The Goya Awards 2012: the nominations

The nominations for the 2012 Goya Awards were announced on Tuesday morning: Pedro Almodóvar and Enrique Urbizu lead the pack with 16 nominations for La piel que habito and 14 for No habrá paz para los malvados respectively. Of the other two Best Film nominees, Blackthorn has 11 nominations and La voz dormida has 9. The dark horse is Eva (a directorial debut that appeared on my radar only when it was released at the tail-end of last year) with 12 nominations. According to what I've read elsewhere, Urbizu has the edge over Almodóvar and likewise Coronado appears to be the favourite for Best Actor (although Banderas has never won a Goya, so that may be an emotional pull in his favour). With the exception of Best Female Newcomer (widely thought to already be in the bag for María León), the other acting categories are harder to call. As I haven't seen a lot of the films yet, it is hard for me to say where the surprises are, although given the hype surrounding certain films there are some surprising omissions (for example, No tengas miedo and Cinco metros cuadrados have had a lot of awards buzz in the past few months). The ceremony takes place on the 19th February. The nominees in the main categories are listed below.

Best Film:

Blackthorn

La piel que habito

La voz dormida

No habrá paz para los malvados

Best Director:

Pedro Almodóvar – La piel que habito

Mateo Gil – Blackthorn 

Enrique Urbizu – No habrá paz para los malvados

Benito Zambrano – La voz dormida

Best New Director:

Paula Ortiz – De tu ventana a la mía

Kike Maíllo - Eva

Paco Arango - Maktub

Eduardo Chapero-Jackson - Verbo

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Pedro Almodóvar – La piel que habito

Icíar Bollaín – Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo

Ángel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras, Paco Roca, Rosanna Cecchini - Arrugas

Benito Zambrano, Ignacio del Moral – La voz dormida

Best Original Screenplay:

Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris

Miguel Barros - Blackthorn

Martí Roca, Sergi Belbel, Cristina Clemente, Aintza Serra - Eva

Enrique Urbizu, Michel Gaztambide – No habrá paz para los malvados

Best Actor:

Antonio Banderas – La piel que habito

Daniel Brühl - Eva

Jose Coronado – No habrá paz para los malvados

Luis Tosar – Mientras duermes

Best Actress:

Elena Anaya – La piel que habito

Inma Cuesta – La voz dormida

Verónica Echegui – Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo

Salma Hayek – La chispa de la vida

Best Supporting Actor:

Raúl Arévalo - Primos

Juanjo Artero – No habrá paz para los malvados

Juan Diego – 23-F, la película

Lluís Homar - Eva

Best Supporting Actress:

Pilar López de Ayala - Intruders

Goya Toledo - Maktub

Maribel Verdú – De tu ventana a la mía

Ana Wagener – La voz dormida

Best Male Newcomer:

Marc Clotet – La voz dormida

Jan Cornet – La piel que habito

Adrián Lastra - Primos

José Mota – La chispa de la vida

Best Female Newcomer:

Alba Garcia – Verbo

Michelle Jenner – No tengas miedo

María León – La voz dormida

Blanca Suárez – La piel que habito