Spain’s Oscar entry ‘The Good Boss’ tops Goya Award nominations with record-breaking 20 nods
The nominations for Spain’s 2022 Goya Awards have been announced and The Good Boss, starring Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, earned an all-time record of 20 nominations across 17 categories. The film is also Spain’s official Oscar entry for International Feature Film.
The film’s record-breaking nomination tally includes Best Picture, Best Director for Fernando León de Aranoa, and Best Original Screenplay. In the acting categories, it also set another record by earning a whopping seven nominations: Bardem for Best Actor, Celso Bugallo, Fernando Albizu and Manolo Solo for Best Supporting Actor, Sonia Almarcha for Best Supporting Actress, Oscar de la Fuente and Tarik Rmili are both up for Best Emerging Actor, and Almudena Amor is nominated for Best Emerging Actress. The film is also up for virtually all below the line categories.
Competing with The Good Boss for Best Film are Libertad, Maixabel, Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea and Parallel Mothers, which stars Bardem’s wife, and fellow Oscar winner, Penélope Cruz. Maixabel earned the next best with 14, Parallel Mothers earned 8.
The 2022 Goya Awards will be held on February 12, 2022 at Les Arts de València. Here is the full list of nominations.
Best Film
The Good Boss (Fernando León de Aranoa)
Libertad (Clara Roquet)
Parallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar)
Maixabel (Icíar Bollaín)
Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea (Marcel Barrena)
Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar, Parallel Mothers
Icíar Bollaín, Maixabel
Fernando León de Aranoa, The Good Boss
Manuel Martín Cuenca, The Daughter
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, The Good Boss
Eduard Fernández, Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
Javier Gutiérrez, The Daughter
Luis Tosar, Maixabel
Best Actress
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Petra Martínez, That Was Life
Blanca Portillo, Maixabel
Emma Suárez, Josefina
Best Supporting Actor
Fernando Alvizu, The Good Boss
Celso Bugallo, The Good Boss
Urko Olazabal, Maixabel
Manolo Solo, The Good Boss
Best Supporting Actress
Sonia Almarcha, The Good Boss
Nora Navas, Libertad
Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Parallel Mothers
Milena Smit, Parallel Mothers
Best New Director
Carol Rodríguez Colás, Girlfriends
Javier Marco Rico, Josefina
David Martín de los Santos, That Was Life
Clara Roquet, Libertad
Best New Actor
Óscar de la Fuente, The Good Boss
Jorge Motos, Lucas
Tarik Rmili, The Good Boss
Chechu Salgado, Outlaws
Best New Actress
Almudena Amor, The Good Boss
María Cerezuela, Maixabel
Ángela Cervantes, Girlfriends
Nicole García, Libertad
Best Original Screenplay
Ferando León de Aranoa, The Good Boss
Clara Roquet, Libertad
Icíar Bollaín and Isa Campo, Maixabel
Juanjo Jiménez Peña y Pere Altamira, Out of Sync
Best Adapted Screenplay
Júlia de Paz Solvas and Núria Dunjó López, Ama
Agustí Villaronga, The Belly of the Sea
Benito Zambrano and Cristina Campos, Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake
Daniel Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Outlaws
Best Cinematography
Pau Esteve Birba, The Good Boss
Gris Jordana, Libertad
Kiko de la Rica, Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
José Luis Alcaine, Parallel Mothers
Best Editing
Antonio Frutos, Below Zero
Vanessa L. Marimbert, The Good Boss
Miguel Doblado, Josefina
Nacho Ruiz Capillas, Maixabel
Best Art Direction
Cesar Macarrón, The Good Boss
Mikel Serrano, Maixabel
Balter Gallart, Outlaws
Antxon Gómez, Parallel Mothers
Best Production Design
Luis Gutiérrez, The Good Boss
Óscar Vigiola, Love Gets a Room
Guadalupe Balaguer Trelles, Maixabel
Albert Espel and Kostas Seakianakis, Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
Best Costume Design
Fernando García, The Good Boss
Alberto Valcárcel, Love Gets a Room
Clara Bilbao, Maixabel
Vinyet Escobar, Outlaws
Best Makeup and Hairstyles
The Good Boss
Libertad
Maixabel
Outlaws
Best Original Score
Zeltia Montes, The Good Boss
Fátima Al Qadiri, The Grandmother
Alberto Iglesias, Maixabel
Arnau Bataller, Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
Best Original Song
“Burst Out” by Àngel Leiro, Jean-Paul Dupeyron, Xavier Capellas – Álbum de posguerra
“Que me busquen por dentro” by Antonio Orozco, Jordi Colell Pinillos – The Cover
“Las leyes de la frontera” by Alejandro García Rodríguez, Antonio Molinero León, Daniel Escortell Blandino, José Manuel Cabrera Escot, Miguel García Cantero – Outlaws
“Te espera el mar” by Maria José Llergo – Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
Best Sound
The Good Boss
Maixabel
Out of Sync
Parallel Mothers
Best Special Effects
The Good Boss
The Grandmother
Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
Way Down
Best Animated Film
Gora automatikoa
Mironins
Salvar el árbol (Zutik!)
Valentina
Best Documentary
Heroes. Silence and Rock and Roll
The Return: Life After ISIS
Quién lo impide
Tehran Blues
Best European Film
Bye, Bye Morons (Albert Dupontel)
I’m Your Man (Maria Schrader)
Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg)
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
Best Latin American Film
The Cordillera of Dreams (Patricio Guzmán)
Los Lobos (Samuel Kishi)
The Siamese Bond (Paula Hernández)
Song Without a Name (Melina León)
Best Fictional Short Film
Farrucas
Mindanao
Tótem loba
Votamos
Yalla
Best Animated Short Film
Nacer
Proceso de selección
The Monkey
Umbrellas
Best Documentary Short Film
Dajla: cine y olvido
Figurante
Mama
Ulisses
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