# 11th Goya Awards

The 11th Goya Awards were presented in Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid on 25 January 1997.
Thesis won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees
### Major award nominees

| Best Film Thesis Bwana The Dog in the Manger | Best Director Pilar Miró – The Dog in the Manger Julio Medem – Earth Imanol Uribe – Bwana |
| Best Actor Santiago Ramos – Como un relámpago Antonio Banderas – Two Much Carmelo Gómez – The Dog in the Manger | Best Actress Emma Suárez – The Dog in the Manger Ana Torrent – Thesis Concha Velasco – Beyond the Garden |
| Best Supporting Actor Luis Cuenca – The Good Life Jordi Mollà – La Celestina Nancho Novo – La Celestina | Best Supporting Actress Mary Carrillo – Beyond the Garden Loles León – Libertarias Maribel Verdú – La Celestina |
| Best Original Screenplay Thesis – Alejandro Amenábar The Good Life – David Trueba Things I Never Told You – Isabel Coixet | Best Adapted Screenplay The Dog in the Manger – Pilar Miró and Rafael Pérez Sierra [es] Beyond the Garden – Mario Camus Tramway to Malvarrosa – Rafael Azcona and José Luis García Sánchez |
| Best New Actor Fele Martínez – Thesis Emilio Buale – Bwana Liberto Rabal [es] – Tramway to Malvarrosa | Best New Actress Íngrid Rubio – Beyond the Garden Lucía Jiménez – The Good Life Silke Hornillos Klein – Earth |
| Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Autumn Sun • Argentina Think of Me • Cuba No Return Address • Mexico | Best European Film Secrets & Lies • UK Breaking the Waves • Denmark The Gaze of Odysseus • Greece |
| Best New Director Alejandro Amenábar – Thesis David Trueba – The Good Life Alfonso Albacete [es], Miguel Bardem and David Menkes [es] – Not Love, Just Frenzy | Best Original Score Earth – Alberto Iglesias The Dog in the Manger – José Nieto Robert Rylands' Last Journey – Ángel Illarramendi [es] |

### Other award nominees

| Best Cinematography The Dog in the Manger – Javier Aguirresarobe La Celestina – José Luis López-Linares [es] Tramway to Malvarrosa – José Luis Alcaine | Best Editing Thesis – María Elena Sáinz de Rozas The Dog in the Manger – Pablo González del Amo Storm the Skies [es] – Pablo Blanco and Fidel Collados |
| Best Art Direction The Dog in the Manger – Félix Murcia La Celestina – Ana Alvargonzález Tramway to Malvarrosa – Pierre-Louis Thévenet | Best Production Supervision Thesis – Emiliano Otegui Libertarias – Luis Gutiérrez Beyond the Garden – Carmen Martínez |
| Best Sound Thesis – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg and Alfonso Pino The Dog in the Manger – Carlos Faruolo, Ray Gillon and Antonio Bloch Libertarias – Carlos Faruolo, Ray Gillon and Ricard Casals | Best Special Effects Earth – Reyes Abades and Ignacio Sanz Pastor Killer Tongue – Patrick Vinge, Jonathan Stuart and Marcus Wookey Libertarias – Reyes Abades |
| Best Costume Design The Dog in the Manger – Pedro Moreno La Celestina – Sonia Grande and Gerardo Vera Libertarias – Javier Artiñano | Best Makeup and Hairstyles The Dog in the Manger – Juan Pedro Hernández, Esther Martín and Mercedes Paradela La Celestina – Paca Almenara [es] and Alicia López Medina Libertarias – Juan Pedro Hernández, Ana Lozano, Esther Martín and Manuel García |
| Best Fictional Short Film La viga David El tren de las ocho Esposados La gotera | Best Animated Short Film Pregunta por mí Esclavos de mi poder Mater Gloriosa |
| Best Documentary Short Film Virgen de la Alegría ||

## Honorary Goya

* Miguel Picazo