23rd Goya Awards

23rd Goya Awards
23rd Goya Awards
Date	February 1, 2009
Site	Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid
Hosted by	Carmen Machi
Highlights
Best Film	Camino
Best Actor	Benicio del Toro; Che (Part I): The Argentine
Best Actress	Carme Elías; Camino
Most awards	Camino (6)
Most nominations	The Blind Sunflowers (15)
Television coverage
Network	TVE
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The 23rd Goya Awards honouring the best in Spanish filmmaking of 2008 were presented on 1 February 2009 at the Madrid's Palacio Municipal de Congresos.^[1]^[2] The gala was hosted by Carmen Machi, also featuring Muchachada Nui.^[2]

Camino was the big winner of the night, winning 6 awards out 7 nominations, including Best Film, Actress, Director and Original Screenplay.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[2]

Winners and nominees

Major awards

Best Film *Camino* The Blind Sunflowers Just Walking The Oxford Murders	Best Director Agustín Díaz Yanes – Just Walking Javier Fesser – Camino José Luis Cuerda – The Blind Sunflowers Álex de la Iglesia – The Oxford Murders
Best Actor Benicio del Toro – Che (Part I): The Argentine Diego Luna – Just Walking Raúl Arévalo – The Blind Sunflowers Javier Cámara – Chef's Special	Best Actress Carme Elías – Camino Maribel Verdú – The Blind Sunflowers Verónica Echegui – My Prison Yard Ariadna Gil – Just Walking
Best Supporting Actor Fernando Tejero – Chef's Special Jordi Dauder – Camino José Ángel Egido – The Blind Sunflowers José María Yazpik – Just Walking	Best Supporting Actress Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Elvira Mínguez – Cowards Rosana Pastor – The El Escorial Conspiracy Tina Sáinz – Blood in May
Best Original Screenplay Return to Hansala – Chus Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Rubio [es] Camino – Javier Fesser Ashes of Heaven [fr] – Ignacio del Moral [es], Dionisio Pérez and José Antonio Quirós [es] Just Walking – Agustín Díaz Yanes	Best Adapted Screenplay The Blind Sunflowers – Rafael Azcona and Jose Luis Cuerda Che (Part I): The Argentine – Peter Buchman The Oxford Murders – Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia One Word from You – Ángeles González Sinde
Best New Actor Martiño Rivas – The Blind Sunflowers El Langui – The One-Handed Trick Luis Bermejo – One Word from You Álvaro Cervantes – The Hanged Man	Best New Actress Esperanza Pedreño [es] – One Word from You Nerea Camacho – Camino Farah Hamed [ca] – Return to Hansala Ana Wagener – My Prison Yard
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Acné • Uruguay The Good Life • Chile Dog Eat Dog • Colombia Lake Tahoe • Mexico	Best European Film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film) • UK The Dark Knight • UK The Edge of Heaven • Germany
Best New Director Santiago A. Zannou – The One-Handed Trick Irene Cardona [ca] – A Fiancé for Yasmina Belén Macías [es] – My Prison Yard Nacho Vigalondo – Timecrimes	Best Animated Film *RH+, el vampiro de Sevilla [es]* Missing Lynx Donkey Xote Spirit of the Forest

