The Goya Awards () are awards for artistic and technical merit in Spanish cinema. They are presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE) in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. In addition to recognizing Spanish films each year, and the professionals who made them, the Academy also awards the competitive Best European Film and Best Ibero-American Film awards, and the non-competitive Honorary and International Goya awards.
The first Goya Awards ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy, at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid. They have since been also held in Barcelona, Seville, Málaga, Valencia, Valladolid, and Granada. With the exception of the 5th edition, they have been televised on the public broadcaster (TVE).
The awards statuette is a small bronze bust of Francisco Goya created by the sculptor .
To reward the best Spanish films of each year, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain decided to create the Goya Awards, named after 18thâÂÂ19th century painter Francisco Goya. The inaugural ceremony took place on 17 March 1987, at the Lope de Vega theatre in Madrid. From the 2nd edition until the 9th edition, the awards were held at the Palacio de Congresos in the Paseo de la Castellana. Then they moved to the Palacio Municipal de Congresos, also in Madrid. In 2000, the ceremony took place at L'Auditori in Barcelona. The 2019 and 2023 ceremonies took place in Seville, the 2020 and 2021 ceremonies in Málaga, the 2022 ceremony in Valencia, the 2024 ceremony in Valladolid, the 2025 ceremony in Granada, and the 2026 ceremony in Barcelona.
In 2003, a large number of film professionals took advantage of the Goya awards ceremony to express their opposition to the Aznar's government support of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In 2004, the AVT (an association against terrorism in Spain) demonstrated against terrorism and ETA, a paramilitary organization of Basque separatists, in front of the Lope de Vega theatre. In 2005, José Luis RodrÃÂguez Zapatero was the first prime minister in the history of Spain to attend the event. In 2013, the minister of culture and education José Ignacio Wert did not attend, saying he had âÂÂother things to doâÂÂ. Some actors said that this decision reflected the government's lack of respect for their profession and industry.
The award itself is a small bronze bust of Francisco Goya created by the sculptor , although the original sculpture for the first edition of the Goyas was by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal. The trophy sculpture is informally known as (plural: ), 'bighead'.
The awards are currently delivered in 28 competitive categories, with five nominees per category since the 37th edition. Previously, there had been three candidates in the first edition, five in the second and third edition, three from the fourth to the twelfth edition, and four from the thirteenth to the 36th editions. In addition, there are two non-competitive categories: the Honorary Goya Award and the International Goya Award.
The following is a listing of all Goya Awards ceremonies since 1986.
The following is a list of films that won the awards for Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay (original or adapted).
Four awards won
Three awards won
Two awards won
One award won
No award won
The following is a list of films with six or more awards.
14 wins
13 wins
12 wins
10 wins
9 wins
8 wins
7 wins
6 wins
The following is a list of films with ten or more nominations.
20 nominations
19 nominations
18 nominations
17 nominations
16 nominations
15 nominations
14 nominations
13 nominations
12 nominations
11 nominations
10 nominations