Netflix drama ‘Adú’ leads 35th Goya Awards nominations

With 14 nominations, the Salvador Calvo-directed drama Adú is the most-nominated film at the 35th Goya Awards, which were announced on Monday. Calvo’s second feature follows three interconnected stories all set in Africa.

Other Best Film nominees include: David Pérez Sañudo Ane Is Missing, Icíar Bollaín’s La boda de Rosa (Rosa’s Wedding), Pilar Palomero’s The Girls, and Cesc Gay’s The People Upstairs aka Sentimental.

Javier Cámara (The People Upstairs), earning his 8th Goya nomination (5 lead, 2 supporting, 1 breakthrough), surpasses Alfredo Landa for most nominations by an actor. Candela Peña (La boda de Rosa) also earned her 8th nomination (2 lead, 5 supporting, 1 breakthrough). Juanma Bajo Ulloa (Bafrom) earns his first Best Director nomination in 27 years, the longest gap ever in this category. Roque Baños (Adú) earns his 15th nomination (he’s double-nominated this year), his 11th in the Original Score category and his 4th in Song.

Here is the full list of nominations for the 35th Goya Awards. The awards will be held in a live-streamed ceremony from the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in Málaga on Saturday, March 6.

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 Coven
• Andrea 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

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