In the early hours of Sunday to Monday, Amanda Villavieja (Barcelona, ​​1975), Laia Casanovas (Granollers, 1990) and Yasmina Praderas (Huesca, 1981) could win an Oscar for their work as sound designers for SiradoThe Catalan production directed by Oliver Laxe has won the Oscar for Best Sound for a Spanish film, marking the first time the Oscars have nominated the sound of a Spanish film, as well as the first all-female nomination in the 97-year history of the Academy Awards' sound categories. "It's very exciting," Villavieja summarized a few weeks ago during a video call with her fellow nominees. "We've broken through two barriers; it was very difficult." And there are two more to add: they are the first all-female sound team to win at both the Gaudí and Goya Awards.

It was the most nominated film, and it won the most awards. SundaysThe film "La Vie en La Vie," by Basque director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, competed in eight categories and was the big winner at the Feroz Awards, presented by the Association of Film Journalists of Spain. It took home five awards: Best Drama Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz), Best Supporting Actress (Nagore Aranburu), and Best Screenplay (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa). In other words, film journalists have succumbed to the ambiguity of a film about a young woman's religious vocation, a film that has received praise from both the Catholic Church and the most agnostic or atheist critics. "Everyone, including the protagonist, acts convinced they are doing the right thing. Nobody listens to anyone, nobody understands anyone. That's the essence of the year, that's the era we live in," said Ruiz de Azúa in her acceptance speech.

Sirado It is nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound. The film by the Galician director Oliver Laxe, which features Catalan co-production, will compete with A simple accident, directed by Jafar Panahi (France); The secret agent, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil); Sentimental value, directed by Joachim Trier (Norway), and Hind's voice, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia). As for sound, the nominees of Sirado They are Laia Casanovas from Vallès, Amanda Villavieja from Barcelona, ​​and Yasmina Praderas from Aragon, who a few days ago won the award for best sound design at the European Film AwardsIn this category, the rivals of Sirado will be F1, Frankenstein, One battle after another and The sinnersIncidentally, this is the first time an all-female team has been nominated for best sound.

Pilgrimage, the film that closes Carla Simón's family trilogy afterSummer 1993 and AlcarràsIt has received thirteen nominations for the Gaudí Awards, which will celebrate their 18th edition on February 8, 2026, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Simón's film leads the awards race along with SiradoOliver Laxe's film, which garnered twelve nominations, was announced by Laura Weissmahr and Dani at an event held this Tuesday at La Pedrera. The event was attended by the president of the Catalan Film Academy, Judith Colell, who is also nominated this year for her period drama. Border

The film SiradoOliver Laxe's work continues its glorious journey. After to make Catalan cinema history at Cannes upon receiving the festival's jury prize and becoming the Spanish Oscar nomineeThe film further broadens its international horizons with two Golden Globe nominations, which were announced this Monday. SiradoThe film, set in the Moroccan desert and starring Sergi López, will compete for the awards for best international film and best music. In the first category, Sirado will compete against the Brazilian The secret agent, starring Wagner Moura; the French A simple accident, by Jafar Panahi, who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes; the Tunisian Hind's voice, the story of a Palestinian girl that received a 24-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival and is considered the most heartbreaking cinematic experience of the year; No other choice (South Korea), by Park Chan-wook; and the Norwegian Sentimental ValueAnother great European film this year.

A large harvest of nominations for Catalan cinema at the European Film Awards (EFA), announced this Tuesday. Sirado, by Oliver Laxe; Afternoons of solitudeby Albert Serra, and Olivia and the Invisible EarthquakeIrene Iborra's film has garnered a total of eight nominations for the awards to be presented by the European Film Academy in Berlin on January 17. This represents an unprecedented success for Catalan cinema: the year ofAlcarràsFor example, Carla Simón's film was nominated in only two categories: best film and best screenplay. In contrast, Sirado It has four nominations: best film, best director (Oliver Laxe), original screenplay (Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol) and best actor (Sergi López). The actor from Vilanova had already won the award for best European actor in 2000 for Harry, a friend who loves youIf he were to win the award again, he would join the club of doubles winners that includes Mads Mikkelsen, Daniel Auteuil and Toni Servillo.

Three Catalan productions have been shortlisted by the Spanish Film Academy to represent Spain in the race for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film: Pilgrimage of Carla Simón, Sirado ofOliver Laxe and Deaf Eva Libertad. The reading of the nominated films was conducted by two Spanish academics who are also members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: actress Emma Suárez and actor Juan Diego Botto. They were accompanied by the president of the Spanish Film Academy, Fernando Méndez-Leite, and notary Eva Fernández Medina. Spain's representative at the last edition of the Oscars. was Second prize, which ultimately failed to achieve a nomination from the Hollywood Academy.