18th Goya Awards

The Goya, the most important Spanish film prize was awarded in 28 categories, 2004. The ceremony on 31 January 2004 at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid Cayetana Guillén Cuervo was moderated by and Diego Luna. As a big winner of the evening proved to be Icíar Bollaíns relationship drama Open my eyes, that describes a woman who, after ten years in which she was beaten by her husband, separates from him. The film, which was victorious in seven of the nine nominations, was able to prevail against, among others Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me with Sarah Polley in the lead role. As Best Film were David Truebas Literaturverfilmung Soldados de Salamina, which was proposed by Spain for an Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film, and Antonio Merceros at the World Film Festival excellent youth film nominated Planta 4 ª.

Laia Marullus Luis Tosar and my eyes have been awarded for her performance in Open as best lead actor in the supporting actor categories won Eduard Fernández and Candela Peña. That in the GDR is moved, directed by Wolfgang Becker Drama Good Bye, Lenin! Award in the category Best European film, Historias mínimas the Argentinian Carlos Sorin was awarded the Goya for Best Foreign Film in Spanish. The Argentine actor Héctor Alterio, who has been working since the late 1950s in the film business and played among other things, Son of the Bride and An impossible love, honor -Goya was awarded.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

Open my eyes (Te doy mis ojos ) - Director: Icíar Bollaín

Best Director

Icíar Bollaín - Open my Eyes (Te doy mis ojos )

Best New Director

Ángeles González Sinde - - La suerte dormida

Best Actor

Luis Tosar - Open my Eyes (Te doy mis ojos )

Best Actress

Laia Marullus - Open my Eyes (Te doy mis ojos )

Best Supporting Actor

Eduard Fernández - En la ciudad

Best Supporting Actress

Candela Peña - Open my Eyes (Te doy mis ojos )

Best Young Actor

Fernando Tejero - Días de fútbol

Best Young Actress

María Valverde - La flaqueza del Bolchevique

Best Original Screenplay

Icíar Bollaín and Alicia Luna - Open my Eyes (Te doy mis ojos )

Best Adapted Screenplay

Isabel Coixet - My Life Without Me ( My Life Without Me )

Best Producer

Luis Manso, Fernando Enrique López Lavigne and Bovaira - Clever & Smart ( La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón )

Best equipment

César Macarrón - Clever & Smart ( La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón )

Best Camera

Javier Aguirresarobe - Soldados de Salamina

Best Costumes

Ivonne Blake - Carmen

Best mask

José Antonio Sánchez and Núñez Paquita - Clever & Smart ( La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón )

Best Editing

Iván Aledo - Clever & Smart ( La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón )

Best Sound

Eva Valiño, Pelayo Gutiérrez and Alfonso Pino - Open my Eyes (Te doy mis ojos )

Best Special Effects

Raúl Romanillos, Pau Costa, Julio Navarro and Félix Bergés - Clever & Smart ( La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón )

Best Original Song

Chop Suey - My Life Without Me ( My Life Without Me ) ( song title: " Humans like you" )

Best Original Score

Juan Bardem - Al sur de Granada

Best Short Film

Sueños - Director: Daniel Guzmán

Best Animated Short Film

Regaré con tus lágrimas Pétalos - Director: Juan Carlos Marí

Best Documentary Short Film

Los niños del Nepal - Director: Juan Soler and Javier Berrocal

Best Documentary

Un instante en la vida ajena - Director: José Luis López Linares

Best Animated film

El Cid: La leyenda - Director: José Pozo

Best European film

Good Bye, Lenin, Germany - Director: Wolfgang Becker

Best Foreign Film in Spanish

Historias mínimas, Argentina - Director: Carlos Sorin

Honorary Goya

Héctor Alterio, Argentine actor