'Sirat' and 'Los domingos' lead the Goya Award nominations

BarcelonaTwo very different liturgies provide the context for the two films most nominated for the Goya awards, which will be presented on February 28 in Barcelona: Sundays, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, with 13 nominations, and Sirado, by Oliver Laxe, with 11. One has the Catholic Church as its backdrop, and the other, culture radishAnd both have generated intense debate, both among critics and viewers. One excessively strains the dynamic of moral equidistance when it comes to a teenager's religious vocation, and the other hammers home the point of so-called "cinema of cruelty." In any case, they are two works with a great deal of cinematic substance that manage to extend their impact beyond the closing credits.

Obviously, both Sirado as Sundays They are vying for the top prize for best film, a category in which they compete with Dinner, by Manuel Gómez Pereira; Maspalomas, by Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga; and Deafby Eva Libertad. Ruiz de Azúa and Laxe are also among the five candidates for best director, along with Carla Simón for PilgrimageAlbert Serra by Afternoon of solitude (which is nominated for best documentary) and Arregi and Goenaga.

Among the 11 nominations of Sirado There are none in the six acting categories, while Sundays It has garnered five nominations: Best Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz), Best Actor (Miguel Garcés), Best Supporting Actress (Nagore Aramburu), Best Supporting Actor (Juan Minujín), and Best New Actress (Blanca Soroa). However, both films are nominated for Best Cinematography (Barcelona native Bet Rourich for Sundays and Mauro Herce, also from Barcelona, for Sirado), original screenplay, production design, editing and sound, in addition to directing and film.

The other films with the most nominations are Maspalomas, with 9; Dinner, with 8; Deaf, The captive and The tigers, with 7 each; Pilgrimage, with 6, and City without sleep, with 5. Carla Simón, who with Pilgrimage It leads the Gaudí nominations with 13, but hasn't received as much support from Spanish academics, although it appears in categories such as Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Myriam Gallego), Best New Actress (Llucía García), and Best New Actor (Mitch). Also noteworthy is the strong performance ofStrange riverThe debut film by Jaume Claret Muxart, which has nominations for best new director and best new actor (Jan Monter Palau).

The Cervantes Brothers

Established as two talents of Catalan acting, siblings Ángela and Álvaro Cervantes are among the nominees for best actress and best supporting actor: she for The fury, the film by Barcelona native Gemma Blasco, and he for his role in Deaf, the film by Eva Libertad. Ángela will compete for the Goya with Nora Navas (My friend Eva), Patricia López Arnaiz (Sundays), Antonia Zegers (The turtle) and Susana Abaitua (A ghost in the battle). And Álvaro, with Miguel Rellán (The captive), Juan Minujín (Sundays), Kandido Uranga (Maspalomas) and Tamar Novas (Rondallas).

The award for best leading actor will be decided between two performers who have not yet received a Goya –Miguel Garcés for Sundays and Jose Ramón Soroiz for Maspalomas– and three who already have one under their belt: like Alberto San Juan, who, because of his role in Dinner It's nominated for its third Goya Award and already has a leading lady. Under the stars (2007) and one as a supporting actor for Sentimental (2020); Manolo Solo, candidate for A Portuguese fifthHe was the best supporting actor for Too late for anger (2017), and Mario Casas, who won the award for best protagonist for Thou shalt not kill (2021) and February 28 could be repeated thanks to the solid interpretation regarding Very far, the first feature film by Barcelona native Gerard Oms, which is also nominated for the Best New Director award.

Catalan cinema is also very well represented in categories such as animated film, in which it is competing Barracuda's Treasure and Olivia and the Invisible EarthquakeAnd, as usual, among the Catalan nominees are professionals who have won awards in previous editions, such as the cinematographer Pau Esteve Birba (nominated for The tigers) and Mauro Herce (Sirado) and the editors Andrés Gil (Sundays) and Bernat Vilaplana (A ghost in the battle), who could win his fourth Goya. Isaki Lacuesta has the third award within his grasp if Flowers for AntonioThe film, which he co-directed with Elena Molina, received the Goya Award for Best Documentary.

All the nominations for the 2026 Goya Awards

Best Picture

• Dinner
• Sundays
• Maspalomas
• Sirado
• Deaf

Better direction

• Alauda Ruiz de Azúa by Sundays
• Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga for Maspalomas
• Carla Simón by Pilgrimage
• Oliver Laxe by Sirado
• Albert Serra by Afternoons of solitude

Best new director

• Soda Ion by Balearic
• Jaume Claret Muxart by Strange river
• Gemma Blasco by The fury
• Gerard Oms by Very far
• Eva Libertad by Deaf

Best Original Screenplay

• Alauda Ruiz de Azúa by Sundays
• Jose Mari Goenaga by Maspalomas
• Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol by Sirado
• Agustín Díaz Yanes by A ghost in the battle
• Avelina Prat by A Portuguese fifth

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Guillermo Galoe and Víctor Alonso-Berbel for City without sleep
• Celia Rico Clavellino by Good handwriting
• Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira and Yolanda García Serrano by Dinner
• Carla Simón by Pilgrimage
• Eva Libertad by Deaf

Best Leading Actress

• Angela Cervantes by The fury
• Patricia López Arnaiz by Sundays
• Antonia Zegers by The turtle
• Nora Navas by My friend Eva
• Susana Abaitua by A ghost in the battle

Best Leading Actor

• Alberto San Juan by Dinner
• Miguel Garcés by Sundays
• Jose Ramon Soroiz by Maspalomas
• Mario Casas by Very far
• Manolo Solo for A Portuguese fifth

