hernández for 'El 47'.
• Li Xin for 'Dragonkeeper' (Guardiana de dragones (Dragonkeeper)')
• Mariano García Marty, Jon Serrano & Juliana Lasunción for 'La infiltrada'.
• Raúl Romanillos & Juanma Nogales for 'La virgen roja' (The Red Virgin)
• Jon Serrano, Mariano García Marty & David Heras for 'Marco'.

Best Production Direction

• Carlos Apolinario for 'El 47'.
• Laia Gómez for 'Casa en llamas' (House on fire)
• Axier Pérez Serrano for 'La infiltrada' (The infiltrator)
• Kati Martí Donoghue for 'La virgen roja' (The Red Virgin)
• Carlos Amoedo for 'Second Prize

Best Animated Film

• Mariposas negras', by David Baute.
• 'Guardiana de dragones (Dragonkeeper)', by Salvador Simó & Li Jiangping
• 'Buffalo Kids', by Juan Jesús García Galocha & Pedro Solís
• Rock Bottom', by María Trénor
• 'SuperKlaus', by Andrea Sebastiá & Steven Majaury

Best Documentary Film

• 'La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés' by Antón Álvarez
• 'Domingo Domingo', by Laura García Andreu
• 'Marisol, llámame Pepa', by Blanca Torres
• Mi hermano Ali', by Paula Palacios
• You are not alone', by Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar

Best Ibero-American film

• 'I'm Still Here', by Walter Salles [Brazil]
• 'Agárrame fuerte', by Ana Guevara Pose & Leticia Jorge Romero [Uruguay] .
• El jockey', by Luis Ortega [Argentina] * 'El jockey', by Luis Ortega [Argentina
• El lugar de la otra', by Maite Alberdi [Chile] [Chile] 'Memorias de un cuerpo que arrega', by Maite Alberdi [Chile
• Memorias de un cuerpo que arde', by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss [Costa Rica] [Costa Rica] Best European Film

Best European Film

• Emilia Perez', by Jacques Audiard [France]
• The Count of Monte Cristo', by Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte [France]
• Flow', by Gints Zilbalodis [Latvia]
• Alice Rohrwacher's 'The Chimera' [Italy]
• The Zone of Interest', by Jonathan Glazer [United Kingdom]

Best short fiction film

• 'La gran obra', by Àlex Lora [Spain]
• 'Cuarentena', by Celia de Molina
• El trono' (The Throne), by Lucía Jiménez
• 'Betiko gaua (The Eternal Night)', by Eneko Sagardoy
• Mamántula', by Ion de Sosa

Best animated short film

• Cafunè', by Carlos Fernández de Vigo & Lorena Ares.
• 'El cambio de rueda', by Begoña Arostegui
• 'La mujer ilustrada', by Isabel Herguera
• 'Lola, Lolita, Lolaza', by Mabel Lozano
• Wan', by Víctor Monigote

Best documentary short film

• Semillas de Kivu' (Seeds of Kivu), by Carlos Valle & Néstor López*.
• 'Els buits', by Isa Luengo, Marina Freixa Roca & Sofía Esteve
• Las novias del sur', by Elena López Riera
• Los 30 (no) son los nuevos 20', by Juan Vicente Castillejo Navarro
• 'Ciao bambina', by Afioco Gnecco & Carolina Yuste