# 16th Gaudí Awards

The 16th Gaudí Awards ceremony, presented by the Catalan Film Academy, took place on 4 February 2024 at the CCIB [ca] complex in Barcelona.

## Background

A record number of 81 productions were presented as candidates to the awards, of which a 40% had Catalan as the original language, with 13 candidates to the best fiction feature film in the Catalan language. Journalist-comedian Maria Rovira [ca] and screenwriter-comedian Ana Polo (co-creators of the popular Catalan podcast Oye Polo) were announced as the gala hosts in October 2023. In November 2023, filmmaker Rosa Vergés was announced as the recipient of the Gaudí Honorary Award. The nominations were read by actors Vicky Luengo and Pol López from the auditorium of La Pedrera on 12 December 2023. Elena Martín Gimeno's Creatura led the nominations with fifteen, followed by David Trueba's Jokes & Cigarettes with thirteen.

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:
| Best Film Creatura; produced by Marta Cruañas, Ariadna Dot, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Jake Cheetham, Pau Suris, Oriol Sala-Patau The Enchanted; produced by Marta Ramírez, Adolfo Blanco, Oriol Sala-Patau The Permanent Picture; produced by Adrià Monés Murlans, Gabrielle Dumon Jokes & Cigarettes; produced by Edmond Roch, Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano, Oriol Sala-Patau | Best Non-Catalan Language Film 20,000 Species of Bees; produced by Lara Izaguirre, Valérie Delpierre The Teacher Who Promised the Sea; produced by Francesc Escribano, Tono Folguera, David Felani, Laura Fernández Brites, Carlos Fernández Un amor; produced by Sandra Hermida Múñiz, Marisa Fernández Armenteros Upon Entry; produced by Carles Torras, Carlos Juárez, Xosé Zapata, Sergio Adrià, Alba Sotorra |
| Best Director Elena Martín — Creatura Isabel Coixet — Un amor David Trueba — Jokes & Cigarettes Agustí Villaronga — Stormy Lola | Best New Director Estibaliz Urresola — 20,000 Species of Bees Laura Ferrés Moreno [es] — The Permanent Picture Alejandro Marín — Love & Revolution Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry |
| Best Original Screenplay Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt, Víctor Iriarte [es] — Foremost by Night Elena Martín, Clara Roquet — Creatura Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren — 20,000 Species of Bees | Best Adapted Screenplay Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero [es] — Un amor Pablo Berger — Robot Dreams David Trueba, Albert Espinosa — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Val — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea |
| Best Actress Carolina Yuste — Jokes & Cigarettes as Conchita Laia Costa — Un amor as Nat Bruna Cusí — Upon Entry as Elena Patricia López Arnaiz — 20,000 Species of Bees as Ane | Best Actor David Verdaguer — Jokes & Cigarettes as Eugenio Alberto Ammann — Upon Entry as Diego Enric Auquer — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea as Antoni Benaiges Oriol Pla — Creatura as Marcel |
| Best Supporting Actress Clara Segura — Creatura as Diana Aina Clotet — The Enchanted as Ingrid Ane Gabarain — 20,000 Species of Bees as Lourdes Ana Torrent — Foremost by Night as Cora | Best Supporting Actor Àlex Brendemühl — Creatura as Gerard Daniel Brühl — The Movie Teller as Nansen Pedro Casablanc — Jokes & Cigarettes as Vicente Hugo Silva — Un amor as Piter |
| Best New Performance Clàudia Malagelada [es] — Creatura as Mila Ainara Elejalde — The Enchanted as Gina Alícia Falcó [es] — In the Company of Women as Bea La Dani (Dani F. Pozo) — Love & Revolution as Dani | Best Original Score Alfonso de Vilallonga [es] — Robot Dreams Clara Aguilar [ca] — Creatura Maria Arnal, Nora Haddad Casadevall — Alteritats Andrea Motis — Jokes & Cigarettes |