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Other award nominees

Best Cinematography The El Escorial Conspiracy – Carlos Suárez Just Walking – Paco Femenia [ca] The Blind Sunflowers – Hans Burmann [es] Blood in May – Félix Monti	Best Editing Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet – Iván Aledo [ca] The Oxford Murders – Alejandro Lázaro [ca] The Blind Sunflowers – Nacho Ruiz Capillas [ca] Just Walking – José Salcedo
Best Art Direction The Blind Sunflowers – Balter Gallart [ca] Che (Part I): The Argentine – Antxón Gómez [es] Blood in May – Gil Parrondo La Conjura de El Escorial – Luis Vallés [ca]	Best Production Supervision Che (Part I): The Argentine – Cristina Zumárraga [es] The Oxford Murders – Rosa Romero The Blind Sunflowers – Emiliano Otegui [es] Just Walking – Rafael Cuervo and María Pedraza
Best Sound Before the Fall – Jorge Mira, Jorge Marín, Maite Rivera and Daniel de Zayas The Blind Sunflowers – Ricardo Steinberg, María Steinberg and Alfonso Raposo Blood in May – Miguel Rejas and José Antonio Bermúdez Just Walking – Pierre Gamet, Christophe Vingtrinier and Patrice Grisolet	Best Special Effects Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet – Raúl Romanillos, Pau Costa, José Quetglas, Eduardo Díaz, Álex Grau and Chema Remacha Camino – Raúl Romanillos, Arturo Balseiro and Ferrán Piquer Blood in May – Juan Ramón Molina and Alberto Nombela Just Walking – Alejandro Vázquez, Reyes Abades and Rafa Solórzano
Best Costume Design El Greco – Lala Huete [es] The Blind Sunflowers – Sonia Grande The El Escorial Conspiracy – Javier Artiñano Blood in May – Lourdes de Orduña [ca]	Best Makeup and Hairstyles La Conjura de El Escorial – José Quetglas and Nieves Sánchez Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet – José Quetglas, Blanca Sánchez and Mar Paradela The Blind Sunflowers – Silvie Ymbert and Fermín Galán Blood in May – Romana González, Alicia López and Josefa Morales
Best Original Score The Oxford Murders – Roque Baños The Hanged Man – Bingen Mendizábal [ca] The Blind Sunflowers – Lucio Godoy Che (Part I): The Argentine – Alberto Iglesias	Best Original Song "A Tientas" by Woulfrank Zannou and El Langui – The One-Handed Trick "Podemos Volar juntos" by Juan Pablo Compaire – My Prison Yard "Manousal" by Tao Gutiérrez – Retorno a Hansala "Entre Tu Balcón y Mi Ventana" by Javier Laguna, José Ángel Tabeada and Antonio Manuel Mellado – One Word from You
Best Fictional Short Film *Miente* El Encargado Final Machu-Pichu Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan	Best Animated Short Film *La increíble historia del hombre sin sombra* El ataque de los kriters asesinos Espagueti Western Malacara y el misterio del bastón de roble Rascal's Street
Best Documentary Film *Bucarest, La Memoria Perdida* El Pollo, El Pez y El Cangrejo Real El Último Truco Old Man Bebo	Best Documentary Short Film *Héroes. No hacen falta alas para volar* Harraga La clase Soy Meera Malik

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Honorary Goya

Jesús Franco

References

^ "Gala de la 23 edición · 2009". Premios Goya (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b ^c "'Camino', de Javier Fesser, gran triunfadora de los Goya". La Vanguardia. 2 February 2009.
^ "Estos son los premios de los Premios Goya 2009". Premios Goya. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ Pamela Rolfe, AP (February 1, 2009). ""Camino" leads Goya Awards with six nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ Rolfe, Pamela (February 2, 2009). ""Camino" tops Spain's Goya Awards". es.reuters.com. Reuters. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ "Goya Awards (2009)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
^ "FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-14.
^ "Premiados 2009" (PDF). culturaydeporte.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-14.
^ "Estas son las nominaciones de los PREMIOS GOYA 2009". Premios Goya (in Spanish). Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[1] "Gala de la 23 edición · 2009". Premios Goya (in Spanish).

[lavanguardia-2] "'Camino', de Javier Fesser, gran triunfadora de los Goya". La Vanguardia. 2 February 2009.

[3] "Estos son los premios de los Premios Goya 2009". Premios Goya. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

[4] Pamela Rolfe, AP (February 1, 2009). ""Camino" leads Goya Awards with six nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

[5] Rolfe, Pamela (February 2, 2009). ""Camino" tops Spain's Goya Awards". es.reuters.com. Reuters. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2009.

[6] "Goya Awards (2009)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-10-14.

[7] "FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-14.

[8] "Premiados 2009" (PDF). culturaydeporte.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-14.

[9] "Estas son las nominaciones de los PREMIOS GOYA 2009". Premios Goya (in Spanish). Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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