20th Goya Awards

The 20th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, Spain on 29 January 2006.^[1]

20th Goya Awards
Date	29 January 2006
Site	Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid
Hosted by	Concha Velasco and Antonio Resines
Highlights
Best Film	The Secret Life of Words
Best Actor	Óscar Jaenada Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend
Best Actress	Candela Peña Princesses
Most awards	The Secret Life of Words (4)
Most nominations	Obaba (10)
Television coverage
Network	TVE
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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

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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

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Honorary Goya

• Pedro Masó