12/12/2018 - Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s political thriller and Javier Fesser’s comedy-drama are the titles that have garnered the most nominations for the 33rd awards handed out by the Spanish Film Academy

With 13 nods, The Realm [+see also:
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Two of the most pleasant surprises in the list of nominees announced in Madrid this morning were helmed by directors taking their baby steps in the world of feature films: Arantxa Echevarría has racked up eight nominations (including Best Film and Best New Director) with her lesbian love story Carmen & Lola [+see also:
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film profile], while Celia Rico has garnered four (Best New Director, Best Editor for Fernando Franco, and Best Lead Actress and Best Supporting Actress, for Lola Dueñas and Anna Castillo, respectively) with the Spanish-French co-production Journey to a Mother’s Room [+see also:
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film profile]. We should also raise a glass to the presence of Between Two Waters [+see also:
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Everybody Knows [+see also:
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film profile]. Other individuals with two nominations (or three in Fesser’s case, if we add Best Editor for Champions to the two mentioned above) include Alfonso Raposo (Best Sound for The Realm and Champions), Farhadi (Best Screenplay and Best Director), Arantxa Echevarría (Best Screenplay and Best New Director) and Lluís Rivera (Best Special Effects for Gun City [+see also:
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Lastly, considering titles conspicuous by their absence, we should highlight the snubbing of Petra [+see also:
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Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Film 
Champions [+see also:
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The Realm [+see also:
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Between Two Waters [+see also:
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interview: Isaki Lacuesta
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Carmen & Lola [+see also:
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interview: Arantxa Echevarría
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Everybody Knows [+see also:
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Best Director 
Javier Fesser – Champions
Rodrigo Sorogoyen – The Realm
Asghar Farhadi – Everybody Knows
Isaki Lacuesta – Between Two Waters

Best Lead Actor 
Antonio de la Torre – The Realm
Javier Bardem – Everybody Knows 
Javier Gutiérrez – Champions
José Coronado – Tu hijo [+see also:
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Best Lead Actress 
Penélope Cruz – Everybody Knows 
Susi Sánchez – Sunday’s Illness [+see also:
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interview: Ramón Salazar
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Najwa Nimri – Quién te cantará [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Vermut
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Lola Dueñas – Journey to a Mother’s Room [+see also:
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interview: Celia Rico Clavellino
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Best Supporting Actor 
Eduard Fernández – Everybody Knows 
Antonio de la Torre – A Twelve-Year Night [+see also:
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interview: Álvaro Brechner
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Luis Zahera – The Realm 
Juan Margallo – Champions

Best Supporting Actress 
Carolina Yuste – Carmen & Lola
Ana Wagener – The Realm
Natalia de Molina – Quién te cantará
Anna Castillo – Journey to a Mother’s Room

Best New Actor 
Jesús Vidal – Champions
Moreno Borja – Carmen & Lola
Francisco Reyes – The Realm 
Carlos Acosta – Yuli [+see also:
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interview: Icíar Bollaín
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Best New Actress 
Gloria Ramos – Champions
Rosy Rodríguez – Carmen & Lola
Zaira Romero – Carmen & Lola
Eva Llorach – Quién te cantará

Best New Director 
Arantxa Echevarría – Carmen & Lola
Andrea Jaurrieta – Ana by Day [+see also:
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César and José Esteban Alenda – Sin fin [+see also:
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Celia Rico – Journey to a Mother’s Room

Best Original Screenplay 
Javier Marqués, Javier Fesser – Champions
Arantxa Echevarría – Carmen & Lola
Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen – The Realm 
Asghar Farhadi – Everybody Knows

Best Adapted Screenplay 
Marta Sofía Martins, Natxo López – Jefe [+see also:
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Álvaro Brechner – A Twelve-Year Night 
Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José – Superlópez [+see also:
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Paul Laverty – Yuli

Best Original Score 
Olivier Arson – The Realm 
Iván Palomares – En las estrellas [+see also:
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Manuel Riveiro and Xavi Font – Gun City [+see also:
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Alberto Iglesias – Yuli

