Goya Awards 2016 - 'Truman' Wins Top Goya Awards . Cesc Gay's friendship drama starring Ricardo Darin snagged film, director and acting honors.
07/02/2016
- Cesc Gay’s TRUMAN won the big winner at the 30th Goya Awards ceremony Saturday night, landing five statues of the six it was nominated for, including film and director as the Spanish Film Academy sprinkled prizes across the top contenders. Much loved and oft-nominated Argentine actor Ricardo Darin walked away with his first Goya for his role in the friendship drama, as did his supporting actor, Javier Camara. Isabel Coixet’s Nobody Wants the Night, which opened Berlinale last year, snagged a technical awards like wardrobe, hair and makeup, production design, but star Juliette Binoche left empty-handed for her role at the North Pole. “I was happy just to be able to see Juliette Binoche in person,” lead actress winner Natalia de Molina announced with Goya in hand for her role in Techo y Comida, after beating Binoche and Penelope Cruz, who both vied for the actress honor. Cruz, sitting next to husband Javier Bardem, had been nominated for her role in MaMa. Fernando Leon’s A Perfect Day found the socially committed director a nod for adapted screenplay, but the emotional note of the evening came in the form of new director winner Daniel Guzman’s Nothing in Return. Not only did the first-time director take home a Goya, but young actor Miguel Herran said he had “gave him a life” by transforming him from a lost kid into an actor. But it was Guzman’s 93-year-old grandmother, Antonia Guzman by his side, holding his hand all night who had starred in her grandson’s film that regularly attracted attention. Dani Rovira, lead actor in 2015’s top-grossing film, A Spanish Affair 2, played master of ceremonies to an audience that included more dignitaries from the political and cultural spheres than in previous years. In addition to Binoche, Cruz and Bardem, writer Mario Vargas Llosa and Tim Robbins were two international faces on hand for the event. Ironically, with most of the players from the political landscape in the house, the gala lacked the political jabs that have marked it in past years. New academy president Antonio Resines made only a passing remark about efforts to eliminate the 21 percent sales tax on movie admissions. He did, however, pause on Spain’s still rampant piracy. “In 2015, 1,900 films were downloaded illegally per minute in Spain,” Resines said. “More needs to be done, obviously. The laws were made to be enforced,” referring to last year’s anti-piracy legislation.
A full list of winners is below:
Film
Truman
Director
Cesc Gay, Truman
New Director
Daniel Guzman, Nothing in Return
Original Screenplay
Cesc Gay and Tomas Aragay, Truman
Adapted Screenplay
Fernando Leon de Aranoa, A Perfect Day
Original Score
Lucas Vidal, Nobody Wants the Night
Original Song
“Palmares en la nieve” by Lucas Vidal and Pablo Alboran for Palmares en la nieve
Lead Actor
Ricardo Darin, Truman
Lead Actress
Natalia de Molina, Techo y Comida
Supporting Actor
Javier Camara, Truman
Supporting Actress
Luisa Gavasa, The Bride
New Actor
Miguel Herran, Nothing in Return
New Actress
Irene Escolar, Un otoño sin Berlin
Production Design
Andres Santana and Marta Miro, Nobody Wants the Night
Photography
Miguel Angel Amoedo, The Bride
Editing
Jorge Coira, Retribution
Artistic Director
Anton Laguna, Palmares en la Nieve
Wardrobe
Clara Bilbao, Nobody Wants the Night
Makeup and Hair
Pablo Perona, Paco Rodriguez and Sylvie Imbert, Nobody Wants the Night
Sound
David Machado, Jaime Fernandez and Nacho Arenas, Retribution
Special Effects
Lluis Castells and Lluis Rivera, Anacleto, Secreto Agent
Animated Film
Capture the Flag
Documentary Film
Suenos de Sal
Ibero-American Film
El Clan, Pablo Trapero (Argentina)
European Film
Mustang ,Deniz Gamze Erguven (UK)
Fiction Short Film
El Corredor, Jose Luis Montesinos
Animated Short
Alike, Daniel Martinez Lara and Rafael Cano Mendez
Documentary Short
Hijos de la Tierra, Alex O’Mill Tubau and Ptxi Uriz Domezain
Honorary Goya
Mariano Ozores
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