The Goya Awards () are awards for artistic and technical merit in Spanish cinema. They are presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. In addition to recognizing Spanish films each year, and the professionals who made them, the Academy also awards the competitive Best European Film and Best Ibero-American Film awards, and the non-competitive Honorary and International Goya awards.

The first Goya Awards ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy, at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid. They have since been also held in Barcelona, Seville, Málaga, Valencia, Valladolid, and Granada. With the exception of the 5th edition, they have been televised on the public broadcaster (TVE).

The awards statuette is a small bronze bust of Francisco Goya created by the sculptor .

History

To reward the best Spanish films of each year, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain decided to create the Goya Awards, named after 18th–19th century painter Francisco Goya. The inaugural ceremony took place on 17 March 1987, at the Lope de Vega theatre in Madrid. From the 2nd edition until the 9th edition, the awards were held at the Palacio de Congresos in the Paseo de la Castellana. In 2000, the ceremony took place at L'Auditori in Barcelona. The 2019 and 2023 ceremonies took place in Seville, the 2020 and 2021 ceremonies in Málaga, the 2022 ceremony in Valencia, the 2024 ceremony in Valladolid, the 2025 ceremony in Granada, and the 2026 ceremony in Barcelona.

In 2003, a large number of film professionals took advantage of the Goya awards ceremony to express their opposition to the Aznar's government support of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In 2004, the AVT (an association against terrorism in Spain) demonstrated against terrorism and ETA, a paramilitary organization of Basque separatists, in front of the Lope de Vega theatre. In 2005, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was the first prime minister in the history of Spain to attend the event. In 2013, the minister of culture and education José Ignacio Wert did not attend, saying he had “other things to do”. Some actors said that this decision reflected the government's lack of respect for their profession and industry.

Trophy sculpture

thumb|upright|Replica of the Goya Award at the Valladolid City Hall.

The award itself is a small bronze bust of Francisco Goya created by the sculptor , although the original sculpture for the first edition of the Goyas was by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal. The trophy sculpture is informally known as (plural: ), 'bighead'.

Awards

The awards are currently delivered in 28 competitive categories, with five nominees per category since the 37th edition. Previously, there had been three candidates in the first edition, five in the second and third edition, three from the fourth to the twelfth edition, and four from the thirteenth to the 36th editions. In addition, there are two non-competitive categories: the Honorary Goya Award and the International Goya Award.

  • Best Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Leading Actor
  • Best Leading Actress
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best New Director
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best New Actor
  • Best New Actress
  • Best Production Supervision
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Editing
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Original Song
  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Makeup and Hairstyles
  • Best Sound
  • Best Special Effects
  • Best Animated Film
  • Best Animated Short Film
  • Best Documentary Short Film
  • Best Fictional Short Film
  • Best European Film
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Ibero-American Film
  • Honorary Goya Award
  • International Goya Award

Award ceremonies

The following is a listing of all Goya Awards ceremonies since 1986.

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! Ceremony

! style="width:180px;"|Date

! style="width:280px;"|Best Picture winner

! style="width:280px;"|Host(s)

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| 1st || 17 March 1987 || Voyage to Nowhere || rowspan="2"|Fernando Rey || Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid

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| 2nd || 22 March 1988 || El bosque animado || rowspan="8"| Palacio de Congresos de Madrid,<br>Madrid

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| 3rd || 21 March 1989 || Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown || Verónica Forqué, Antonio Resines

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| 4th || 10 March 1990 || Twisted Obsession || Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares

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| 5th || 16 February 1991 || ¡Ay Carmela!|| Lydia Bosch, Jorge Sanz

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| 6th || 7 March 1992 || Lovers|| Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, José Coronado

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| 7th || 13 March 1993 || Belle Époque|| Imanol Arias

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| 8th || 21 January 1994 || Todos a la cárcel|| Rosa María Sardà

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| 9th || 21 January 1995 || Running Out of Time|| Imanol Arias

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| 10th || 25 January 1996 || Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead|| Verónica Forqué, Javier Gurruchaga || rowspan="4"| Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid,<br>Madrid

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| 11th || 25 January 1997 || Thesis|| Carmen Maura, Juanjo Puigcorbé

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| 12th || 31 January 1998 || Lucky Star|| El Gran Wyoming

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| 13th || 23 January 1999 || The Girl of Your Dreams|| Rosa María Sardà

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| 14th || 29 January 2000 || All About My Mother|| Antonia San Juan || L'Auditori, Barcelona

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| 15th || 3 February 2001 || El Bola|| María Barranco, José Coronado, Loles León, Imanol Arias, Concha Velasco, Pablo Carbonell || rowspan="10"| Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid,<br>Madrid

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| 16th || 2 February 2002 || The Others || Rosa María Sardà

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| 17th || 1 February 2003 || Mondays in the Sun || Alberto San Juan, Guillermo Toledo

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| 18th || 31 January 2004 || Take My Eyes || Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Diego Luna

