# 31st Goya Awards

The 31st Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on 4 February 2017 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016. Actor and comedian Dani Rovira was the master of ceremonies for the third time in a row.
Nominations were announced on 14 December 2016 by Javier Cámara and Natalia de Molina. A Monster Calls received the most nominations with twelve, followed by Smoke & Mirrors and The Fury of a Patient Man with eleven nominations each.
The Fury of a Patient Man won Best Film, as well as Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best New Director, but A Monster Calls won the most awards, with nine awards, including Best Director. Actress Emma Suárez won two awards on the same night: Best Actress for Julieta and Best Supporting Actress for La próxima piel.

## Winners and nominees
### Major awards

| Best Film The Fury of a Patient Man Smoke & Mirrors Julieta May God Save Us A Monster Calls | Best Director J. A. Bayona – A Monster Calls Pedro Almodóvar – Julieta Alberto Rodríguez – Smoke & Mirrors Rodrigo Sorogoyen – May God Save Us |
| Best Actor Roberto Álamo – May God Save Us Luis Callejo – The Fury of a Patient Man Antonio de la Torre – The Fury of a Patient Man Eduard Fernández – Smoke & Mirrors | Best Actress Emma Suárez – Julieta Penélope Cruz – The Queen of Spain Bárbara Lennie – María (and Everybody Else) Carmen Machi – The Open Door |
| Best Supporting Actor Manolo Solo – The Fury of a Patient Man Karra Elejalde – 100 Meters Javier Gutiérrez – The Olive Tree Javier Pereira – May God Save Us | Best Supporting Actress Emma Suárez – The Next Skin Terele Pávez – The Open Door Candela Peña – Kiki, Love to Love Sigourney Weaver – A Monster Calls |
| Best New Actor Carlos Santos – Smoke & Mirrors Rodrigo de la Serna – To Steal from a Thief Ricardo Gómez – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Raúl Jiménez – The Fury of a Patient Man | Best New Actress Anna Castillo – The Olive Tree Belén Cuesta – Kiki, Love to Love Ruth Díaz – The Fury of a Patient Man Sílvia Pérez Cruz – At Your Doorstep |
| Best Original Screenplay The Fury of a Patient Man – Raúl Arévalo & David Pulido To Steal from a Thief – Jorge Guerricaechevarría The Olive Tree – Paul Laverty May God Save Us – Isabel Peña & Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Best Adapted Screenplay Smoke & Mirrors – Alberto Rodríguez & Rafael Cobos Julieta – Pedro Almodóvar Kiki, Love to Love – Paco León & Fernando Pérez A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness |
| Best Spanish Language Foreign Film The Distinguished Citizen • Argentina Anna • Colombia From Afar • Venezuela The Chosen Ones • Mexico | Best European Film Elle • France/Germany/Belgium Genius • UK/United States Son of Saul • Hungary I, Daniel Blake • UK/France/Belgium |
| Best New Director Raúl Arévalo – The Fury of a Patient Man Salvador Calvo – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Marc Crehuet [es] – The One-Eyed King Nely Reguera – María (and Everybody Else) | Best Animated Film Birdboy: The Forgotten Children Teresa & Tim [ca] Ozzy |

### Other award nominees

| Best Cinematography A Monster Calls – Óscar Faura 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Alex Catalán The Queen of Spain – José Luis Alcaine The Fury of a Patient Man – Arnau Valls Colomer [ca] | Best Editing A Monster Calls – Bernat Vilaplana & Jaume Martí [ca] Smoke & Mirrors – José M. G. Moyano [ca] May God Save Us – Alberto del Campo & Fernando Franco The Fury of a Patient Man – Ángel Hernández Zoido [ca] |
| Best Art Direction A Monster Calls – Eugenio Caballero 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Carlos Bodelón Smoke & Mirrors – Pepe Domínguez del Olmo The Queen of Spain – Juan Pedro de Gaspar | Best Production Supervision A Monster Calls – Sandra Hermida Muñiz 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Carlos Bernases Smoke & Mirrors – Manuela Ocón The Queen of Spain – Pilar Robla |
| Best Sound A Monster Calls – Peter Glossop, Oriol Tarragó & Marc Orts 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Eduardo Esquide, Juan Ferro & Nicolas de Poulpiquet Smoke & Mirrors – Daniel de Zayas, César Molina & José Antonio Manovel Ozzy – Nacho Royo-Villanova & Sergio Testón | Best Special Effects A Monster Calls – Pau Costa & Félix Bergés [ca] 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Pau Costa & Carlos Lozano Guernica – Raúl Romanillos & David Heras Julieta – Reyes Abades & Eduardo Díaz |
| Best Costume Design 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Paola Torres The Queen of Spain – Lala Huete [es] Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot – Cristina Rodríguez The Fury of a Patient Man – Alberto Valcárcel [ast] & Cristina Rodríguez | Best Makeup and Hairstyles A Monster Calls – Marese Langan & David Martí 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Milu Cabrer, Alicia López & Pedro Rodríguez "Pedrati" Smoke & Mirrors – Yolanda Piña Julieta – Ana López-Puigcerver, Sergio Pérez Berbel & David Martí |
| Best Original Score A Monster Calls – Fernando Velázquez Smoke & Mirrors – Julio de la Rosa [es] The Olive Tree – Pascal Gaigne [ca] Julieta – Alberto Iglesias | Best Original Song "Ai, ai, ai" by Sílvia Pérez Cruz – At Your Doorstep "Descubriendo India" by Luis Ivars – Bollywood Made in Spain [ca] "Muerte" by Zeltia Montes – Frágil equilibrio [es] "Kiki" by Alejandro Acosta, Cristina Manjón, David Borràs Paronella, Marc Peña Rius and Paco León – Kiki, Love to Love |
| Best Fictional Short Film Timecode Bla, bla, bla En la azotea Graffiti La invitación | Best Animated Short Film Decorado Darrel Made in Spain Uka |
| Best Documentary Film Frágil equilibro [es] Omega [ca] El Bosco. El jardín de los sueños [ca] Nacido en Siria [es] | Best Documentary Short Film Cabezas habladoras Esperanza Palabras de caramelo The Resurrection Club |

### Honorary Goya

* Ana Belén