Sundays [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
fiche film], directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, topped the list of winners at the Feroz Awards – presented for the past 13 years by the Spanish Film Critics Association (AICE) to honour the best national audiovisual productions of the previous year. The ceremony took place last Saturday in the Galician city of Pontevedra.

The feature film, which had already been recognised by AICE with the Feroz Zinemaldia Award at the last San Sebastián Film Festival (where it also won the Golden Shell for Best Film) and which recently picked up the Forqué award a s well as leading the nominations for the upcoming Goya Awards with a total of 13, took home five statuettes, making it the standout winner of the night. The awards included Best Drama Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actress for Patricia López Arnaiz (her fourth Feroz Award, following Ane Is Missing [+lire aussi :
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interview : David Pérez Sañudo
fiche film], Intimacy [+lire aussi :
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fiche série] and 20,000 Species of Bees [+lire aussi :
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interview : Estíbaliz Urresola
fiche film]), Best Supporting Actress for Nagore Aranburu (who also won last year for her leading role in the series Querer [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
fiche série]) and the Feroz DAMA Award for Best Screenplay.

The award for Best Comedy Film went to The Dinner, a hit directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, a seasoned figure in the genre. Basque actors José Ramón Soroiz and Kandido Uranga were recognised with the awards for Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively for their performances in Maspalomas [+lire aussi :
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interview : Aitor Arregi et José Mari …
fiche film]. The Best Original Music award went to French artist Kangding Ray for his score for Sirāt [+lire aussi :
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interview : Óliver Laxe
interview : Sergi López
fiche film], Óliver Laxe's film, which earned two Oscar nominations and also won the Feroz Award for Best Trailer, directed by Aitor Tapia.

The Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction went to Sleepless City [+lire aussi :
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interview : Guillermo Galoe
fiche film], by Guillermo Galoe, a film that had its world premiere at Cannes Critics' Week. The Feroz Holded Arrebato Award for Non-Fiction was given to Afternoons of Solitude [+lire aussi :
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interview : Albert Serra
fiche film], a documentary on bullfighting by Catalan director Albert Serra — winner of the Golden Shell at San Sebastián 2024 — whose poster, designed by Ana Domínguez and Rafa Castañer, was also recognised with an award.

In the series category, Yakarta [+lire aussi :
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Actresses Esperanza Pedreño and Julia de Castro, who play sisters in the series, received their first Feroz awards (for Leading and Supporting Actress) for their outstanding work in the second season of Poquita fe, which was also in the running for Best Comedy Series. It was also the first AICE award for Secun de la Rosa, named Best Supporting Actor in a Spanish series last year for his role in Superstar [+lire aussi :
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fiche série], directed by Nacho Vigalondo.

Finally, actress Marta Fernández-Muro (star of Spanish cult films such as Arrebato and Laberinto de pasiones, who also recently appeared in Poquita fe) took to the stage to receive her Feroz de Honor honorary award, greeted by warm applause from the audience.

The list of awards:

Films

Best Drama Film
Sundays [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
fiche film] – Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain/France)

Best Comedy
The Dinner – Manuel Gómez Pereira (Spain/France)

Best Director
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays

Best Leading Actress
Patricia López Arnaiz – Sundays

Best Leading Actor
José Ramón Soroiz - Maspalomas [+lire aussi :
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interview : Aitor Arregi et José Mari …
fiche film] (Spain)

Best Supporting Actress
Nagore Aranburu – Sundays

Best Supporting Actor
Kandido Uranga – Maspalomas

Best Screenplay
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays 

Best Original Music
Sirāt [+lire aussi :
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interview : Óliver Laxe
interview : Sergi López
fiche film] – Kangding Ray (Spain/France)

Feroz Arrebato Fiction
Sleepless City [+lire aussi :
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interview : Guillermo Galoe
fiche film] – Guillermo Galoe (Spain/France)

Feroz Arrebato Non-Fiction
Afternoons of Solitude [+lire aussi :
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interview : Albert Serra
fiche film] – Albert Serra (Spain/France/Portugal)

Best Trailer
Aitor Tapia – Sirāt

Best Poster
Ana Dominguez, Rafa Castañer – Afternoons of Solitude

Feroz de Honor (Honorary Award)
Marta Fernández Muro

Series

Best Drama Series
Yakarta [+lire aussi :
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Best Comedy Series
Poquita fe (Season 2) (Spain)

Best Leading Actress
Esperanza Pedreño – Poquita fe

Best Leading Actor
Javier Cámara – Yakarta

Best Supporting Actress
Julia de Castro – Poquita fe 

Best Supporting Actor
Secun de la Rosa – Superstar [+lire aussi :
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Feroz DAMA Award for Best Screenplay
Diego San José, Daniel Castro, Fernando Delgado-Hierro – Yakarta