31st Goya Awards

The 31st Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on 4 February 2017 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016. Actor and comedian Dani Rovira was the master of ceremonies for the third time in a row.^[1]

31st Goya Awards
Date	4 February 2017
Site	Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel, Madrid
Hosted by	Dani Rovira
Highlights
Best Film	The Fury of a Patient Man
Best Actor	Roberto Álamo May God Save Us
Best Actress	Emma Suárez Julieta
Most awards	A Monster Calls (9)
Most nominations	A Monster Calls (12)
Television coverage
Network	TVE
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Nominations were announced on 14 December 2016 by Javier Cámara and Natalia de Molina.^[2] A Monster Calls received the most nominations with twelve, followed by Smoke & Mirrors and The Fury of a Patient Man with eleven nominations each.^[3]

The Fury of a Patient Man won Best Film, as well as Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best New Director, but A Monster Calls won the most awards, with nine awards, including Best Director. Actress Emma Suárez won two awards on the same night: Best Actress for Julieta and Best Supporting Actress for La próxima piel.^[4]

Winners and nominees

Major awards

Best Film The Fury of a Patient Man Smoke & Mirrors Julieta May God Save Us A Monster Calls	Best Director J. A. Bayona – A Monster Calls Pedro Almodóvar – Julieta Alberto Rodríguez – Smoke & Mirrors Rodrigo Sorogoyen – May God Save Us
Best Actor Roberto Álamo – May God Save Us Luis Callejo – The Fury of a Patient Man Antonio de la Torre – The Fury of a Patient Man Eduard Fernández – Smoke & Mirrors	Best Actress Emma Suárez – Julieta Penélope Cruz – The Queen of Spain Bárbara Lennie – María (and Everybody Else) Carmen Machi – The Open Door
Best Supporting Actor Manolo Solo – The Fury of a Patient Man Karra Elejalde – 100 Meters Javier Gutiérrez – The Olive Tree Javier Pereira – May God Save Us	Best Supporting Actress Emma Suárez – The Next Skin Terele Pávez – The Open Door Candela Peña – Kiki, Love to Love Sigourney Weaver – A Monster Calls
Best New Actor Carlos Santos – Smoke & Mirrors Rodrigo de la Serna – To Steal from a Thief Ricardo Gómez – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Raúl Jiménez – The Fury of a Patient Man	Best New Actress Anna Castillo – The Olive Tree Belén Cuesta – Kiki, Love to Love Ruth Díaz – The Fury of a Patient Man Sílvia Pérez Cruz – At Your Doorstep
Best Original Screenplay The Fury of a Patient Man – Raúl Arévalo & David Pulido To Steal from a Thief – Jorge Guerricaechevarría The Olive Tree – Paul Laverty May God Save Us – Isabel Peña & Rodrigo Sorogoyen	Best Adapted Screenplay Smoke & Mirrors – Alberto Rodríguez & Rafael Cobos Julieta – Pedro Almodóvar Kiki, Love to Love – Paco León & Fernando Pérez A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film The Distinguished Citizen • Argentina Anna • Colombia From Afar • Venezuela The Chosen Ones • Mexico	Best European Film Elle • France/Germany/Belgium Genius • UK/United States Son of Saul • Hungary I, Daniel Blake • UK/France/Belgium
Best New Director Raúl Arévalo – The Fury of a Patient Man Salvador Calvo – 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Marc Crehuet [es] – The One-Eyed King Nely Reguera – María (and Everybody Else)	Best Animated Film Birdboy: The Forgotten Children Teresa & Tim [ca] Ozzy

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Other award nominees

Best Cinematography A Monster Calls – Óscar Faura 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Alex Catalán The Queen of Spain – José Luis Alcaine The Fury of a Patient Man – Arnau Valls Colomer [ca]	Best Editing A Monster Calls – Bernat Vilaplana & Jaume Martí [ca] Smoke & Mirrors – José M. G. Moyano [ca] May God Save Us – Alberto del Campo & Fernando Franco The Fury of a Patient Man – Ángel Hernández Zoido [ca]
Best Art Direction A Monster Calls – Eugenio Caballero 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Carlos Bodelón Smoke & Mirrors – Pepe Domínguez del Olmo The Queen of Spain – Juan Pedro de Gaspar	Best Production Supervision A Monster Calls – Sandra Hermida Muñiz 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Carlos Bernases Smoke & Mirrors – Manuela Ocón The Queen of Spain – Pilar Robla
Best Sound A Monster Calls – Peter Glossop, Oriol Tarragó & Marc Orts 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Eduardo Esquide, Juan Ferro & Nicolas de Poulpiquet Smoke & Mirrors – Daniel de Zayas, César Molina & José Antonio Manovel Ozzy – Nacho Royo-Villanova & Sergio Testón	Best Special Effects A Monster Calls – Pau Costa & Félix Bergés [ca] 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Pau Costa & Carlos Lozano Guernica – Raúl Romanillos & David Heras Julieta – Reyes Abades & Eduardo Díaz
Best Costume Design 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Paola Torres The Queen of Spain – Lala Huete [es] Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot – Cristina Rodríguez The Fury of a Patient Man – Alberto Valcárcel [ast] & Cristina Rodríguez	Best Makeup and Hairstyles A Monster Calls – Marese Langan & David Martí 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines – Milu Cabrer, Alicia López & Pedro Rodríguez "Pedrati" Smoke & Mirrors – Yolanda Piña Julieta – Ana López-Puigcerver, Sergio Pérez Berbel & David Martí
Best Original Score A Monster Calls – Fernando Velázquez Smoke & Mirrors – Julio de la Rosa [es] The Olive Tree – Pascal Gaigne [ca] Julieta – Alberto Iglesias	Best Original Song "Ai, ai, ai" by Sílvia Pérez Cruz – At Your Doorstep "Descubriendo India" by Luis Ivars – Bollywood Made in Spain [ca] "Muerte" by Zeltia Montes – Frágil equilibrio [es] "Kiki" by Alejandro Acosta, Cristina Manjón, David Borràs Paronella, Marc Peña Rius and Paco León – Kiki, Love to Love
Best Fictional Short Film Timecode Bla, bla, bla En la azotea Graffiti La invitación	Best Animated Short Film Decorado Darrel Made in Spain Uka
Best Documentary Film Frágil equilibro [es] Omega [ca] El Bosco. El jardín de los sueños [ca] Nacido en Siria [es]	Best Documentary Short Film Cabezas habladoras Esperanza Palabras de caramelo The Resurrection Club

Honorary Goya

• Ana Belén^[8]