The Goya Award for Best Picture (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor película) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first awarded in 1986 to Fernando Fernán Gómez's drama film Voyage to Nowhere.
| Goya Award for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Spanish Film of the Year |
| Country | Spain |
| Presented by | Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España |
| Currently held by | Society of the Snow (2023) |
| Website | http://www.premiosgoya.com/ |
Several films that won or were nominated for this category also were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film representing Spain. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Secrets of the Heart, The Grandfather and Pain and Glory were nominated while Belle Époque, All About My Mother and The Sea Inside won. Argentine-Spanish productions The Secret in Their Eyes and Wild Tales also received a nomination in the category but representing Argentina, with the former winning. Mexican-Spanish film Pan's Labyrinth was nominated representing Mexico.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
Winners and nominees
edit1980s
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 (1st) [1][2] |
Voyage to Nowhere | El viaje a ninguna parte | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| 27 Hours | 27 horas | Montxo Armendáriz | |
| Half of Heaven | La mitad del cielo | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | |
| 1987 (2nd) |
The Enchanted Forest | El bosque animado | José Luis Cuerda |
| Divine Words | Divinas palabras | José Luis García Sánchez | |
| El Lute: Run for Your Life | El Lute: camina o revienta | Vicente Aranda | |
| 1988 (3rd) |
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Rowing with the Wind | Remando al viento | Gonzalo Suárez | |
| The Tunnel | El túnel | Antonio Drove | |
| Wait for Me in Heaven | Espérame en el cielo | Antonio Mercero | |
| Winter Diary | Diario de invierno | Francisco Regueiro | |
| 1989 (4th) |
Twisted Obsession | El sueño del mono loco | Fernando Trueba |
| Esquilache | Esquilache | Josefina Molina | |
| Montoyas y Tarantos | Montoyas y Tarantos | Vicente Escrivá | |
| Moon Child | El niño de la luna | Agustí Villaronga | |
| The Sea and the Weather | El mar y el tiempo | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
1990s
edit2000s
edit2010s
edit2020s
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (35th) [8] |
Schoolgirls | Las niñas | Pilar Palomero |
| Adú | Salvador Calvo | ||
| Ane Is Missing | Ane | David Pérez Sañudo | |
| Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa | Icíar Bollaín | |
| The People Upstairs | Sentimental | Cesc Gay | |
| 2021 (36th) [9][10] |
The Good Boss | El buen patrón | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| Maixabel | Icíar Bollaín | ||
| Libertad | Clara Roquet | ||
| Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea | Mediterráneo | Marcel Barrena | |
| 2022 (37th) [11] |
The Beasts | As bestas | Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
| Alcarràs | Carla Simón | ||
| Lullaby | Cinco lobitos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | |
| Motherhood | La maternal | Pilar Palomero | |
| Prison 77 | Modelo 77 | Alberto Rodríguez | |
| 2023 (38th) [12][13] |
Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J. A. Bayona |
| 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | |
| Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | |
| Un amor | Isabel Coixet | ||
| Jokes & Cigarettes | Saben aquell | David Trueba | |
References
edit- ^ ""El viaje a ninguna parte" de Fernando Fernán Gómez". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). 14 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Galán, Diego (22 March 2006). "'El viaje a ninguna parte' y 'Roma'". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Meseguer, Astrid (February 4, 2018). "'La librería' se alza con el Goya a la mejor película en una gala con acento vasco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ "'La librería' de Isabel Coixet, gana el Goya 2018 a la mejor película". Radiotelevisión Española (in Spanish). February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Sanz Garniga, Juan Carlos (February 1, 2018). "Goya 2018: Estas son las 5 películas nominadas a Mejor Película". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2019: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ Zas Marcos, Mónica. "Dolor para Amenábar y gloria para Almodóvar en unos Goya 2020 que ignoraron a su niño mimado". eldiario.es. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2021: consulta aquí la lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "'El buen patrón' bate el récord histórico de los Goya con 20 nominaciones". RTVE (in Spanish). 29 November 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Hopewell, John; Mayorga, Emilio (12 February 2022). "Javier Bardem, 'The Good Boss' Top Spain's 2022 Goya Awards". Variety.
- ^ "Nominaciones a los Premios Goya 2023, en directo: estos son los nominados". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Nominaciones Premios Goya 2024: todas las películas y actores nominados, en directo". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2024 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la gran noche de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Cinemanía. 11 February 2024 – via 20minutos.es.