All streaming platforms where you can enjoy the candidates for an award at the 37th edition of the Spanish Film Festival
The great festival of Spanish cinema will be held on February 11, 2023 at the FIBES Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions in Seville. The Goya Awards gala is hosted by two great actors such as Antonio de la Torre and Clara Lago. The two worked together on Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s famous comedy ‘Cousins’, the actors played father and daughter.
For another year, the Goya Awards will give great recognition to films, shorts, artists, producers, composers and directors on the national stage. In this next edition of the most important Spanish film awards, there will be some novelties, as there will be 5 candidates competing for the prizes instead of 4 as in previous editions. The filmmaker and writer Carlos Saura will receive the Goya de Honor 2023 in Seville on February 11 in recognition of his entire career related to the performing arts.
All the candidates for the 2023 Goya Awards have already been announced.On December 1, actresses Blanca Portillo and Nora Navas have been in charge of revealing all the names of the films and creators nominated in the 37th edition of the Goya Awards which will be held in February in Seville. Here are the films with the most nominations:
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s film ‘As bestas’ is the favorite of this 37th edition of the Goya Awards, as it has 17 nominations. It is closely followed by Alberto Rodríguez’s film ‘Modelo 77’, which has 16 nominations. Also nominated are ‘Alcarràs’, by Carla Simón, and ‘Cinco lobitos’, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, who together have 11 nominations; ‘Cerdita’, by Carlota Pereda, and ‘Los renglones torcidos de Dios’, by Oriol Paulo, 6 each in total; ‘En los márgenes’, by Juan Diego Botto, and ‘Irati’, by Paul Urkijo Alijo, received 5 nominations; ‘Mantícora’, by Carlos Vemut has 4 nominations; and ‘La maternal’ by Pilar Palomero, ‘La piedad’ by Eduardo Casanova and ‘One year, one night’ by Isaki Lacuesta are each good for 3 nominations.
Many of the movies nominated for the Goya Awards 2023 are available on streaming platforms. If you haven’t seen any of the candidates yet, you can do so and pick your favorite for the Spanish Film Awards. These are the nominated films for the Goya 2022 awards that you can find on digital platforms or in the cinema:
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s film is the favorite at the Goya Awards as it has 17 nominations. It tells the story of Antoine and Olga, a French couple who settled in a Galician village. Their easy pace of life is sometimes hampered by the locals. A conflict with your neighbors causes great tension in the village.
Nominated for Best Picture.
Available in theaters.
‘Alcarrás’ by Carla Simón has 11 Goya nominations. For generations, the Solé family has been growing peach trees in Alcarràs, a Catalan rural village. After harvesting the same land for many years, this may be the last harvest.
Nominated for Best Picture.
Available to rent on Filmin, Prime Video and Apple TV+.
Alberto Rodríguez’s film is the second most nominated with 16 nominations. Starring two great actors like Javier Gutiérrez and Miguel Herrán. A young accountant is imprisoned awaiting trial for embezzlement and risks a prison sentence of 10 to 20 years. Together with his cellmate Pino (J. Gutiérrez), he is joined by a group of ordinary prisoners who are trying to demand amnesty.
Nominated for Best Picture.
Available in theaters (next release on Movistar+).
Five little wolves’, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, has 11 nominations. Amaia has just become a mother and decides to return to her parents’ home, in a coastal town in the Basque Country, to share the care of her baby while her partner is away for a few weeks for work.
Nominated for Best Picture.
Available on Filmin, HBO Max and Movistar+.
Laura Galán plays Sara, a young woman for whom summer means she has to put up with making fun of other girls from her small town. Everything comes to an end when a stranger arrives in town and kidnaps his stalkers. Sara will have to choose between telling what she knows or protecting the man who helped her.
Available in theaters.
With Barbara Lennie and Eduard Fernandez. This film focuses on the story of Alice, a private detective, who is admitted to a mental hospital to simulate paranoia. He’s trying to find evidence of a case, but facing his incarceration will be a real risk.
Available in theaters and premiering on Netflix on December 9.
Carla is 14 years old and lives with her mother in an old roadhouse. When a social worker notices that Carla is five months pregnant, she goes to ‘La Maternal’, a center for underage mothers where she shares her life with other girls like her.
Nominated for Best Picture
Available in theaters.
Penélope Cruz and Luis Tósar star in this feature film directed by Juan Diego Botto, nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director. Three characters with intertwining stories try to survive 24 key hours that could change the course of their lives. This film shows the consequences of how economic stress can affect personal relationships, affection or solidarity
Available in theaters.
‘One Year, One Night’, by Isaki Lacuesta, tells the story of Ramón and Celine, a young couple who find themselves at the local Bataclan in Paris on the night of November 13, 2015. The two manage to survive the terrorist attack, but this catastrophe will affect them greatly. It is a film adaptation based on the book ‘Peace, love and death metal’ by Ramón González.
Available in theaters.
‘Irati’, by Paul Urkijo Alijo, is a film set in the 8th century. Christianity spreads through Europe and pagan beliefs disappear. The leader of the valley enlists the aid of an ancient goddess when he is attacked by Charlemagne’s army. He defeats the enemy through a blood pact, gives his life in exchange and makes his son Eneko promise to lead his people into the new age. Eneko tries to recover her father’s body, buried in a pagan way next to Charlemagne’s treasure. Although he is faithful to the Christian faith, he will need help from Irati.
Theatrical release on February 24, 2023.
‘Mantícora’, by Carlos Vermut, tells what happens to Julián in his twenties, a successful video game designer haunted by a dark secret, when Diana appears in his life. This designer believes that it is a good opportunity to be happy.
Cinema release on December 9.
This work by Paolo Sorrentino has been nominated for the Goya for best European film. Sorrentino returns to Naples, the city where he was born, to tell a very personal story of family, fate, love and loss. A young man living in turbulent 1980s Naples experiences great experiences such as the arrival of football player Diego Maradona and a tragedy that will mark him.
Available on Netflix.
Julia, a young mother of two, falls in love with Óscar, a troubled boy with whom she begins a relationship. As time passes, Julia doubts and wonders if Óscar is the person who can make her happy, this will lead her to embark on a personal journey in search of her happiness and that of her children.
Available in theaters.
The third part of ‘Tadeo Jones’ has been nominated for best animated film. On this occasion, Tadeo looks for a table that manipulates thinking and brings out everyone’s worst wishes, in a plot that speaks of social networks and self-acceptance.
Available on Movistar+.
This documentary about the life of Oswald Aulestia Bach, a Catalan artist who has been prosecuted for years by the American justice system for being part of what is known as ‘Operation Artist’, an FBI investigation, in collaboration with the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Carabinieri, to imprison those responsible for numerous art forgery plots.
Available in Filmin.
Source: La Verdad
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