Goya Awards 2007 Winners

Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero in Pan’s Labyrinth (bottom)

The Spanish Academy’s Goya Awards were presented on Jan. 28. Although best picture winner Volver seemed like an easy pick, it actually faced stiff competition from both Agustín Díaz-Yanes‘ adventure period piece Alatriste and Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth.
Ultimately, Volver took home five Goyas: best film, best direction (Pedro Almodóvar), best actress (Penélope Cruz), best supporting actress (Carmen Maura), and best original score (Alberto Iglesias).
Almodóvar, however, failed to win the original screenplay award, which went to Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro’s film, in fact, turned out to be the top Goya winner that evening: seven trophies in all. Among [...]

by Andre Soares | January 29, 2007   
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Goya Awards 2007

2007 Goya Awards
Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2007 Goya Award nominations: Dec. 18, 2006
2007 Goya Award winners: Palacio Municipal de Congresos del Campo de las Naciones in Madrid on Jan. 28, 2007
Nominees consist of films released in Spain between Dec. 1, 2005, and Nov. 30, 2006.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Penélope Cruz, Yohana Cobo, Lola Dueñas in Volver
 

Best Film / Mejor película
Alatriste, by Agustín Díaz-Yanes (Estudios Picasso Fábrica de Ficción SA, Origen PC SA and NBC Universal Global Network España SL)
El Laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro (Estudios Picasso Fábrica de Ficción SA, Tequila Gang y Esperanto Filmoj)
Salvador, by Manuel Huerga (Mediapro y Future Films)
* Volver, by Pedro Almodóvar (El deseo DA, [...]

by Andre Soares | January 28, 2007   
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