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| 19th || 30 January 2005 || The Sea Inside || Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú, Montserrat Caballé

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| 20th || 29 January 2006 || The Secret Life of Words|| Concha Velasco, Antonio Resines

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| 21st || 28 January 2007 || Volver || rowspan="2"|José Corbacho

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| 22nd || 3 February 2008 || Solitary Fragments

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| 23rd || 1 February 2009 || Camino|| Carmen Machi, Muchachada Nui

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| 24th || 14 February 2010 || Cell 211|| rowspan="2"|Andreu Buenafuente

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| 25th || 13 February 2011 || Black Bread ||Teatro Real, Madrid

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| 26th || 19 February 2012 || No Rest for the Wicked|| rowspan="2"|Eva Hache|| Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid,<br>Madrid

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| 27th || 17 February 2013 || Blancanieves || rowspan="6"| Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel, Madrid

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| 28th || 9 February 2014 || Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed ||

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| 29th || 7 February 2015 || Marshland || rowspan="3"|Dani Rovira

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| 30th || 6 February 2016 || Truman

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| 31st || 4 February 2017 || The Fury of a Patient Man

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| 32nd || 3 February 2018 || The Bookshop || Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla

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| 33rd || 2 February 2019 || Champions || rowspan="2"| Silvia Abril, Andreu Buenafuente || Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones FIBES Sevilla, Seville

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| 34th || 25 January 2020 || Pain and Glory ||Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena, Málaga

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| 35th || 6 March 2021 || Schoolgirls || Antonio Banderas, María Casado || The Good Boss || No host (collective) ||Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia

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| 37th || 11 February 2023 || The Beasts || Antonio de la Torre, Clara Lago || Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones FIBES Sevilla, Seville

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| 38th || 10 February 2024 || Society of the Snow || Ana Belén, Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo || , Valladolid

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| 39th || 8 February 2025 || The 47<hr>Undercover || Maribel Verdú, Leonor Watling || , Granada

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| 40th || 28 February 2026 || Sundays || Rigoberta Bandini, Luis Tosar || Auditori Fòrum, Barcelona

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Trivia

"Big Five" winners and nominees

Winners

The following is a list of films that won the awards for Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay (original or adapted).

  • ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990): Director (Carlos Saura), adapted screenplay (Rafael Azcona and Carlos Saura), Actor (Andrés Pajares) and Actress (Carmen Maura).
  • Take My Eyes (2003): Director (Icíar Bollaín), original screenplay (Icíar Bollaín), Actor (Luis Tosar) and Actress (Laia Marull).
  • The Sea Inside (2004): Director (Alejandro Amenábar), original screenplay (Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil), Actor (Javier Bardem) and Actress (Lola Dueñas).

Nominees

Four awards won

  • Belle Époque (1992): won Film, Director (Fernando Trueba), original screenplay (Rafael Azcona, José Luis García Sánchez and Fernando Trueba) and Actress (Ariadna Gil); lost Actor (Jorge Sanz).
  • Running Out of Time (1994): won Film, Director (Imanol Uribe), adapted screenplay (Imanol Uribe) and Actor (Carmelo Gómez); lost Actress (Ruth Gabriel).
  • Lucky Star (1997): won Film, Director (Ricardo Franco), original screenplay (Ricardo Franco and Ángeles González-Sinde) and Actor (Antonio Resines); lost Actress (Maribel Verdú).
  • Pain and Glory (2019): won Film, Director (Pedro Almodóvar), original screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar) and Actor (Antonio Banderas); lost Actress (Penélope Cruz).
  • The Beasts (2022): won Film, Director (Rodrigo Sorogoyen), Original Screenplay (Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen), Actor (Denis Ménochet); lost Actress (Marina Foïs).
  • Sundays (2025): won Film, Director (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa), original screenplay (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa), Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz); lost Actor (Miguel Garcés).

Three awards won

  • Blancanieves (2012): won Film, Actress (Maribel Verdú) and original screenplay (Pablo Berger); lost Director (Pablo Berger) and Actor (Daniel Giménez Cacho).

Two awards won

  • Lovers (1991): won Film and Director (Vicente Aranda); lost original screenplay (Álvaro del Amo, Carlos Pérez Merinero and Vicente Aranda), Actor (Jorge Sanz), Actress (Victoria Abril and Maribel Verdú).
  • The Girl of Your Dreams (1998): won Film and Actress (Penélope Cruz); lost Director (Fernando Trueba), original screenplay (Rafael Azcona, David Trueba, Carlos López and Miguel Ángel Egea) and Actor (Antonio Resines).

