The 39th Goya Awards (Spain’s Oscars) honored two films: Marcel Barrena’s true-life drama El 47, and the thriller Undercover from Arantxa Echevarría with the top prize for best film.
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El 47, the story of the bus driver who helped create modern Barcelona, led the Goyas going into the event, which was held Saturday night in Granada, with 16 nominations. It ended up with five trophies, including both supporting acting honors for Salva Reina and Clara Segura. Carolina Yuste took the best actress for Undercover, where she plays a police officer who infiltrates the ETA terrorist group.
Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez won the best director for Saturn Return, a 1990s-set biopic of Spanish indie rock band Los Planetas, beating out Spain’s most accomplished filmmaker, Almodovar, who was nominated for his English-language debut The Room Next Door.
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The Room Next Door picked up 13 Goya nominations but won just one: for best adapted screenplay.
Emilia Perez
Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez won the one Goya it was nominated for, best European film. As a French production, the feature, up for 13 Oscars this year, did not qualify in the other Goya categories.
Richard Gere was honored with this year’s International Goya honor.
The complete list of 2025 Goya Awards winners follows.
Best Film
El 47 and Undercover (ex aequo)
Best Direction
Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez for Saturn Return
Best New Director
Javier Macipe for The Blue Star
Best Leading Actor
Eduard Fernández for Marco
Best Leading Actress
Carolina Yuste for Undercover
Best Supporting Actor
Salva Reina for El 47
Best Supporting Actress
Clara Segura for El 47
Best New Actor
Pepe Lorente for The Blue Star
Best New Actress
Laura Weissmahr for Salve Maria
Best Original Screenplay
Eduard Sola for A House on Fire
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Music
Alberto Iglesias for The Room Next Door
Best Original Song
Antón Álvarez, La Tania and Yerai Cortés for “Los Almendros” from La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés
Best Production Direction
Carlos Apolinario for El 47
Best Cinematography
Edu Grau for The Room Next Door
Best Editing
Javi Frutos for Saturn Return
Best Art Direction
Javier Alvariño for La Virgen Roja
Best Costume Design
Arantxa Ezquerro for La Virgen Roja
Best Makeup and Hair
Karmele Soler, Sergio Pérez Berbel, Nacho Díaz for Marco
Best Sound
Coque F. Lahera, Álex F Capilla, Nacho Royo-Villanova for La Virgen Roja
Best Special Effects
Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández for El 47
Best Animated Film
César Zelada, David Baute, Edmon Roch, Marc Sabé for Mariposas Negras
Best Documentary Film
Antón Álvarez, Cristina Trenas, Santos Bacana for La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés
Best Ibero-American Film
I’m Still Here, Brasil
Best European Film
Emilia Pérez, France
Best Fiction Short Film
Àlex Lora for La gran obra
Best Documentary Short Film
Carlos Valle, Néstor López for Semillas de Kivu
Best Animated Short Film
Carlos Fernández de Vigo for Cafunè
International Goya
Richard Gere
Honorary Goya
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
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