It’s time for red carpets and statuettes, and this night the Acadèmia del Cinema Català will present those that have been celebrated since 2009. It’s time to see the parade of actors, directors, producers and all the professionals who make the seventh art possible in Catalonia, in a particularly good year for the box office In the seventeenth edition, the favorites are the two films with the most viewers of the last year, The 47with 18 nominations (which can make history again), and House in flameswith 14 options to take home a statuette, in addition to Dust will bewhich also has 14 nominations. the film Second prize, with nine, i Hail Marywith seven, are the other films with the most potential. To warm up the projectors, let’s take a look at the films that have grabbed the most views in a gala that is starting to have a good story behind it.
Bye black13 premises
What happened in 2011 with that, has not been repeated. It started with 15 nominations and won 13. It won the main categories: best film in the Catalan language, best direction and best screenplay. In addition, three of its protagonists took to the stage, Nora Navas for the award for best actress and Marina Comas and Roger Casamajor for best supporting actors in the female and male categories. The team of this adaptation of Emili Teixidor’s novel of the same name, set in the post-war period, also won the awards for best production, best artistic direction, original music, photography, costumes, sound and make-up and hairdressing . But his achievements did not end there. It won 9 Goyas, as a Spanish film and Villaronga received the National Film Award shortly after.
Uncertain Gloria8 premises
Once again Agustí Villaronga, with the adaptation of a classic book of Catalan literature, was the one who most times convinced the jury of the Gaudí Awards, who awarded him eight awards, half of the 16 nominations with which he came out in to play Although in the tenth edition the winner of the, l’first work by Carla Simón, who won up to five awards, Uncertain Gloria grabbed the most statuettes overall. Best female lead for Núria Prims, best supporting actor for best photography for Josep M. Civit, best costume for Mercè Paloma, best sound, best visual effects and best make-up and hairdressing.
A monster comes to see me 8 premises
was up for eleven statuettes in the ninth edition of the Catalan cinema awards, in 2017, and won 8. At that time, the best film in the Catalan language was The next skindirected by Isaki Lacuesta and Isa Campo, who were also recognized for the best screenplay, which the two signed with Fran Araújo. In addition to being considered the best film in a non-Catalan language, Bayona’s film won the categories of best direction, production, art direction, editing, photography, sound and visual effects. This fantastic drama, inspired by the book by Patrick Ness, is the third story that the Catalan director brought to the cinema, after The orphanage (2007) i The Impossible (2012).
The Child7 premises
In 2015 the most awarded film was The Child, with seven statuettes, But that year the winner was considered and tied with Clara Roquet, who took the Gaudí in categories such as best film, director and screenplay. Instead, Daniel Monzón’s film won as best production, supporting actors with Bárbara Lennie and Eduard Fernández, best editing, original music, photography and sound. The boy he also took home four Goyas, which he reached with 16 nominations. Traces of sandalwoodby Maria Ripoll, was chosen as the best Catalan film, but it did not go further. That year, the big loser was Shooting starby Lluís Miñarro, because he applied for 13 statuettes and only won two.
The last days, 7 premises
The brothers Àlex Pastor and David Pastor won seven Gaudí awards in 2014 with which it was considered the best film in a non-Catalan language and also won with production, artistic direction, photography, sound, special effects, hairdressing and make-up. Starting as favorite with eleven nominations was the apocalyptic Barcelona created by the Pastor brothers, after a strange epidemic invaded the city. de Neus Ballús, a story of life in the periphery, won four awards, and was also one of the most outstanding.
They know that one7 premises
Last year the winner was a tribute to the comedian Eugenio de David Trueba. It took home seven statuettes, in technical awards and in those of leading interpretation for David Verdaguer and Carolina Yuste. David Trueba narrates the story of a singular couple, that of the comedian and his wife, and of the time they lived. This year, however, it took a lot of center stage Creature, by Elena Martín Gimeno, because it won two of the most prestigious awards, best film and best direction. In total, he took home six awards.
Other well-known and remembered films
Although it did not receive many awards, one of the Gaudí’s most remembered films is , for different reasons. It was the story that won Gaudí for best film in Catalan, best direction and best photography in the first celebration of the gala. Awards convened by the Academy of Catalan Cinema that served to highlight the Catalan audiovisual industry and discover a young director – at the time he was 34 years old – who made very uncommercial films like the award-winning one Knight’s Honor (2006), which had been well received at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
There are others who have also received many awards, and have even become the protagonists of the gala to grab the statuettes in main categories, as was the case of Three days with the family, from Mar Coll, which won six awards in 2010; Truman, by Cesc Gay, with six awards in 2016; The girls, of Pilar Palomero, also with six statuettes in 2021, or six days running, de Neus Ballús, which won five awards in 2022.
Surely, one of the films that will shine the most in the history of Catalan cinema is by Carla Simón, who won five Gaudí awards, including the special recognition of the public. But his main merit was the previous award, considered the greatest recognition in the history of Catalan cinema.
Last year’s edition will be remembered for its feminist claim and against sexual abuse in the sector. The director Elena Martín Gimeno, who collected six awards for Creaturehe raised his voice. “For many years we have been told that sexual violence is fought with silence. That if there is danger, it is better to eliminate our sexuality. Protecting children is also that, in the face of sexual violence, the important thing is not to castrate the desire, but to educate and be able to be free with our narratives”, he affirmed.