Best Supporting Actress

• Elvira Mínguez by Dinner
• Nagore Aramburu by Sundays
• Miryam Gallego by Pilgrimage
• Elena Iureta by Deaf
• Maria de Medeiros by A Portuguese fifth

Best Supporting Actor

• Miguel Rellán by The captive
• Juan Minujín by Sundays
• Kandido Uranga by Maspalomas
• Tamar Novas by Rondallas
• Álvaro Cervantes by Deaf

Best New Actress

• Nora Hernández by Dinner
• Blanca Soroa by Sundays
• Elvira Lara by The turtle
• Lucía García by Pilgrimage
• Miriam Garlo by Deaf

Best New Actor

• Antonio 'Toni' Fernández Gabarre by City without sleep
• Julio Peña by The captive
• Hugo Welzel by Enemies
• Jan Monter Palau by Strange river
• Mitch by Pilgrimage

Best Original Music

• Carla F. Benedicto by The talent
• Iván Palomares de la Encina by Leo & Lou
• Julio de la Rosa by The tigers
• Aránzazu Calleja by Maspalomas
• Kangding Ray by Sirât

Best Original Song

• The arepa standby Paloma Peñarrubia Ruiz Let the white roses fall!
• Flowers for Antonioby Alba Flores and Sílvia Pérez Cruz Flowers for Antonio
• Until I lose my voice, by Leiva, Until I lose my voice
• And meanwhile, I singby Victor Manuel Dinner
• Walking through timeby Blanca Paloma Ramos, Jose Pablo Polo and Luis Ivars Similar to a murder

Better production direction

• Antonello Novellino by City without sleep
• Sergio Díaz Bermejo by The captive
• Itziar García Zubiri by Sundays
• Begoña Muñoz Corcuera by The tigers
• Oriol Maymó by Sirado

Best cinematography

• Rui Pocas by City without sleep
• Bet Rourich by Sundays
• Pau Esteve Birba by The tigers
• Javier Agirre Erauso by Maspalomas
• Mauro Herce by Sirado

Better assembly

• Victoria Lammers by City without sleep
• Andrés Gil by Sundays
• José MG Moyano by The tigers
• Cristóbal Fernández by Sirado
• Bernat Vilaplana by A ghost in the battle

Best Art Direction

• Juan Pedro de Gaspar by The captive
• Koldo Vallés, by Dinner
• Pepe Domínguez del Olmo by The tigers
• Mikel Serrano, by Maspalomas
• Laia Ateca Source by Sirado

Best Costume Design

• Nicoletta Taranta by The captive
• Nerea Torrijos by Gaua
• Helena Sanchis by Dinner
• Ana Martínez Fesser by Sundays
• Anna Aguilà by Pilgrimage

Better makeup and hairstyling

• Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver and Nacho Díaz for The captive
• Patricia López and Paco Rodríguez H., Nacho Díaz for Gaua
• Sarai Rodríguez, David Moreno and Óscar del Monte by The truce
• Karmele Soler and Sergio Pérez Berbel for Maspalomas
• Zaira Eva Adén by Sirado

Better sound

• Aitor Berenguer, Gabriel Gutiérrez and Candela Palencia by The captive
• Andrea Sáenz Pereiro and Mayte Cabrera by Sundays
• Daniel de Zayas, Gabriel Gutiérrez and Candela Palencia by The tigers
• Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas by Sirado
• Urko Garai, Enrique G. Bermejo and Alejandro Castillo for Deaf

Better special effects

• César Moreno, Ana Rubio and Juanma Nogales by Enemies
• Jon Serrano, Mariano García Marty, David Heras and Iñaki Gil 'Ketxu' for Gaua
• Oscar Abades and Carmen Garcia by The tigers
• Pep Claret and Benjamin Ageorges by Sirado
• Jon Serrano, Mariano García Marty and Laura Pedro by A ghost in the battle

Best Animated Feature

• Beautiful, Directed by Manuel H. Martín and Amparo Martínez Barco
• Decorated, directed by Alberto Vázquez
• Barracuda's Treasure, directed by Adrià García
• Norbert, directed by José Corral Llorente
• Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, directed by Irene Iborra

Best Documentary Feature

• We are all Gaza, ofHernán Zin
• Eloy de la Iglesia. Film addictby Gaizka Urresti
• Flowers for Antonioby Elena Molina, Isaki Lacuesta
• Afternoons of solitudeby Albert Serra
• The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggioby Álvaro Longoria

Best Latin American Film

• Nativity scene (Argentina)
• The mysterious gaze of the flamingo (Chili)
• The skin of water (Costa Rica)
• Manas (Brazil)
• A poet (Colombia)

Millo, a European film

• Conclave (United Kingdom)
• The girl with the needle (Denmark)
• On falling (Portugal)
• A simple accident (France)
• Sentimental value (Norway)

Best fiction short film

• Angelo dead, directed by Cristian Beteta
• Sugar, directed by Claudia Cedó
• A Midsummer Night's Taledirected by María Herrera
• Sex at 70, directed by Vanesa Romero
• A head on the wall, directed by Manuel Manrique

Best Short Documentary Film

• Dissonance, directed by Raquel Larrosa
• The Saint, directed by Carlo D'Ursi
• The conversation we never had, directed by Cristina Urgel
• The painter's room, directed by María Colomer Canyelles
• Wao Zone, directed by Nagore Eceiza Mugica

Best Animated Short Film

• Paradise Buffet, directed by Héctor Zafra and Santi Amézqueta
• Carmela, directed by Vicente Mallols
• Rubén's short film, directed by Jose Maria Fernandez de Vega
• The state of the souldirected by Sara Naves
• Gilbert, directed by Jordi Jiménez