with 13 nominations; Sirât, by Oliver Laxe, with 11 nominations, and Maspalomas, by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi, with 9, they monopolize the nominations for the 40th Goya Awards. They have been left behind The dinner, from Manuel Gómez Pereira, with 8; and tied with 7 The captive, by Alejandro Amenábar, The Tigers, by Alberto Rodríguez and Deaf, by Eva Libertad.
They compete for best film Sirât, Sundays, Maspalomas, Dinner y Deaf, surprisingly leaving out Pilgrimage. Its manager, Carla Simón, has entered the quintet for best direction along with Arregi and Goenaga, Laxe, Ruiz de Azúa and Albert Serra, for the documentary Lonely afternoons. For the first time a documentary director enters this category. In best new director, Jaume Claret Muxart has been selected, for Strange river; Gemma Blasco, by In anger; Gerard Oms, for Very far; Ion de Sosa, by Balearic, and Eva Libertad, for Deaf
From Los Angeles, Oliver Laxe, by video call, and who had attended the Golden Globes two days ago, confessed himself happy and assured that after accompanying so many Sirât From his local premieres he has understood that each culture sees death differently and, therefore, “they see it differently.”
Another filmmaker who has entered from a distance has been Eva Libertad, from Deaf, with seven nominations. She has been especially happy with the presence of her sister, Miriam Garlo, the protagonist, a revelation actress: she is the first deaf performer to compete in the Spanish film awards.
In the quintet for best leading actor are Manolo Solo, for A Portuguese villa; Alberto San Juan, for Dinner; Miguel Garcés, for On Sundays; Mario Casas, for Very far, and Jose Ramon Soroiz, for Maspalomas. These last two are the favorites, curiously because of two homosexual characters who have to deal with their sexual option. Soroiz, 75, who had retired, returned to acting only because Maspalomas.
In best actress Susana Abaitua becomes the great representative of A ghost in battle, the film about an ETA infiltrator by Agustín Díaz Yanes, which has obtained four nominations. With her Nora Navas for My friend Eva; Antonia Zegers, by The Turtles; Patricia López Arnaiz, for On Sundays, and Ángeles Cervantes, for In anger.
Ángeles’ brother, Álvaro Cervantes, is a candidate for best supporting actor for his work in Deaf Along with him, Juan Minujín, for On Sundays; another great veteran like Kandido Uganda, for Maspalomas; Tamar Novas, for Rondallas, and Miguel Rellán, for El captivo. Rellán will be the best-known face in the film that illustrates Miguel de Cervantes’ years of imprisonment in Algiers. Julio Peña, who plays the future writer at that time, competes for revelation actor alongside Hugo Welzel, for Enemies; Jan Monter Palau, por Strange river; Mitch, for Pilgrimage and Toni Fernández, for City without sleep, the film about Cañada Real, by Guillermo Galoe, which has achieved five nominations.
In supporting actress, the quintet is made up of Elvira Mínguez, for Dinner; Nagore Aramburu, by On Sundays; Elena Irureta, by Deaf; Myriam Gallego, by Pilgrimage, and María de Medeiros, for A Portuguese villa. And in revelation actress, one of the most open categories, are Llúcia Garcia, for Pilgrimage; Miriam Garlo, by Deaf; Blanca Soroa, by On Sundays; Nora Hernandez, by The dinner, and Elvira Lara, for The Turtles.
The actress Toni Acosta and the performer and producer Arturo Valls read this Tuesday, at 4:40 p.m., the nominees for the 28 categories of the 40th edition of the from the headquarters of the Film Academy. The ceremony will be held on February 28 in the city that is hosting the gala for the second time. The presenters of the delivery will be and El Goya de Honor
A total of 218 Spanish films released in Spain between January 1 and December 31, 2025 are eligible for the 40th edition of the Goya Awards. Of these 218 productions, 122 are fiction, 87 are documentaries and 9 are animation. In addition, 67 are debut works, and as for their scripts, 129 are original and 42 adapted.
Also competing this year are 18 European films and 15 Ibero-American feature films, categories in which the films have been chosen by their respective countries. The list of short films that may be nominated for the 40th edition amounts to 48 titles: 15 fiction short films, 18 documentaries and 15 animation.
In the last edition, for the first time in history there was a tie for the best film award, so both The infiltrator, by Arantxa Echevarría, as The 47th, by Marcel Borrás,
