23rd Goya Awards

The 23rd Goya Awards were given in 2009 to honour the best in Spanish filmmaking of 2008.[1]

23rd Goya Awards
Date	February 1, 2009
Site	Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid
Hosted by	Carmen Machi and Muchachada Nui
Highlights
Best Film	Camino
Best Actor	Benicio del Toro Che (Part I): The Argentine
Best Actress	Carme Elías Camino
Most awards	Camino (6)
Most nominations	The Blind Sunflowers (15)
Television coverage
Network	TVE

Camino won the award for Best Film.[2][3][4]

Winners and nominees

Major awards

Best Film	Best Director
Camino The Blind Sunflowers Just Walking The Oxford Murders	Agustín Díaz Yanes – Just Walking Javier Fesser – Camino José Luis Cuerda – The Blind Sunflowers Álex de la Iglesia – The Oxford Murders
Best Actor	Best Actress
Diego Luna – Just Walking Benicio del Toro – Che (Part I): The Argentine Raúl Arévalo – The Blind Sunflowers Javier Cámara – Chef's Special	Carme Elías – Camino Maribel Verdú – The Blind Sunflowers Verónica Echegui – My Prison Yard Ariadna Gil – Just Walking
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Fernando Tejero – Chef's Special Jordi Dauder – Camino José Ángel Egido – The Blind Sunflowers José María Yazpik – Just Walking	Elvira Mínguez – Cowards Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Rosana Pastor – The El Escorial Conspiracy Tina Sáinz – Sangre de mayo
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Return to Hansala – Chus Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Rubio Camino – Javier Fesser Ashes of Heaven – Ignacio del Moral, Dionisio Pérez and José Antonio Quirós Just Walking – Agustín Díaz Yanes	The Blind Sunflowers – Rafael Azcona and Jose Luis Cuerda Che (Part I): The Argentine – Peter Buchman The Oxford Murders – Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia One Word from You – Ángeles González Sinde
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Martiño Rivas – The Blind Sunflowers El Langui – El Truco del Manco Luis Bermejo – One Word from You Álvaro Cervantes – The Hanged Man	Esperanza Pedreño – One Word from You Nerea Camacho – Camino Farah Hamed – Return to Hansala Ana Wagener – My Prison Yard
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film	Best European Film
Acné • Uruguay The Good Life • Chile Dog Eat Dog • Colombia Lake Tahoe • Mexico	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • UK 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania The Dark Knight • UK The Edge of Heaven • Germany
Best New Director	Best Animated Film
Santiago Zannou – El Truco del Manco Irene Cardona – A Fiancé for Yasmina Belén Macías – My Prison Yard Nacho Vigalondo – Timecrimes	RH+, El Vampiro de Sevilla Missing Lynx Donkey Xote Spirit of the Forest

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Other award nominees

Best Cinematography	Best Editing
The El Escorial Conspiracy – Carlos Suárez Just Walking – Paco Femenia The Blind Sunflowers – Hans Burman Sangre de mayo – Félix Monti	Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission - Save the Planet – Iván Aledo The Oxford Murders – Alejandro Lázaro The Blind Sunflowers – Nacho Ruiz Capillas Just Walking – José Salcedo
Best Art Direction	Best Production Supervision
The Blind Sunflowers – Balter Gallart Che (Part I): The Argentine – Antxon Gomez Blood of May – Gil Parrondo La Conjura de El Escorial – Luis Vallés	Che (Part I): The Argentine – Cristina Zumárraga The Oxford Murders – Rosa Romero The Blind Sunflowers – Emiliano Otegui Just Walking – Rafael Cuervo and María Pedraza
Best Sound	Best Special Effects
Before the Fall – Jorge Mira, Jorge Marín, Maite Rivera and Daniel de Zayas The Blind Sunflowers – Ricardo Steinberg, María Steinberg and Alfonso Raposo Sangre de mayo – Miguel Rejas and José Antonio Bermúdez Just Walking – Pierre Gamet, Christophe Vingtrinier and Patrice Grisolet	Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Save The Planet – Raúl Romanillos, Pau Costa, José Quetglas, Eduardo Díaz, Álex Grau and Chema Remacha Camino – Raúl Romanillos, Arturo Balseiro and Ferrán Piquer Blood of May – Juan Ramón Molina and Alberto Nombela Just Walking – Alejandro Vázquez, Reyes Abades and Rafa Solórzano
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hairstyles
El Greco – Lala Huete The Blind Sunflowers – Sonia Grande The El Escorial Conspiracy – Javier Artiñano Sangre de mayo – Lourdes de Orduña	La Conjura de El Escorial – José Quetglas and Nieves Sánchez Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Save The Planet – José Quetglas, Blanca Sánchez and Mar Paradela The Blind Sunflowers – Silvie Ymbert and Fermín Galán Blood of May – Romana González, Alicia López and Josefa Morales
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Hanged Man – Bingen Mendizábal The Oxford Murders – Roque Baños The Blind Sunflowers – Lucio Godoy Che (Part I): The Argentine – Alberto Iglesias	"Podemos Volar juntos" by Juan Pablo Compaire – El Patio de Mi Cárcel "A Tientas" by Woulfrank Zannou and El Langui – El Truco del Manco "Manousal" by Tao Gutiérrez – Retorno a Hansala "Entre Tu Balcón y Mi Ventana" by Javier Laguna, José Ángel Tabeada and Antonio Manuel Mellado – One Word from You
Best Fictional Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
Miente El Encargado Final Machu-Pichu Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan	La Increíble Historia del Hombre Sin Sombra El Ataque de Los Kriters Asesinos Espagueti Western Malacara y El Misterio del Bastón de Roble Rascal's Street
Best Documentary Film	Best Documentary Short Film
Bucarest, La Memoria Perdida El Pollo, El Pez y El Cangrejo Real El Último Truco Old Man Bebo	Héroes. No Hacen Falta Alas Para Volar Harraga La Clase Soy Meera Malik

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Honorary Goya

• Jesús Franco

References

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