27/01/2025 - The Spanish Association of Cinematographic Informers has recognised the film by Dani de la Orden as the best comedy, with the best screenplay, and its star as the best actress

With three awards (Best Film Screenplay, written by Eduard Sola, Best Actress for Emma Vilarasau, and Best Comedy), Dani de la Orden's A House on Fire leads the fairly well-balanced list of winners at the Feroz awards, which were presented last Saturday in Pontevedra, Galicia. Salve María [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mar Coll
film profile], a tense film about imperfect motherhood by Catalan filmmaker Mar Coll, was chosen by the members of the Spanish Association of Cinematographic Informers  (AICE) as Best Drama Film (as well as Best Poster for Octavio Terol and Lluís Tudela), while Pedro Almodóvar received his award for Best Director for The Room Next Door [+see also:
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film profile], a film also recognised for its soundtrack, composed by Basque musician Alberto Iglesias, a regular collaborator of the master from La Mancha.

Another of the films to win two awards was They Will Be Dust [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Marqués-Marcet
film profile], which received the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction and Best Trailer for its creator, Miguel Ángel Trudu. Other films that won Feroz awards include Marco [+see also:
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interview: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño
film profile] (Eduard Fernández as Best Leading Actor), The 47 (Clara Segura, Best Supporting Actress), La casa [+see also:
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film profile] (Óscar de la Fuente, Best Supporting Actor) and the Feroz Arrebato Non-Fiction award went to The Human Hibernation [+see also:
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interview: Anna Cornudella
film profile], Anna Cornudella Castro’s first film, which premiered in the Forum section of last year's Berlinale.

In television, Querer [+see also:
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interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
series profile] (presented at the last edition of the San Sebastián Film Festival) started out as the favourite and won awards for Best Drama Series, Best Leading Actress (Nagore Aranburu) and Best Screenplay, written by its director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa alongside Eduard Sola (who won twice that night) and Júlia de Paz.

The very funny Celeste [+see also:
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interview: Diego San José
series profile], produced by Fran Araújo (his second award, as he is also behind Querer, both produced by the Movistar Plus+ platform), Javier Méndez, Alejandro Flórez and Diego San José, has been chosen as Best Comedy Series. And I, Addict [+see also:
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interview: Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-C…
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The AICE is a group of 220 journalists and critics dedicated to reporting on film across television, radio, the press and online in Spain. They have been handing out these awards since 2014 to recognise the year’s best Spanish audiovisual productions. In addition to the annual awards, the association presents the Feroz Zinemaldia Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, the Feroz Puerta Oscura Award at the Málaga Film Festival, and the Feroz Cinema Jove Award for the best short film at the festival of the same name.

The list of winners:

Films

Best Drama Film
Salve María [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Mar Coll
film profile] – Mar Coll (Spain)

Best Comedy
A House on Fire – Dani de la Orden (Spain)

Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar – The Room Next Door [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] (Spain)

Best Leading Actress
Emma Vilarasau – A House on Fire

Best Leading Actor
Eduard Fernández - Marco [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño
film profile] (Spain)

Best Supporting Actress
Clara Segura – The 47 (Spain)

Best Supporting Actor
Óscar de la Fuente – La casa [+see also:
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film profile] (Spain)

Best Screenplay
Eduard Sola – A House on Fire

Best Original Music
The Room Next Door – Alberto Iglesias

Feroz Arrebato Fiction
They Will Be Dust [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Carlos Marqués-Marcet
film profile] – Carlos Marqués-Marcet (Spain/Italy/Switzerland)

Feroz Arrebato Non-Fiction
The Human Hibernation [+see also:
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interview: Anna Cornudella
film profile] – Anna Cornudella Castro (Spain)

Best Trailer
Miguel Ángel Trudu – They Will Be Dust

Best Poster
Octavio Terol and Lluís Tudela – Salve María

Feroz Honorary Award
Jaime Chávarri

Series

Best Drama Series
Querer [+see also:
series review
trailer
interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
series profile] - Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Júlia de Paz, Eduard Sola (Spain)

Best Comedy Series
Celeste [+see also:
series review
trailer
interview: Diego San José
series profile] - Diego San José (Spain)

Best Leading Actress
Nagore Aranburu – Querer

Best Leading Actor
Oriol Pla – I, Addict [+see also:
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trailer
series profile] (Spain)

Best Supporting Actress
Nora Navas – I, Addict 

Best Supporting Actor
Pol López – See You in Another Life 

Best Screenplay
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Eduard Sola and Júlia de Paz - Querer

(Translated from Spanish)