Goya Awards

The Goya's, Spain's equivalent to the Academy Awards, gave top honors to Blancanieves, the Spanish entry for Best Foreign Film.  The film, a silent, black and white (or what The Artist had wrought) is a retelling of the Snow White tale starring Maribel Verdu (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Pan's Labyrinth) as the Evil Queen.  It didn't make the shortlist, but can boost home town rites where it won ten awards.  The Impossible, a blockbuster in Spain, despite fall a bit short in the U.S., and with the Academy, did quite well too.

Maribel Verdu as the Evil Queen in Blancanieves

PICTURE: Blancanieves
DIRECTOR: Juan Antonia Bayona, The Impossible
ACTOR: Jose Sacristan, The Dead Man and Being Happy
ACTRESS: Maribel Verdu, Blancanieves
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Julian Villagran, Grupo 7
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Candela Pena, Una Pistola en Cado Mano
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Blancanieves
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Tad, The Lost Explorer
ANIMATED FEATURE: The Adventures of Tadeo Jones
DOCUMENTARY: Sons of the Clouds: The Lost Colony
EUROPEAN FILM (NOT IN SPANISH): The Intouchables
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Blancanieves
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Impossible
COSTUME DESIGN: Blancanieves
FILM EDITING: The Impossible
ORIGINAL SCORE: Blancanieves
ORIGINAL SONG: "No Te Puedo Encontrar," Blancanieves
SOUND: The Impossible
SOUND EFFECTS: The Impossible
MAKE-UP & HAIR: Blancanieves

Goya Awards

Spain's equivalent to the Oscars:

PICTURE: Black Bread
DIRECTOR: Agusti Villaronga, Black Bread
ACTOR: Javier Bardem, Biutiful
ACTRESS: Nora Navis, Black Bread
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Karra Elejalde, Also the Rain
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laia Marull, Black Bread
NEW DIRECTOR: David Pinillos, Bon Appetit
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Buried
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Black Bread
EUROPEAN FILM: The King's Speech
full winners here.

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Just a note on the delight that Buried is receiving a bit of awards love.  It's one of my favorite little-seen treasures of 2010.  Unfairly dumped in the beginning of last fall where is was unfortunately buried.  But there's something special about the trapped-in-a-box thriller that leaves hope for a promising career in director Rodrigo Cortes, who made his feature debut here.  Far from perfect, but a nice and tight style showcase that probably would have made Hitchcock proud.  And the first time, it's star Ryan Reynolds appeared engaged into what he was doing.  The screenwriter, Chris Sparling didn't do himself much favors this award seasons by self endorsing himself via e-mail, but then again, nobody else was putting much of a campaign for him either.  And in other news...The King's Speech picks up another award!