Pedro Almodovar’s Oscar-nominated Pain and Glory swept the top awards on Saturday at 34th Goya Awards, Spain’s version of the Oscars, winning a total of seven awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Antonio Banderas won the award for Best Actor, Julieta Serrano for Best Supporting Actress in addition to awards for Best Editing, and Best Original Music.
Alejandro Amenabar’s Spanish Civil War drama While at War, won five awards including Best Supporting Actor for Eduard Fernandez.
Ladj Ly’s Oscar nominated Les Misérables, won Goya for Best European Film, and Ara Malikian: A Life Among Strings (Ara Malikian: una vida entre las cuerdas) by Nata Moreno won for Best Documentary.
Winners of 34th Goya Awards
BEST MOVIE
PAIN AND GLORY
BEST DIRECTOR
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR for Pain and Glory
BEST ACTOR
ANTONIO BANDERAS for Pain and Glory
BEST ACTRESS
BELÉN CUESTA by The Endless Trench
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BENITO ZAMBRANO, DANIEL REMÓN AND PABLO REMÓN for Out In The Open
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR for Pain and Glory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
EDUARD FERNÁNDEZ for While At War
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JULIETA SERRANO for Pain and Glory
BEST NEW ACTOR
ENRIC AUQUER by Eye For An Eye
BEST NEW ACTRESS
BENEDICTA SÁNCHEZ for Fire Will Come
BEST BREAKOUT DIRECTOR
BELÉN FUNES by A Thief’s Daughter
BEST EUROPEAN FILM
Les Miserables, by LADJ LY. (France)
BEST ANIMATION FILM
BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES, SALVADOR SIMÓ
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
CARLA PÉREZ DE ALBENIZ for While At War
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Ara Malikian: A Life Among Strings (Ara Malikian: una vida entre las cuerdas), NATA MORENO
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
MARIO CAMPOY AND IÑAKI MADARIAGA for The Platform
BEST SOUND
IÑAKI DÍEZ, ALAZNE AMEZTOI, XANTI SÁLVADOR and NACHO ROYO VILLANOVA for The Endless Trench
HONORARY GOYA
PEPA FLORES