# 20th Goya Awards

The 20th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, Spain on 29 January 2006.

## Winners and nominees
### Major award nominees

| Best Film The Secret Life of Words Obaba Princesses 7 Virgins | Best Director Isabel Coixet – The Secret Life of Words Montxo Armendariz – Obaba Alberto Rodríguez – 7 Virgins Benito Zambrano – Habana Blues |
| Best Actor Óscar Jaenada – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend Juan José Ballesta – 7 Virgins Eduard Fernández – The Method Manuel Alexandre – Elsa & Fred | Best Actress Candela Peña – Princesses Emma Vilarasau – Something to Remember Me By Adriana Ozores – Heroine Nathalie Poza – Hard Times |
| Best Supporting Actor Carmelo Gómez – The Method Enrique Villén – Ninette Javier Cámara – The Secret Life of Words Fernando Guillén – Other Days Will Come | Best Supporting Actress Elvira Mínguez – Tapas Pilar López de Ayala – Obaba Verónica Sánchez – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend Marta Etura – Something to Remember Me By |
| Best Original Screenplay The Secret Life of Words – Isabel Coixet Princesses – Fernando León de Aranoa 7 Virgins – Rafael Cobos and Alberto Rodríguez Other Days Will Come – Eduard Cortés and Piti Español [ca] | Best Adapted Screenplay The Method – Mateo Gil and Marcelo Piñeyro Obaba – Montxo Armendáriz Ninette – José Luis Garci and Horacio Valcárcel [gl] The Longest Penalty Shot in the World – Roberto Santiago [es] |
| Best New Actor Jesús Carroza – 7 Virgins Luis Callejo – Princesses Pablo Echarri – The Method Álex González – Round Two | Best New Actress Micaela Nevárez – Princesses Bárbara Lennie – Obaba Alba Rodríguez [es] – 7 Virgins Isabel Ampudia [es] – 15 Days With You [es] |
| Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Blessed by Fire · Argentina Alma Mater · Uruguay My Best Enemy · Chile Rosario Tijeras · Colombia | Best European Film Match Point · UK Downfall · Germany The Constant Gardener · UK The Chorus · France |
| Best New Director José Corbacho and Juan Cruz – Tapas Asier Altuna [es] and Telmo Esnal [es] – Aupa Etxebeste! [es] Guillem Morales – El Habitante Incierto Santiago Tabernero [es] – Life and Colour | Best Animated Film Midsummer Dream Gisaku |

### Other award nominees

| Best Cinematography Iberia [es] – José Luis López Linares [es] Obaba – Javier Aguirresarobe Ninette – Raúl Pérez Cubero Other Days Will Come – José Luis Alcaine | Best Editing Habana Blues – Fernando Pardo Ninette – Miguel González Sinde The Method – Iván Aledo Iberia [es] – Julia Juaniz |
| Best Art Direction Ninette – Gil Parrondo Obaba – Julio Esteban and Julio Torrecilla Something to Remember Me By – Félix Murcia and Federico G. Cambero Round Two – Marta Blasco | Production Supervision The Secret Life of Words – Esther García Obaba – Puy Oria Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend – Tino Pont Habana Blues – Ernesto Chao and Eduardo Santana |
| Best Sound Obaba – Carlos Bonmati, Alfonso Pino and Pelayo Gutiérrez Princesses – Miguel Rejas, Alfonso Raposo and Polo Aledo Ninette – Miguel Rejas and José Antonio Bermúdez Los nombres de Alicia [ca] – Eladio Reguero and David Calleja | Best Special Effects Fragile – David Martí, Montse Ribé, Félix Cordón, Félix Bergés [ca] and Rafael Solorzano Obaba – Reyes Abades, Chema Remacha, Alberto Esteban and Pablo Urrutia Las llaves de la independencia [ca] – Juan Ramón Molina, Pablo Núñez, Ana Núñez, Antonio Ojeda and Carlos Martínez Un rey en La Habana – Reyes Abades, Carlos Lozano, Alberto Esteban, Pablo Núñez and Ana Núñez |
| Best Costume Design Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend – María José Iglesias Princesses – Sabine Daigeler Kingdom of Heaven – Janty Yates Ants in the Mouth – Sonia Grande | Best Makeup and Hairstyles Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend – Romana González and Josefa Morales Princesses – Manolo García and Carlos Hernández El Calentito – Jorge Hernández and Fermín Galán Los Dalton contra Lucky Luke – Paillette and Annie Marandin |
| Best Original Score Habana Blues – Juan Antonio Leyva, José Luis Garrido, Equis Alfonso, Dayan Abad, Descemer Bueno, Kiki Ferrer and Kelvis Ochoa Ninette – Pablo Cervantes Fragile – Roque Baños The Night of the Brother – Eva Gancedo | Best Original Song "Me Llaman Calle" by Manu Chao – Princesses "Los Malos Amores" by Eva Gancedo and Yamil – The Night of the Brother "Llora Por Tus Miserias" by Mario Gaitán – Bagdad Rap [es] "Laura" by Dani Martín – Sinfín [es] |
| Best Fictional Short Film Nana Bota de Oro El Examinador El Intruso Hiyab | Best Animated Short Film Tadeo Jones La gallina ciega La leyenda del espantapájaros La luz de la esperanza Semilla del recuerdo |
| Best Documentary Cineastas contra magnates Iberia [es] Trece entre mil Veinte años no es nada | Best Documentary Short Film En la cuna del aire Castilla y León, Patrimonio de la Humanidad Nenyure |

## Honorary Goya

* Pedro Masó