20th Goya Awards

The Spanish Goya Film Awards were awarded in 28 categories, and as Honorary Goya 2006. The ceremony on January 29, dominated the drama The Secret Life of Words of the Spanish director and screenwriter Isabel Coixet. The international panel in the lead roles film (Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins and Julie Christie ) is about a nurse who takes care of an oil drilling platform at a burns victim. The production, which was regarded as an outsider with five nominations, put that in the category of Best Film, among others, against the favored dramas Obaba ( ten nominations, a Goya ) of Montxo Armendáriz and Princesas ( nine nominations, three trophies) by Fernando León de Aranoa by.

The Secret Life of Words won in the major categories of direction, Original Screenplay and Best Producer, with a woman with the award for Best Director was honored for the third time in the 20- year history of Goya. This was previously only Pilar Miró (1996) and Icíar Bollaín (2003 ) has succeeded. As Best European film Woody Allen's thriller Match Point was awarded. The film received among others the advantage over Fernando Meirelles ' The Constant Gardener and the German contribution Downfall by Oliver Hirschbiegel. In the category of Best Foreign Film in Spanish won the Argentine war drama Iluminados por el fuego Tristán Bauer, while the Honorary Goya was awarded to the 79 -year-old Spanish screenwriter and producer Pedro Maso.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

The Secret Life of Words (La Vida secreta de las palabras ) - Director: Isabel Coixet

Best Director

Isabel Coixet - The Secret Life of Words (La Vida secreta de las palabras )

Best New Director

José Corbacho and Juan Cruz - Tapas

Best Actor

Óscar Jaenada - Camarón

Best Actress

Candela Peña - Princesas

Best Supporting Actor

Carmelo Gómez - El Método

Best Supporting Actress

Elvira Mínguez - Tapas

Best Young Actor

Jesús Carroza - 7 Virgins (7 Virgenes )

Best Young Actress

Micaela Nevárez - Princesas

Best Original Screenplay

Isabel Coixet - The Secret Life of Words (La Vida secreta de las palabras )

Best Adapted Screenplay

Mateo Gil and Marcelo Piñeyro - El Método

Best Producer

Esther García - The Secret Life of Words (La Vida secreta de las palabras )

Best equipment

Gil Parrondo - Ninette

Best Camera

Esther García - The Secret Life of Words (La Vida secreta de las palabras )

Best Costumes

María José Iglesias - Camarón

Best mask

Romana González and Josefa Morales - Camarón

Best Editing

Fernando Pardo - Havana Blues ( Havana Blues )

Best Sound

Carlos Bonmatí, Alfonso Pino and Pelayo Gutiérrez - Obaba

Best Special Effects

David Martí, Montse Ribé, Félix Cordón, Félix Bergés and Rafael Solórzano - Fragile

Best Original Song

Manu Chao - Princesas (Song Title: "Me llaman calle " )

Best Original Score

Juan Antonio Leyva, José Luis Garrido, Equis Alfonso, Dayan Abad, Descemer Bueno, Kiki Ferrer and Kelvis Ochoa - Havana Blues ( Havana Blues )

Best Short Film

Nana - Director: José Javier Rodríguez Melcon

Best Animated Short Film

Tadeo Jones - Director: Enrique Gato

Best Documentary Short Film

En la cuna del aire - Director: Rodolfo Montero de Palacio

Best Documentary

Cineastes contra Magnat - Director: Carlos Benpar

Best Foreign Film in Spanish

Iluminados por el fuego, Argentina - Director: Tristán Bauer

Best European film

Match Point, United Kingdom - Director: Woody Allen

Best Animated film

El Sueño de una noche de San Juan - Director: Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez

Honorary Goya

Pedro Maso, Spanish screenwriter and producer