Thursday 12 January 2012

The Goya Awards 2012: the nominations

The nominations for the 2012 Goya Awards were announced on Tuesday morning: Pedro Almodóvar and Enrique Urbizu lead the pack with 16 nominations for La piel que habito and 14 for No habrá paz para los malvados respectively. Of the other two Best Film nominees, Blackthorn has 11 nominations and La voz dormida has 9. The dark horse is Eva (a directorial debut that appeared on my radar only when it was released at the tail-end of last year) with 12 nominations. According to what I've read elsewhere, Urbizu has the edge over Almodóvar and likewise Coronado appears to be the favourite for Best Actor (although Banderas has never won a Goya, so that may be an emotional pull in his favour). With the exception of Best Female Newcomer (widely thought to already be in the bag for María León), the other acting categories are harder to call. As I haven't seen a lot of the films yet, it is hard for me to say where the surprises are, although given the hype surrounding certain films there are some surprising omissions (for example, No tengas miedo and Cinco metros cuadrados have had a lot of awards buzz in the past few months). The ceremony takes place on the 19th February. The nominees in the main categories are listed below.

Best Film:
Blackthorn
La piel que habito
La voz dormida
No habrá paz para los malvados



Best Director:
Pedro Almodóvar – La piel que habito
Mateo Gil – Blackthorn 
Enrique Urbizu – No habrá paz para los malvados
Benito Zambrano – La voz dormida


Best New Director:
Paula Ortiz – De tu ventana a la mía
Kike Maíllo - Eva
Paco Arango - Maktub
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson - Verbo


Best Adapted Screenplay:
Pedro Almodóvar – La piel que habito
Icíar Bollaín – Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
Ángel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras, Paco Roca, Rosanna Cecchini - Arrugas
Benito Zambrano, Ignacio del Moral – La voz dormida


Best Original Screenplay:
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Miguel Barros - Blackthorn
Martí Roca, Sergi Belbel, Cristina Clemente, Aintza Serra - Eva
Enrique Urbizu, Michel Gaztambide – No habrá paz para los malvados


Best Actor:
Antonio Banderas – La piel que habito
Daniel Brühl - Eva
Jose Coronado – No habrá paz para los malvados
Luis Tosar – Mientras duermes


Best Actress:
Elena Anaya – La piel que habito
Inma Cuesta – La voz dormida
Verónica Echegui – Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
Salma Hayek – La chispa de la vida


Best Supporting Actor:
Raúl Arévalo - Primos
Juanjo Artero – No habrá paz para los malvados
Juan Diego – 23-F, la película
Lluís Homar - Eva


Best Supporting Actress:
Pilar López de Ayala - Intruders
Goya Toledo - Maktub
Maribel Verdú – De tu ventana a la mía
Ana Wagener – La voz dormida


Best Male Newcomer:
Marc Clotet – La voz dormida
Jan Cornet – La piel que habito
Adrián Lastra - Primos
José Mota – La chispa de la vida


Best Female Newcomer:
Alba Garcia – Verbo
Michelle Jenner – No tengas miedo
María León – La voz dormida
Blanca Suárez – La piel que habito