Goya Awards facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Goya Awards
Presented by	Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
Country	Spain
First awarded	1987

The Goya Awards (Spanish: Premios Goya) are Spain's main national yearly film awards. They are presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.

The first ceremony was held in 1987. This was a year after the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences was founded. The event took place at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid. Since then, the awards have also been held in other Spanish cities. These include Barcelona, Seville, Málaga, Valencia, Valladolid, and Granada.

History of the Goya Awards

The Spanish Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts created the Goya Awards. They wanted to celebrate the best Spanish films each year. Many people in Spain and around the world see the Goya Awards as Spain's version of the American Academy Awards.

The very first Goya Awards ceremony happened on March 17, 1987. It was held at the Lope de Vega theatre in Madrid. From the second ceremony until 1995, the awards were held at the Palacio de Congresos in Madrid. Later, they moved to the Palacio Municipal de Congresos, also in Madrid.

In 2000, the ceremony took place in Barcelona. This was at the Barcelona Auditorium. In 2005, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero became the first prime minister of Spain to attend the event. The Goya Awards have also been held in other cities. The 2019 and 2023 awards were in Seville. In 2020 and 2021, they were held in Málaga.

The Goya Trophy

The award itself is a small bronze sculpture. It shows the head of the famous artist Francisco Goya. The sculptor José Luis Fernández created it. However, the very first Goya trophy was made by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal. People sometimes jokingly call the trophy cabezón. This Spanish word means 'bighead'.

Award Categories

The Goya Awards are given out in 28 different categories. These categories celebrate many parts of filmmaking. There are also two special awards. These are the Honorary Goya Award and the International Goya Award.

For the 37th Goya Awards, up to five films or people could be nominated in each category. Before that, from the 13th to the 36th awards, there were usually four nominees. In the very first awards, there were only three nominees per category.

Here are some of the main award categories:

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Leading Actor
• Best Leading Actress
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best New Director
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best New Actor
• Best New Actress
• Best Production Supervision
• Best Cinematography
• Best Editing
• Best Original Score
• Best Original Song
• Best Art Direction
• Best Costume Design
• Best Makeup and Hairstyles
• Best Sound
• Best Special Effects
• Best Animated Film
• Best Animated Short Film
• Best Documentary Short Film
• Best Fictional Short Film
• Best European Film
• Best Documentary
• Best Ibero-American Film
• Honorary Goya Award
• International Goya Award

Goya Award Ceremonies

Below is a list of all the Goya Awards ceremonies since 1986. It shows the year, the winning film, who hosted, and where it took place.

Fun Facts About Goya Award Winners

"Big Five" Winners

The "Big Five" refers to films that win the top awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either original or adapted). It's very hard for a film to win all five!

Here are some films that won most of these major awards:

• ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990): Won for Director, Adapted Screenplay, Actor, and Actress.
• Take My Eyes (2003): Won for Director, Original Screenplay, Actor, and Actress.
• The Sea Inside (2004): Won for Director, Original Screenplay, Actor, and Actress.

Films with Many Nominations

Many great films are nominated for Goya Awards each year. Here are some that received a lot of nominations:

See also

In Spanish: Premios Goya para niños

• List of film awards