Last Saturday night took place the 29th edition of the Goya Film Awards in Madrid. Málaga born actor, Antonio Banderas, was presented with this years ‘Goya of Honour’ for long service to the Spanish film industry. And the biggest winner on the night was La isla mínima (English title: Marshland) which won ten Goyas, among them best actor, Javier Gutiérrez, director and film. The Award Ceremony lasted too long for my taste. The rest of the winners were:
Best European Film: Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowsky (Poland)
Best Costume Design: Fernando García, La isla mínima
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: José Quetglas, Carmen Veinat y Pedro Rodríguez ‘Pedatri’, Musarañas
Best New Actress: Nerea Barros, La isla mínima
Best Editing: Jose M.G.Moyano, La isla mínima
Best Production Design: Pepe Domínguez, La isla mínima
Best Sound: Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó y Sergio Burmann, El Niño
Best Cinematography: Álex Catalán, La isla mínima
Best Short.Film Animation: Juan y la nube, by Giovanni Maccelli
Best Short-Film Documentary: Walls (Si estas paredes hablasen), by Miguel López Beraza
Best Shot-Film Fiction: Café para llevar, by Patricia Font
Best Supporting Actor: Karra Elejalde, Ocho apellidos vascos
Goya of Honour: Antonio Banderas
Best New Director: Carlos Marques-Marcet, 10.000 Km
Best Special Effects: Guillermo Orbe y Raúl Romanillos, El Niño
Best Supporting Actress: Carmen Machi, Ocho apellidos vascos
Best Original Score: Julio de la Rosa, La isla mínima
Best Original Song: ‘Niño sin miedo’, El Niño, de David Santisteban, India Martínez y Riki Rivera.
Best New Actor: Dani Rovira, Ocho apellidos vascos
Best Adapted Screenplay: Claro García, Cristóbal Ruiz y Javier Fesser, Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo
Best Original Screenplay: Alberto Rodríguez y Rafael Cobos, La isla mínima
Best Animation Film: Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo
Best Production Manager: Edmon Roch y Toni Novella, El Niño
Best Iberoamerican Film: Relatos salvajes, by Damián Szifron (Argentina-España)
Best Documentary: Paco de Lucía: la búsqueda, by Anxo Rodríguez Rodríquez y Lucía Sánchez Varela.
Best Lead Actor: Javier Gutiérrez, La isla mínima
Best Lead Actress: Bárbara Lennie, Magical Girl
Best Director: Alberto Rodríguez, La isla mínima
Best Film: La isla mínima, Mikel Lejarza, José Antonio Félez y Gervasio Iglesisas (Antena 3 Films, Atipica Films, SlL. Y Sacromonte Films, S.L.)
Read more at the Official Website here.
Many thanks! I really, really, really want to see La isla mínima!
Hope you’ll have that opportunity soon. Maybe you’ll need to have a bit of a background information about the situation in Spain in the early 80s, i.e. the early days of the new democracy.