Goya Awards 2009

Goya Awards Madrid 2009

The Goya Awards are the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards and the main national film awards in Spain. The city of Madrid last night held the prize-giving ceremony where the best Spanish cinema stars, including Penelope Cruz, turned out.

Javier Fesser’s drama “Camino” became the big winner at the 23rd Goya Awards. It won six Goya awards out of seven nominations, including best picture and best director. The movie also took home nods for the best original script, for the best actress (Carme Elias), for the best supporting actor (Jordi Dauder) and for the best new actress (Nerea Camacho), which plays the major role in the film as a dying ultra-catholic girl, Camino. Penélope Cruz was the star of the show at this year’s Goya awards when she picked up her Goya for supporting actress in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona“, the Woody Allen film. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for the same Anglo-Spanish production, in which she stars alongside Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson.

But Cruz was not the only international star who made shine the ceremony: Benicio Del Toro won the best actor award for his portrayal of Che Guevara in both “Che” films. Alex de la Iglesia English speaking movie, “Los crímenes de Oxford“, won three awards. Other success stories on the night were Christian Mungiu’s drama, “4 meses, 3 semanas y 2 días”, who picked up the best European film award. “Mortadelo Y Filemon, misión salvar la Tierra” won the special effects award. Santiago Zannou’s music drama “El Truco Del Manco” picked up three emotional awards.

“Los Girasoles Ciegos” suffered a disappointment when only picked up an award for the best adapted screenplay, having received 15 nominations. Agustin Díaz Yanes’ film, “Sólo Quiero Caminar” also won just one Goya for the best cinematography from 11 nominations.

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