"Los domingos" and "Sirât" Lead Goya 2026 Nominations

The Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 40th edition of the Goya Awards, during the gala hosted by Arturo Valls and Toni Acosta held yesterday in Madrid. The awards will be presented during the ceremony that will take place on February 28, 2026, in Barcelona.

“On the Go”, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, tops the list with 13 nominations, followed by “Sirât”, by Oliver Laxe, with 11 nominations.

Other notable titles include Maspalomas (9), La cena (8), Sorda, El cautivo, and Los Tigres (7 each), and Romería (6). The main films are nominated in categories such as Best Film, Direction, and Acting, with names like Mario Casas and Patricia López Arnaiz among the contenders for the awards.

The ceremony, which will celebrate the highlights of Spanish cinema in 2025, will be hosted by Luis Tosar and Rigoberta Bandini and will be broadcast by RTVE.

Complete list of nominations by category

Best Film

• La cena

• Los domingos

• Maspalomas

• Sirât

• Sorda

Best Director

• Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Sundays)

• Carla Simón (Pilgrimage)

• Oliver Laxe (Sirât)

• Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi (Maspalomas)

• Albert Serra (Afternoons of Solitude)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Ángela Cervantes (La furia)

• Patricia López Arnaiz (Los domingos)

• Antonia Zegers (Los Tortuga)

• Nora Navas (Mi amiga Eva)

• Susana Abaitua (Un fantasma en la batalla)

Best Leading Actor

• Alberto San Juan (The Dinner)

• Miguel Garcés (Sundays)

• Jose Ramón Soroiz (Maspalomas)

• Mario Casas (Very Far)

• Manolo Solo (A Portuguese Fifth)

Best Supporting Actress

• Elvira Mínguez (The Dinner)

• Nagore Aramburu (Sundays)

• Miryam Gallego (Pilgrimage)

• Elena Irureta (Deaf)

• María de Medeiros (A Portuguese Fifth)

Best Supporting Actor

• Miguel Rellán (The Captive)

• Juan Minujín (Sundays)

• Kandido Uranga (Maspalomas)

• Tamar Novas (Rondallas)

• Álvaro Cervantes (Deaf)

Best Breakthrough Actress

• Nora Hernández (The Dinner)

• Blanca Soroa (Sundays)

• Elvira Lara (The Tortugas)

• Llúcia Garcia (Pilgrimage)

• Miriam Garlo (Deaf)

Best Breakthrough Actor

• Antonio “Toni” Fernández Gabarre (Dreamless City)

• Julio Peña (The Captive)

• Hugo Welzel (Enemies)

• Jan Monter Palau (Strange River)

• Mitch (Pilgrimage)

Best New Director

• Ion de Sosa (Balearic)

• Jaume Claret Muxart (Estrany riu)

• Gemma Blasco (La furia)

• Gerard Oms (Muy lejos)

• Eva Libertad (Sorda)

Best Original Screenplay

• Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (The Sundays)

• Jose Mari Goenaga (Maspalomas)

• Agustín Díaz Yanes (A Ghost in the Battle)

• Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol (Sirât)

• Avelina Prat (A Portuguese Quarter)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Guillermo Galoe and Víctor Alonso-Berbel (City Without Sleep)

• Celia Rico Clavellino (The Good Letter)

• Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira, and Yolanda García Serrano (The Dinner)

• Carla Simón (Pilgrimage)

• Eva Libertad (Deaf)

Best Original Score

• Carla F. Benedicto (The Talent)

• Iván Palomares de la Encina (Leo & Lou)

• Julio de la Rosa (The Tigers)

• Aránzazu Calleja (Maspalomas)

• Kangding Ray (Sirât)

Best Original Song

• “La Arepera”, Paloma Peñarrubia Ruiz (Caigan las rosas blancas)

• “Flores para Antonio”, Alba Flores and Silvia Pérez Cruz (Flores para Antonio)

• “Hasta que me quede sin voz”, Leiva (Hasta que me quede sin voz)

• “Y mientras tanto, canto”, Víctor Manuel (La cena)

• “Caminar el tiempo”, Blanca Paloma Ramos, José Pablo Polo and Luis Ivars (Parecido a un asesinato)

Best Production Design

• Antonello Novellino (City of Sleep)

• Sergio Díaz Bermejo (The Captive)

• Itziar García Zubiri (Sundays)

• Begoña Muñoz Corcuera (The Tigers)

• Oriol Maymó (Sirât)

Best Cinematography

• Sleepless City

• Sundays

• The Tigers

• Maspalomas

• Sirât

Best Editing

• Sleepless City

• Sundays

• The Tigers

• Sirât

• A Ghost in the Battle

Best Art Direction

• The Captive

• The Dinner

• The Tigers

• Maspalomas

• Sirât

Best Makeup and Hair

• The Captive

• Gaua

• The Truce

• Maspalomas

• Sirât

Best Costume Design

• The Captive

• Nightfall

• The Dinner

• Sundays

• Pilgrimage

Best Sound

• The Captive

• Sundays

• The Tigers

• Sirât

• Deaf

Best Special Effects

• Enemies

• Gaua

• The Tigers

• Sirât

• A Ghost in the Battle

Best Animated Film

• Bella

• Decorado

• Barracuda's Treasure

• Norbert

• Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

Best Documentary Film

• 2025. We are all Gaza

• Eloy de la Iglesia. Addicted to Cinema

• Flowers for Antonio

• Afternoons of Solitude

• The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio

Best Ibero-American Film

• Belén (Argentina)

• The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Chile)

• The Skin of Water (Costa Rica)

• Manas (Brazil)

• A Poet (Colombia)

Best European Film

• Conclave (United Kingdom)

• The Needle Girl (Denmark)

• On Falling (Portugal)

• A Simple Accident (France)

• Sentimental Value (Norway)

Best Fiction Short Film

• Blind Spot

• Of Sugar

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Sex at 70

• A Head Against the Wall

Best Documentary Short Film

• Dissonance

• The Saint

• The Conversation We Never Had

• The Painter’s Room

• Wao Zone

Best Animated Short Film

• Buffet paraíso

• Carmela

• El corto de Rubén

• El estado del alma

• Gilbert