# 23rd Goya Awards

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. The gala was hosted by Carmen Machi, also featuring Muchachada Nui.
Camino was the big winner of the night, winning 6 awards out 7 nominations, including Best Film, Actress, Director and Original Screenplay.

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:

### Major awards

| Best Film Camino The Blind Sunflowers Just Walking The Oxford Murders | Best Director Javier Fesser – Camino Agustín Díaz Yanes – Just Walking 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 Jordi Dauder – Camino Fernando Tejero – Chef's Special 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 Camino – Javier Fesser Return to Hansala – Chus Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos Rubio [es] Ashes of Heaven [fr] – Ignacio del Moral [es], Dionisio Pérez Galindo, José Antonio Quirós [es] Just Walking – Agustín Díaz Yanes | Best Adapted Screenplay The Blind Sunflowers – Rafael Azcona, Jose Luis Cuerda Che (Part I): The Argentine – Peter Buchman The Oxford Murders – Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia One Word from You – Ángeles González Sinde |
| Best New Actor El Langui – The One-Handed Trick Martiño Rivas – The Blind Sunflowers Luis Bermejo – One Word from You Álvaro Cervantes – The Hanged Man | Best New Actress Nerea Camacho – Camino Esperanza Pedreño [es] – One Word from You Farah Hamed [ca] – Return to Hansala Ana Wagener – My Prison Yard |
| Best Spanish Language Foreign Film The Good Life • Chile/Spain/Argentina Acné • Uruguay/Spain/Argentina Dog Eat Dog • Colombia Lake Tahoe • Mexico/United States/Japan | 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 Missing Lynx RH+, el vampiro de Sevilla [es] Donkey Xote Spirit of the Forest |

### Other award nominees

| Best Cinematography Just Walking – Paco Femenia [ca] The El Escorial Conspiracy – Carlos Suárez The Blind Sunflowers – Hans Burmann [es] Blood in May – Félix Monti | Best Editing The Oxford Murders – Alejandro Lázaro [ca] Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet – Iván Aledo [ca] The Blind Sunflowers – Nacho Ruiz Capillas [ca] Just Walking – José Salcedo |
| Best Art Direction Che (Part I): The Argentine – Antxón Gómez [es] The Blind Sunflowers – Balter Gallart [ca] Blood in May – Gil Parrondo La Conjura de El Escorial – Luis Vallés "Koldo" [ca] | Best Production Supervision The Oxford Murders – Rosa Romero Che (Part I): The Argentine – Cristina Zumárraga [es] The Blind Sunflowers – Emiliano Otegui [es] Just Walking – Rafael Cuervo, María Pedraza |
| Best Sound Before the Fall – Jorge Marín, Maite Rivera, Daniel de Zayas The Blind Sunflowers – Ricardo Steinberg, María Steinberg, Alfonso Raposo Blood in May – Miguel Rejas, José Antonio Bermúdez Just Walking – Pierre Gamet, Christophe Vingtrinier, Patrice Grisolet | Best Special Effects Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet – Alex Grau, Chema Remacha, Eduardo Díaz, Pau Costa, Raúl Romanillos, Jose Quetglás Camino – Arturo Balseiro, Ferrán Piquer, Raúl Romanillos Blood in May – Alberto Nombela, Juan Ramón Molina Just Walking – Alejandro Vázquez, Rafa Solórzano, Reyes Abades |
| 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 Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet – Jose Quetglás, Mar Paradela, Nieves Sánchez La Conjura de El Escorial – José Quetglás, Nieves Sánchez The Blind Sunflowers – Fermín Galán, Sylvie Imbert Blood in May – Alicia López, Josefa Morales, Romana González |
| 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, El Langui – The One-Handed Trick "Podemos volar juntos" by Raul Sánchez Zafra, Juan Pablo Compaired – My Prison Yard "Manousal" by Tao Gutiérrez – Retorno a Hansala "Entre tu balcón y mi Ventana" by Toni Zenet, Javier Laguna, José Taboada – 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. Emilio Ruiz del Río Old Man Bebo | Best Documentary Short Film Héroes. No hacen falta alas para volar Harraga La clase Soy Meera Malik |

## Honorary Goya

* Jesús Franco