# 18th Goya Awards

The 18th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid on 31 January 2004. The gala was hosted by Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Diego Luna.
Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos) won 7 Goyas, the most awards in the ceremony, including those for Best Film, Director, Actor (Tosar), Actress (Marull) and Supporting Actress (Peña).

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:

### Major award nominees

| Best Film Take My Eyes My Life Without Me The 4th Floor Soldiers of Salamina | Best Director Icíar Bollaín – Take My Eyes Isabel Coixet – My Life Without Me Cesc Gay – In the City David Trueba – Soldiers of Salamina |
| Best Actor Luis Tosar – Take My Eyes Ernesto Alterio – Football Days Javier Cámara – Torremolinos 73 Alfredo Landa – The End of a Mystery | Best Actress Laia Marull – Take My Eyes Ariadna Gil – Soldiers of Salamina Adriana Ozores – Sleeping Luck Sarah Polley – My Life Without Me |
| Best Supporting Actor Eduard Fernández – In the City Joan Dalmau [es] – Soldiers of Salamina Juan Diego – Torremolinos 73 José Luis Gómez – The End of a Mystery | Best Supporting Actress Candela Peña – Take My Eyes Mónica López – In the City María Botto – Soldiers of Salamina María Pujalte – The Carpenter's Pencil |
| Best Original Screenplay Take My Eyes – Icíar Bollaín and Alicia Luna The Hours of the Day – Jaime Rosales and Enric Rufas [ca] In the City – Tomás Aragay [ca] and Cesc Gay Torremolinos 73 – Pablo Berger | Best Adapted Screenplay My Life Without Me – Isabel Coixet Soldiers of Salamina – David Trueba The Weakness of the Bolshevik – Manuel Martín Cuenca and Lorenzo Silva The End of a Mystery – Fernando Marías |
| Best New Actor Fernando Tejero – Football Days Juan Sanz [ca] – Life Marks Víctor Clavijo – Silvia's Gift Óscar Jaenada – November | Best New Actress María Valverde – The Weakness of the Bolshevik Elisabet Gelabert [ca] – Take My Eyes Verónica Sánchez – South from Granada Nathalie Poza – Football Days |
| Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Intimate Stories • Argentina El misterio del Trinidad [es] • Mexico Suite Habana • Cuba Seawards Journey • Uruguay | Best European Film Good Bye Lenin! • Germany Dogville • Denmark The Dreamers • UK/France/Italy The Flower of Evil • France |
| Best New Director Ángeles González Sinde – Sleeping Luck David Serrano – Football Days Pablo Berger – Torremolinos 73 Jaime Rosales – The Hours of the Day | Best Animated Film El Cid: The Legend The 3 Wise Men El embrujo del sur [ca] Glup [ca] |

### Other award nominees

| Best Cinematography Soldiers of Salamina – Javier Aguirresarobe Carmen – Paco Femenia [es] The Galíndez File – Alfredo F. Mayo South from Granada – José Luis Alcaine | Best Editing Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure – Iván Aledo [es] Take My Eyes – Ángel Hernández Zoido [ca] Carmen – Teresa Font Football Days – Rosario Sáinz de Rozas [ca] |
| Best Art Direction Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure – César Macarrón Carmen – Benjamín Fernández [es] The Carpenter's Pencil – Juan Pedro de Gaspar The End of a Mystery – Félix Murcia [es] | Best Production Supervision Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure – Luis Manso [es] and Marina Ortiz South from Granada – Pilar Robla Carmen – Ana Vila The Galíndez File – Josean Gómez [es] |
| Best Sound Take My Eyes – Eva Valiño [es], Alfonso Pino and Pelayo Gutiérrez [ca] Life Marks – Licio Marcos de Oliveira, Alfonso Pino and Nacho Royo The Forest – Silvio Darrin, Carlos Garrido and Alicia Saavedra More Than a Thousand Cameras Are Working for Your Safety [ca] – Agustín Peinado, Carlos Garrido and Iván Mayoral | Best Special Effects Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure – Felix Bergés [ca], Raúl Romanillos, Pau Costa, Julio Navarro South from Granada – Reyes Abades, Alfonso Nieto, Pablo Nuñez El refugio del mal [es] – Reyes Abades, Jesús Pascual, José Rossi, José María Remacha Soldiers of Salamina – Pedro Moreno, Alfonso Nieto, Emilio Ruiz del Río |
| Best Costume Design Carmen – Yvonne Blake Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure – Tatiana Hernández [ca] Danube Hotel – Lourdes de Orduña [ca] and Montse Sancho November – Nereida Bonmatí [ca] | Best Makeup and Hairstyles Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure – José Antonio Sánchez and Paquita Nuñez Carmen – Miguel Sese and Natalia Sese November – Karmele Soler and Francisco Rodríguez Danube Hotel – Cristóbal Criado and Alicia López |
| Best Original Score South from Granada – Juan Bardem Danube Hotel – Pablo Cervantes [es] Eyengui, el dios del sueño [es] – Santi Vega Valentín – Juan Carlos Cuello | Best Original Song "Humans Like You" by Chop Suey – My Life Without Me "Cuando me maten" by José Nieto – Carmen "Atraco a tu corazón" by Paco Ortega – Atraco a las 3... y media [ca] "Just Sorcery" by Mario de Benito and Richelieu Morris – The Witch Affair |
| Best Fictional Short Film Sueños Carisma En camas separadas Expres Promoción (prohibida su venta) | Best Animated Short Film Regaré con lágrimas tus pétalos [es] A... Mantis religiosa El desván La habitación inclinada Manipai |
| Best Documentary Un instante en la vida ajena [es] The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone Seville, Southside [es] Suite Habana | Best Documentary Short Film Los niños del Nepal [ca] Lección de cine Yo soy de mi barrio |

## Honorary Goya

* Héctor Alterio