The 23rd Goya Awards honouring the best in Spanish filmmaking of 2008 were presented on 1 February 2009 at the Madrid's Palacio Municipal de Congresos. The gala was hosted by Carmen Machi, also featuring Muchachada Nui.
Camino was the big winner of the night, winning 6 awards out 7 nominations, including Best Film, Actress, Director and Original Screenplay.
Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows:
Major awards
Camino The Blind Sunflowers Just Walking The Oxford Murders Javier Fesser – Camino Agustín Díaz Yanes – Just Walking José Luis Cuerda – The Blind Sunflowers Álex de la Iglesia – The Oxford Murders Benicio del Toro – Che (Part I): The Argentine Diego Luna – Just Walking Raúl Arévalo – The Blind Sunflowers Javier Cámara – Chef's Special Carme Elías – Camino Maribel Verdú – The Blind Sunflowers Verónica Echegui – My Prison Yard Ariadna Gil – Just Walking Jordi Dauder – Camino Fernando Tejero – Chef's Special José Ángel Egido – The Blind Sunflowers José María Yazpik – Just Walking Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Elvira Mínguez – Cowards Rosana Pastor – The El Escorial Conspiracy Tina Sáinz – Blood in May Javier Fesser – Camino Chus Gutiérrez, – Return to Hansala , Dionisio Pérez Galindo, – Agustín Díaz Yanes – Just Walking Rafael Azcona, Jose Luis Cuerda – The Blind Sunflowers Peter Buchman – Che (Part I): The Argentine Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia – The Oxford Murders Ángeles González Sinde – One Word from You El Langui – The One-Handed Trick Martiño Rivas – The Blind Sunflowers Luis Bermejo – One Word from You Álvaro Cervantes – The Hanged Man Nerea Camacho – Camino – One Word from You – Return to Hansala Ana Wagener – My Prison Yard The Good Life • Chile/Spain/Argentina Acné • Uruguay/Spain/Argentina Dog Eat Dog • Colombia Lake Tahoe • Mexico/United States/Japan 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film) • UK The Dark Knight • UK The Edge of Heaven • Germany Santiago A. Zannou – The One-Handed Trick – A Fiancé for Yasmina – My Prison Yard Nacho Vigalondo – Timecrimes Missing Lynx
Donkey Xote Spirit of the Forest – Just Walking Carlos Suárez – The El Escorial Conspiracy Hans Burmann – The Blind Sunflowers Félix Monti – Blood in May – The Oxford Murders – Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet Nacho Ruiz Capillas – The Blind Sunflowers José Salcedo – Just Walking – Che (Part I): The Argentine – The Blind Sunflowers Gil Parrondo – Blood in May – La Conjura de El Escorial Rosa Romero – The Oxford Murders – Che (Part I): The Argentine – The Blind Sunflowers Rafael Cuervo, María Pedraza – Just Walking Jorge Marín, Maite Rivera, Daniel de Zayas – Before the Fall , María Steinberg, Alfonso Raposo – The Blind Sunflowers Miguel Rejas, – Blood in May , Christophe Vingtrinier, Patrice Grisolet – Just Walking Alex Grau, Chema Remacha, Eduardo Díaz, Pau Costa, Raúl Romanillos, – Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet Arturo Balseiro, Ferrán Piquer, Raúl Romanillos – Camino Alberto Nombela, Juan Ramón Molina – Blood in May Alejandro Vázquez, Rafa Solórzano, Reyes Abades –Just Walking – El Greco Sonia Grande – The Blind Sunflowers Javier Artiñano – The El Escorial Conspiracy – Blood in May , Mar Paradela, Nieves Sánchez – Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet , Nieves Sánchez – La Conjura de El Escorial Fermín Galán, Sylvie Imbert – The Blind Sunflowers Alicia López, Josefa Morales, Romana González – Blood in May Roque Baños – The Oxford Murders – The Hanged Man Lucio Godoy – The Blind Sunflowers Alberto Iglesias – Che (Part I): The Argentine "A tientas" by Woulfrank Zannou, El Langui – The One-Handed Trick "Podemos volar juntos" by Raul Sánchez Zafra, Juan Pablo Compaired – My Prison Yard "Manousal" by Tao Gutiérrez – Retorno a Hansala "Entre tu balcón y mi Ventana" by Toni Zenet, Javier Laguna, José Taboada – One Word from You Miente El Encargado Final Machu-Pichu Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan La increíble historia del hombre sin sombra El ataque de los kriters asesinos Espagueti Western Malacara y el misterio del bastón de roble Rascal's Street Bucarest, la memoria perdida El pollo, el pez y el cangrejo real El último truco. Emilio Ruiz del Río Old Man Bebo Héroes. No hacen falta alas para volar Harraga La clase Soy Meera Malik
Honorary Goya Jesús Franco
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