39th Goya Awards

39th Goya Awards
Date8 February 2025
SiteGranada Conference & Exhibition Centre, Granada, Spain
Hosted by
Highlights
Best FilmThe 47 & Undercover
Best DirectionIsaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez
Saturn Return
Best ActorEduard Fernández
Marco, the Invented Truth
Best ActressCarolina Yuste
Undercover
Most awardsThe 47 (5)
Most nominationsThe 47 (14)
Television coverage
NetworkLa 1, RTVE Play
Viewership2.34 million (24.4%)[1]

The 39th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, took place at the Granada Conference & Exhibition Centre [es] in Granada, Andalusia, on 8 February 2025.[2][3][4] The gala was broadcast on La 1 and RTVE Play.

Background

Regarding the modifications of the awards regulations for the 39th edition, an increase up to a maximum of two submissions per country in the Best European Film category was allowed.[5] The Best New Actor and New Actress categories added a requirement consisting of an authorization signed by the candidate accepting their participation in the Goya Awards.[5] AI-generated compositions were explicitly banned from the Best Original Score and the Best Original Song categories.[5]

On 22 October 2024, the Spanish Film Academy presented the 17 submissions for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film:

Agarrame fuerte (Uruguay), Aire: Just Breathe (Dominican Republic), I'm Still Here (Brazil), Chuzalongo (Ecuador), Wake Up Mom (Panama); Kill the Jockey (Argentina), El ladrón de perros (Bolivia), In Her Place (Chile), The Buriti Flower [fr] (Portugal), La mujer salvaje (Cuba), La suprema (Colombia), Los últimos (Paraguay), Memories of a Burning Body (Costa Rica), Niños de las brisas (Venezuela), Rita (Guatemala), Sujo (México), and Yana-Wara (Peru).[6]

On 8 November 2024, the Spanish Film Academy presented the 21 submissions for the Goya Award for Best European Film (now allowing up to two submissions per country in the category):

Wer hat Angst vor Braunau? [de] (Austria), Omen and Holly (Belgium), Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day (Croatia), Dog on Trial and Reinas (Switzerland), The Count of Monte Cristo and Emilia Pérez (France), Flow (Latvia), Grand Tour and O vento assobiando nas gruas (Portugal), Hesitation Wound and Dormitory (Turkey), In the Blind Spot (Germany), Kensuke's Kingdom and Marianengraben [de] (Luxembourg), La chimera and Palazzina Laf (Italy), The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom), and When the Light Breaks and Touch (Iceland).[7]

On 13 November 2024, the Spanish Film Academy announced Maribel Verdú and Leonor Watling as the gala hosts.[8]

The nominations were read in Granada by Natalia de Molina and Álvaro Cervantes on 18 December 2024.[9][10] Alejandro Sanz, Amaral, Dora, Rigoberta Bandini, Zahara, Miguel Ríos, Dellafuente, the Morente siblings (Estrella, Kiki, and Soleá [es]), and Lola Índigo were announced as musical acts.[11]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:[12][13][14][15][16]

Carolina Yuste, Best Actress winner
Pol Rodríguez, Best Director co-winner
Laura Weissmahr, Best New Actress winner
Salva Reina, Best Supporting Actor winner
Clara Segura, Best Supporting Actress winner
Pepe Lorente, Best New Actor winner
Javier Macipe, Best New Director winner
Eduard Sola, Best Original Screenplay winner
Pedro Almodóvar, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Javier Alvariño, Best Art Direction winner
Edu Grau, Best Cinematography winner
Alberto Iglesias, Best Original Score winner
Antón Álvarez, Best Documentary Film and Best Original Song winner
Crew of Black Butterflies, Best Animated Film winner
Àlex Lora holding the Best Fictional Short Film Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Honorary Goya

Main article: Honorary Goya Award

On 17 October 2024, actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was announced as the recipient of the Honorary Goya Award.[17]

International Goya

Main article: International Goya Award

On 30 January 2025, American actor Richard Gere was announced as the recipient of the International Goya Award.[18]

Performers

Artist(s) Song(s)
Amaral
Miguel Ríos		 "Bienvenidos"
Alejandro Sanz "Abre la puerta [es]"
Rigoberta Bandini "El amor"
Estrella Morente
Kiki Morente
Soleá Morente
Dellafuente
Lola Índigo		 "Anda jaleo"
"Verde que te quiero verde"
Dora
Zahara		 "Si tú no estás"

In Memoriam

The In Memoriam tribute was accompanied by musical acts Zahara and Dora Postigo, who performed Rosana Arbelo's Si tú no estás. It paid tribute to individuals including Mayra Gómez Kemp, Marisa Paredes, Xabier Deive, Fermí Reixach, Elisa Montés, Teresa Gimpera, Eva Lyberten, Silvia Tortosa, Jaime de Armiñán, Jaume Lleal, Julián Ortega, La Chunga, José de la Torre, Fermí Reixach, Isabel Álvarez Friera, Ana Bernal, Vanessa Castro, Lola Cordón, Javi Cañón, Daniel Fanego, Txema Blasco, Anastasio de la Fuente, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Jaime D'Ors, Juanma Carrillo, José Hervás, Paula Martel, Silvia Pinal, Emilio Echevarría, Francisco San Martín, and Rosalía Dans.[19][20][21]

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