# 12th Goya Awards

The 12th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 31 January 1998. The gala was hosted by El Gran Wyoming.
Lucky Star won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees and winners are listed as follows:

### Major award nominees

| Best Film Lucky Star Martín (Hache) Secrets of the Heart | Best Director Ricardo Franco – Lucky Star Adolfo Aristarain – Martín (Hache) Montxo Armendáriz – Secrets of the Heart |
| Best Actor Antonio Resines – Lucky Star Javier Bardem – Live Flesh Jordi Mollà – Lucky Star | Best Actress Cecilia Roth – Martín (Hache) Julia Gutiérrez Caba – The Color of the Clouds Maribel Verdú – Lucky Star |
| Best Supporting Actor José Sancho – Live Flesh Antonio Valero – The Color of the Clouds Juan Jesús Valverde [es] – The Rats [ca] | Best Supporting Actress Charo López – Secrets of the Heart Ángela Molina – Live Flesh Vicky Peña – Secrets of the Heart |
| Best Original Screenplay Lucky Star – Ricardo Franco and Ángeles González Sinde Familia – Fernando León de Aranoa Secrets of the Heart – Montxo Armendáriz | Best Adapted Screenplay The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Cuca Canals [es] and Bigas Luna Actrius – Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and Ventura Pons Backroads – Ignacio Martínez de Pisón |
| Best New Actor Andoni Erburu [es] – Secrets of the Heart Manuel Manquiña – Airbag Fernando Ramallo – Backroads | Best New Actress Isabel Ordaz – Chevrolet Paulina Gálvez – Retrato de mujer con hombre al fondo [es] Blanca Portillo – The Color of the Clouds |
| Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Ashes of Paradise • Argentina The Last Call [es] • Mexico Vertical Love • Cuba | Best European Film The Full Monty • UK Brassed Off • UK The English Patient • UK |
| Best New Director Fernando León de Aranoa – Familia David Alonso [ca] and Fernando Cámara [es] – Memorias del ángel caído Mireia Ros [es] – La Moños [es] | Best Animated Film Megasónicos |

### Other award nominees

| Best Cinematography The Color of the Clouds – Jaume Peracaula [es] The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Patrick Blossier In Praise of Older Women – José Luis Alcaine | Best Editing Airbag – Pablo Blanco [ca] The Color of the Clouds – José María Biurrun [ca] Secrets of the Heart – Rori Sáinz de Rozas [ca] |
| Best Art Direction Secrets of the Heart – Félix Murcia [es] The Color of the Clouds – Antonio Cortés [ca] In Praise of Older Women – Josep Rosell [ca] | Best Production Supervision Perdita Durango – José Luis Escolar [ca] The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Roberto Manni Comanche Territory – Yousaf Bokhari |
| Best Sound Secrets of the Heart – Gilles Ortion, Alfonso Pino and Bela María da Costa Time of Happiness – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg [ca] and Eduardo Fernández Martín (hache) – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg [ca], Carlos Garrido and Ángel Gallardo | Best Special Effects Airbag – Juan Ramón Molina [ca] The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Roberto Ricci Territorio comanche – Reyes Abades and Emilio Ruiz del Río |
| Best Costume Design The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Franca Squarciapino Perdita Durango – María Estela Fernández and Glenn Ralston The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca – León Revuelta [ca] | Best Makeup and Hairstyles Perdita Durango – José Quetglás [ca] and Mercedes Guillot The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca – Miguel Sesé and Francisca Guillot La herida luminosa – Cristóbal Criado [ca] and Alicia López Medina |
| Fictional Short Film Cazadores Campeones En medio de ninguna parte Hola, mamá Pasaia | Best Original Score Lucky Star – Eva Gancedo [es] Perdita Durango – Simon Boswell Tic Tac [ca] – José Manuel Pagán [ca] |

## Honorary Goya

* Rafael Azcona