One award won

  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006): won original screenplay (Guillermo del Toro); lost Film, Director (Guillermo del Toro), Actor (Sergi López) and Actress (Maribel Verdú).
  • The Skin I Live In (2011): won Actress (Elena Anaya); lost Film, Director (Pedro Almodóvar), original screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar) and Actor (Antonio Banderas).
  • Magical Girl (2014): won Actress (Bárbara Lennie); lost Film, Director (Carlos Vermut), original screenplay (Carlos Vermut) and Actor (Luis Bermejo)
  • The Endless Trench (2019): won Actress (Belén Cuesta); lost Film, Director (Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and José Mari Goenaga), original screenplay (José Mari Goenaga and Luiso Berdejo) and Actor (Antonio de la Torre)

No award won

  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990): lost Film, Director (Pedro Almodóvar), original screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar), Actor (Antonio Banderas) and Actress (Victoria Abril).
  • The Artist and the Model (2012): lost Film, Director (Fernando Trueba), original screenplay (Fernando Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière), Actor (Jean Rochefort) and Actress (Aida Folch).
  • The Bride (2015): lost Film, Director (Paula Ortiz), adapted screenplay (Javier García and Paula Ortiz), Actor (Asier Etxeandia) and Actress (Inma Cuesta)

Multiple wins

The following is a list of films with six or more awards.

14 wins

  • The Sea Inside (2004)

13 wins

  • ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990)

12 wins

  • Society of the Snow (2023)

10 wins

  • Blancanieves (2012)
  • Marshland (2014)
  • Giant (2017)

9 wins

  • Belle Époque (1992)
  • Black Bread (2010)
  • A Monster Calls (2016)
  • The Beasts (2022)

8 wins

  • The Dumbfounded King (1991)
  • Running Out of Time (1994)
  • Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)
  • The Others (2001)
  • Cell 211 (2009)
  • Witching and Bitching (2013)

7 wins

  • Tesis (1996)
  • The Dog in the Manger (1996)
  • The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
  • All About My Mother (1999)
  • Take My Eyes (2003)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  • The Orphanage (2007)
  • Agora (2009)
  • The Realm (2018)
  • Pain and Glory (2019)

6 wins

  • Rowing with the Wind (1988)
  • Twisted Obsession (1989)
  • Banderas, the Tyrant (1993)
  • The Day of the Beast (1995)
  • Camino (2008)
  • No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
  • Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
  • The Good Boss (2021)
  • Sirāt (2025)

Multiple nominations

The following is a list of films with ten or more nominations.

20 nominations

  • The Good Boss (2021)

19 nominations

  • Running Out of Time (1994)

18 nominations

  • The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
  • Blancanieves (2012)

17 nominations

  • Belle Époque (1992)
  • Marshland (2014)
  • While at War (2019)
  • The Beasts (2022)

16 nominations

  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  • Cell 211 (2009)
  • The Skin I Live In (2011)
  • Unit 7 (2012)
  • El Niño (2014)
  • Pain and Glory (2019)
  • Prison 77 (2022)

15 nominations

  • ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990)
  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
  • La comunidad (2000)
  • The Others (2001)
  • The Sea Inside (2004)
  • Alatriste (2006)
  • The Blind Sunflowers (2008)
  • The Last Circus (2010)
  • The Endless Trench (2019)
  • 20,000 Species of Bees (2023)

14 nominations

  • The Dumbfounded King (1991)
  • The Day of the Beast (1995)
  • All About My Mother (1999)
  • You're the One (2000)
  • Volver (2006)
  • The Orphanage (2007)
  • 13 Roses (2007)
  • Black Bread (2010)
  • No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
  • The Impossible (2012)
  • Maixabel (2021)
  • The 47 (2024)

13 nominations

  • Rowing with the Wind (1988)
  • The Grandfather (1998)
  • Butterfly's Tongue (1999)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  • Agora (2009)
  • Even the Rain (2010)
  • The Artist and the Model (2012)
  • Giant (2017)
  • The Realm (2018)
  • Adú (2020)
  • Society of the Snow (2023)
  • Undercover (2024)
  • Sundays (2025)

12 nominations

  • The Turkish Passion (1994)
  • The Dog in the Manger (1996)
  • Juana the Mad (2001)
  • Eva (2011)
  • The Bride (2015)
  • A Monster Calls (2016)
  • The Bookshop (2017)

11 nominations

  • Esquilache (1989)
  • The Fencing Master (1992)
  • Canción de cuna (1994)
  • Solas (1999)
  • Sex and Lucía (2001)
  • Don't Tempt Me (2001)
  • Salvador (2006)
  • Just Walking (2008)
  • Blackthorn (2011)
  • La gran familia española (2013)
  • Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
  • The Fury of a Patient Man (2016)
  • Champions (2018)
  • Alcarràs (2022)
  • Lullaby (2022)
  • Close Your Eyes (2023)
  • Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)
  • Saturn Return (2024)
  • Sirāt (2025)

10 nominations

  • Moon Child (1989)
  • The Sea and the Weather (1989)
  • Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)
  • Open Your Eyes (1997)
  • Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
  • Obaba (2005)
  • Seven Billiard Tables (2007)
  • Buried (2010)
  • Witching and Bitching (2013)
  • The Room Next Door (2024)

See also

  • List of film awards

References

  • Official Premios Goya website
  • Official Spanish Cinema Academy website
  • Goya Awards on IMDb