NETFLIX DRAMA LEADS SPAIN’S GOYA AWARDS NOMINATIONS

THE NETFLIX DRAMA ‘ADÚ,’ DIRECTED BY SALVADOR CALVO, IS THE FRONTRUNNER FOR THE 35TH GOYA, SPAIN’S TOP FILM HONORS, WITH 14 NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING FOR BEST FILM AND BEST DIRECTOR.

The Netflix drama Adú, directed by Salvador Calvo, is the frontrunner for the 35th Goya Awards, Spain’s top film honors, with 14 nominations, including for best film and best director.

Calvo’s sophomore feature follows three interconnected stories all set in Africa. Two members of its ensemble cast Álvaro Cervantes and  Adam Nourou, picked up Goya nominations for best supporting actor and best newcomer actor, respectively.

The Goya 2021 best film nominees include Ane Is Missing from David Pérez Sañudo, Icíar Bollaín’s La boda de Rosa (Rosa’s Wedding), Pilar Palomero’s The Girls, and The People Upstairs aka Sentimental, from director Cesc Gay. In addition to Calvo and Bollaín, the best director category this year includes Juanma Bajo Ulloa,  nominated for his horror thriller Baby, and veteran filmmaker Isabel Coixet for It Snows in Benidorm.

Up for best European film at the Goyas are Jan Komasa’s Polish drama Corpus Christi, Florian Zeller’s Brit drama The Father, Viggo Mortensen’s Falling, and An Officer and a Spy from Roman Polanski.

Contenders for the best Ibero-American film include Chilean documentary The Mole Agent, the Columbian-set Memories of My Father from Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, the Guatemalan horror film The Curse of la Llorona, and Fernando Frias’ Mexican drama I’m No Longer Here.

Last year, Pedro Almodóvar’s semi-autobiographical drama Pain and Glory was the big winner at the Goyas, winning seven honors, including for best picture, director, original screenplay, and best actor for Antonio Banderas.

The 2021 Goya Awards will be held in a live-streamed ceremony from the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in Málaga on Saturday, March 6.  The Málaga-born Banderas will direct this year’s award ceremony and will present the 35th Goya Awards together with Spanish journalist María Casado.

Here is the full list of nominations for the 35th Goya Awards:

Best Film

Adú

Ane Is Missing

La boda de Rosa

The Girls

The People Upstairs 

Best Director 

Salvador Calvo for Adú

Juanma Bajo Ulloa for Bafrom

Icíar Bollain for La boda de Rosa

Isabel Coixet for It Snows in Benidorm

Best Novel Adaptation

Pilar Palomero for The Girls

David Pérez Sañudo for Ane is Missing

Bernabé Rico for El inconvenient

Núria Giménez Lorang for My Mexican Bretzel

Best Actress 

Amaia Aberasturi for CovenAndrea Fandós for The Girls

Patricia López Arnaiz for Ane is Missing

Candela Peña for La boda de Rosa

Best Actor

Mario Casas for Cross the Line

Javier Cámara for The People Upstairs

Ernesto Alterio for A Normal World

David Verdaguer for One for All

Best Supporting Actress

Juana Acosta for El inconvenient

Verónica Echegui for My Heart Goes Boom!

Natalia de Molina for The Girls

Nathalie Poza for La boda de Rosa

Best Supporting Actor 

Sergi López for La boda de Rosa

Juan Diego Botto for The Europeans

Alberto San Juan for The People Upstairs

Álvaro Cervantes for Adú

Best Actress Newcomer 

Jone Laspiur for Ane is Missing

Paula Usero for La boda de Rosa

Milena Smith for Cross the Line

Griselda Siciliani for The People Upstairs

Best Actor Newcomer 

Adam Nourou for Adú

Chema del Barco for The Plan

Janick for Historias lamentables

Fernando Valdivielso for Cross the Line

Best Original Screenplay

Adu

La boda de Rosa

Historias lamentables

The Girls

Best Adapted Screenplay

The People Upstairs

Ane is Missing

The Europeans

Unknown Origins

Best Animated Film

Turu, the Wacky Hen

Best Documentary 

Anatomía de un dandy

Drowning Letters

The Year of the Discovery

My Mexican Bretzel

Best European Film

Corpus Christi from Poland

The Father from the United Kingdom

An Officer and A Spy from France

Falling from the United Kingdom

Best Ibero-American Film 

El agente topo from Chile

El olvido que seremos from Colombia

La llorona from Guatemala

Ya no estoy aquí from México

Best Cinematography

Adú

Coven

Black Beach

The Girls

Best Production Design 

Adú

Coven

Black Beach

It Snows in Benidorm

Best Original Music 

Adú

Coven

Baby

El verano que vivimos

Best Original Song

Adú

El verano que vivimos

La boda de Rosa

The Girls

Best Editing 

Adú

Black Beach

The Year of the Discovery

The Girls

Best Sound 

Adú

Coven

Black Beach

The Plan

Best Art Direction

Adú

Coven

Black Beach

The Girls

Best Costume Design 

Coven

My Heart Goes Boom!

The Girls

The Europeans

Best Makeup and Hairdressing

Adú

Coven

My Heart Goes Boom!

Unknown Origins

Best Special Effects 

Coven

Adú

Black Beach