39th Goya Awards

The 39th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, took place at the Granada Conference & Exhibition Centre [es] in Granada, Andalusia, on 8 February 2025. The gala was broadcast on La 1 and RTVE Play.
Regarding the modifications of the awards regulations for the 39th edition, an increase up to a maximum of two submissions per country in the Best European Film category was allowed. The Best New Actor and New Actress categories added a requirement consisting of an authorization signed by the candidate accepting their participation in the Goya Awards. AI-generated compositions were explicitly banned from the Best Original Score and the Best Original Song categories.
On 22 October 2024, the Spanish Film Academy presented the 17 submissions for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film:
Agarrame fuerte (Uruguay), Aire: Just Breathe (Dominican Republic), I'm Still Here (Brazil), Chuzalongo (Ecuador), Wake Up Mom (Panama); Kill the Jockey (Argentina), El ladrón de perros (Bolivia), In Her Place (Chile), The Buriti Flower [fr] (Portugal), La mujer salvaje (Cuba), La suprema (Colombia), Los últimos (Paraguay), Memories of a Burning Body (Costa Rica), Niños de las brisas (Venezuela), Rita (Guatemala), Sujo (México), and Yana-Wara (Peru).
On 8 November 2024, the Spanish Film Academy presented the 21 submissions for the Goya Award for Best European Film (now allowing up to two submissions per country in the category):
Wer hat Angst vor Braunau? [de] (Austria), Omen and Holly (Belgium), Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day (Croatia), Dog on Trial and Reinas (Switzerland), The Count of Monte Cristo and Emilia Pérez (France), Flow (Latvia), Grand Tour and O vento assobiando nas gruas (Portugal), Hesitation Wound and Dormitory (Turkey), In the Blind Spot (Germany), Kensuke's Kingdom and Marianengraben [de] (Luxembourg), La chimera and Palazzina Laf (Italy), The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom), and When the Light Breaks and Touch (Iceland).
On 13 November 2024, the Spanish Film Academy announced Maribel Verdú and Leonor Watling as the gala hosts.
The nominations were read in Granada by Natalia de Molina and Álvaro Cervantes on 18 December 2024. Alejandro Sanz, Amaral, Dora, Rigoberta Bandini, Zahara, Miguel Ríos, Dellafuente, the Morente siblings (Estrella, Kiki, and Soleá [es]), and Lola Índigo were announced as musical acts.
The winners and nominees are listed as follows:
On 17 October 2024, actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was announced as the recipient of the Honorary Goya Award.
On 30 January 2025, American actor Richard Gere was announced as the recipient of the International Goya Award.
The In Memoriam tribute was accompanied by musical acts Zahara and Dora Postigo, who performed Rosana Arbelo's Si tú no estás. It paid tribute to individuals including Mayra Gómez Kemp, Marisa Paredes, Xabier Deive, Fermí Reixach, Elisa Montés, Teresa Gimpera, Eva Lyberten, Silvia Tortosa, Jaime de Armiñán, Jaume Lleal, Julián Ortega, La Chunga, José de la Torre, Fermí Reixach, Isabel Álvarez Friera, Ana Bernal, Vanessa Castro, Lola Cordón, Javi Cañón, Daniel Fanego, Txema Blasco, Anastasio de la Fuente, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Jaime D'Ors, Juanma Carrillo, José Hervás, Paula Martel, Silvia Pinal, Emilio Echevarría, Francisco San Martín, and Rosalía Dans.