| Best Production Supervision Eduard Vallés — Jokes & Cigarettes Andrés Mellinas — Creatura Elisa Sirvent, Patricio Pereira — The Movie Teller Eva Taboada — Un amor | Best Documentary Film Mentre siguis tu, l'aquí i l'ara de Carme Elias; produced by Claudia Pinto Emperador, Óscar Bernàcer, Joana M. Ortueta, Jordi Llorca, Iván Martínez Rufat, Pilar Llorca. Alteritats; produced by Andrea Herrera Catalá, Almudena Monzú Hermano caballo; produced by Adrián Guerra Armas, Núria Valls Villanueva Muyeres; produced by Oriol Maymó, Núria Domènech |
| Best Short Film El bus; produced by Valérie Delpierre, Jaume Fargas Coll Blow!; produced by Miriam Porté, Neus Ballús La herida luminosa; produced by Sergi Casamitjana Melich, Lita Roig Tots els meus colors; produced by Anna Solana | Best TV Movie Quico Sabaté, sense destí [ca]; produced by Albert Solé, Oriol Sala-Patau Miró [ca]; produced by Oriol Marcos, Tiffany Ruoz, Oriol Sala-Patau |
| Best Animated Film Robot Dreams; produced by Sandra Tapia, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Ángel Durández, Pablo Berger, Jérôme Vidal, Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon They Shot the Piano Player; produced by Cristina Huete Hannah and the Monsters [ca]; produced by Ángeles Hernández, David Matamoros Heavies tendres; produced by Juanjo Sáez, Laia Servera | Best Art Direction Marc Pou — Jokes & Cigarettes Josep Rosell [ca] — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Sylvia Steinbrecht [ca] — Creatura Izaskun Urkijo Alijo — 20,000 Species of Bees |
| Best Cinematography Gina Ferrer — 20,000 Species of Bees Alana Mejía González — Creatura Agnès Piqué Corbera — The Permanent Picture Bet Rourich — Un amor | Best Editing Ariadna Ribas — Creatura Ana Pfaff [ca] — Foremost by Night Bernat Aragonés [ca] — The Movie Teller Raúl Barreras — 20,000 Species of Bees |
| Best Costume Design Lala Huete [es] — Jokes & Cigarettes Maria Armengol — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Mercè Paloma [ca] — The Movie Teller Isis Velasco — Love & Revolution | Best Sound Xavi Mas, Eduardo Castro, Yasmina Praderas — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Gay, Enrique G. Bermejo, Carlos Jiménez — Un amor Eva Valiño, Koldo Corella, Xanti Salvador — 20,000 Species of Bees Leo Dolgan, Oriol Donat, Laia Casanovas — Creatura |
| Best Visual Effects Bernat Aragonés [ca] — The Movie Teller Wesley Barnard, Míriam Piquer — Jokes & Cigarettes Cristina Garmón — Creatura David Martí, Montse Ribé — Tobacco Barns | Best Makeup and Hairstyles Caitlin Acheson, Nacho Díaz, Benjamín Pérez — Jokes & Cigarettes Danae Gatell, Àlex Salvat — Creatura Patricia Reyes — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Patricia Reyes, Jesús Martos — The Movie Teller |
| Best European Film Society of the Snow Aftersun Close Triangle of Sadness The Eight Mountains ||

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 15 | Creatura |
| 13 | Jokes & Cigarettes |
| 9 | 20,000 Species of Bees |
| 8 | Un amor |
| 6 | The Teacher Who Promised the Sea |
| 6 | The Movie Teller |
| 5 | Upon Entry |
| 3 | The Enchanted |
| 3 | The Permanent Picture |
| 3 | Foremost by Night |
| 3 | Love & Revolution |
| 3 | Robot Dreams |
| 2 | Alteritats |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | Creatura |
| 6 | Jokes & Cigarettes |
| 3 | 20,000 Species of Bees |
| 2 | Robot Dreams |

### Honorary Gaudí

* Rosa Vergés

### Special Audience Award for Best Film

* The Teacher Who Promised the Sea