Best Original Song
Este es el momento – Coque Malla (Champions)
Me vas a extrañar – Paco de la Rosa (Carmen & Lola)
Tarde azul de abril – Roque Baños, Tessy Díez Martín (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote [+see also:
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interview: Terry Gilliam
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Una de esas noches sin final – Javier Limón (Everybody Knows)

Best Production Direction
Luis Fernández Lago – Champions
Eduard Vallès, Hanga Kurucz – El fotógrafo de Mauthausen [+see also:
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Yousaf Bokhari – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 
Iñaki Ros – The Realm

Best Cinematography 
Alejandro de Pablo – The Realm 
Josu Incháustegui – Gun City 
Eduard Grau – Quién te cantará
Álex Catalán – Yuli

Best Editing 
Javier Fesser – Champions
Alberto del Campo – The Realm 
Hayedeh Safiyari – Everybody Knows 
Fernando Franco – Journey to a Mother’s Room

Best Art Direction 
Rosa Ros – El fotógrafo de Mauthausen
Benjamín Fernández – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 
Juan Pedro de Gaspar – Gun City 
Balter Gallart – Superlópez

Best Wardrobe Design 
Mercè Paloma – El fotógrafo de Mauthausen
Lena Mossum – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 
Clara Bilbao – Gun City 
Ana López Cobos – Quién te cantará

Best Hair and Make-up 
Caitlin Acheson, Jesús Martos, Pablo Perona – El fotógrafo de Mauthausen
Sylvie Imbert, Amparo Sánchez, Pablo Perona – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 
Raquel Fidalgo, Noé Montes, Alberto Hortas – Gun City 
Rafael Mora, Anabel Beato – Quién te cantará

Best Sound 
Arman Ciudad, Charly Schmukler, Alfonso Raposo – Champions
Roberto Fernández, Alfonso Raposo – The Realm 
Daniel de Zayas, Eduardo Castro, Mario González – Quién te cantará
Eva Valiño, Pelayo Gutiérrez, Alberto Ovejero – Yuli

Best Special Effects 
Óscar Abades, Helmuth Barnert – The Realm 
Jon Serrano, David Heras – Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil [+see also:
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Lluís Rivera, Félix Bergés – Gun City 
Lluís Rivera, Laura Pedro – Superlópez

Best Animated Film 
Azahar [+see also:
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Bikes. The Movie [+see also:
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Memorias de un hombre en pijama [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Fernández de Vigo
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Another Day of Life [+see also:
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interview: Raul de la Fuente
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Best Documentary Film 
Notes for a Heist Film [+see also:
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Sad Hill [+see also:
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Camarón: flamenco y revolución [+see also:
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film profile] – Alexis Morante
The Silence of Others [+see also:
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interview: Almudena Carracedo, Esther …
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Best European Film 
Girl [+see also:
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interview: Lukas Dhont
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The Party [+see also:
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Q&A: Sally Potter
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Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson (USA/UK)
Cold War [+see also:
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Q&A: Pawel Pawlikowski
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Best Latin American Film 
El Ángel [+see also:
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Roma – Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico/USA)
Los perros [+see also:
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A Twelve-Year Night – Álvaro Brechner

Best Short Fiction 
9 pasos – Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera
Bailaora – Rubin Stein
Piggy – Carlota Pereda
El niño que quería volar – Jorge Muriel
Matria – Álvaro Gago

Best Short Documentary 
El tesoro – Marisa Lafuente, Néstor del Castillo
Gaza – Carles Bover Martínez, Julio Pérez del Campo
Kyoko – Joan Bover, Marcos Cabotá
Wan Xia, la última luz del atardecer – Silvia Rey Canudo

Best Animated Short
Cazatalentos – José Herrera
El olvido – Cristina Vaello and Xenia Grey
I Wish… - Víctor L Pinel
Soy una tumba – Khris Cembe

(Translated from Spanish)