Goya Film Awards: ‘20,000 Species Of Bees’ & Netflix Survival Drama ‘Society Of The Snow’ Dominate Nominations

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20,000 Species Of Bees, the debut film by Basque filmmaker Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, and Society Of The Snow, J. A. Bayona’s survival drama for Netflix, have dominated the nominations at this year’s Goya Film Awards.

The nominations for Spain’s premiere film awards event were released this morning. 20,000 species of bees clocked 15 noms, including best film, screenplay, and best new director. Bayona’s Society Of The Snow clocked 13 noms, also landing in best film. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice trails behind with 11 nominations for his comeback feature Close Your Eyes, starring Ana Torrent.

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20,000 Species Of Bees debuted at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where lead actor Sofía Otero took the silver bear for best leading performance. The film is set during a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping and follows an eight-year-old and her mother experiencing revelations that will change their lives forever.

Bayona’s Society Of The Snow closed this year’s Venice Film Festival. Based on the book of the same name by Pablo Vierci, first published in 2008, the film charts the story of the 45 people who, on October 13, 1972, boarded Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 from Montevideo to Chile. There were five crew members on board and 40 passengers, including 19 members of the Old Christians Club rugby team. Tragedy struck when the pilot began his descent too early, crashing into the Andes and killing 12 immediately. The survivors clung to the belief that help was coming, but none did. After weeks of hunger, having exhausted everything in the plane’s hold, they were forced to do the unthinkable and eat the flesh of those who had died. The story was told by Frank Marshall in the 1993 pic Alive. The film is Spain’s pick for the Best International Feature Oscar race.

The 2024 Goya Film Awards take place in Valladolid on February 10. Scroll down for the full list of noms.

Best Film:

20,000 Species of Bees

Close Your Eyes

Society Of The Snow

They Know That

One Love.

Best Direction:

Víctor Erice (Close Your Eyes)

Elena Martín (Creatura)

JA Bayona (Society Of The Snow)

David Trueba (They Know That)

Isabel Coixet (Un Amor).

Best Leading Actress:

Patricia López Arnaiz (20,000 species of bees)

María Vázquez (Matria)

Malena Alterio (Let Nobody Sleep)

Carolina Yuste (They Know That)

Laia Costa (One Love)

Best Leading Actor:

Manolo Solo (Close Your Eyes)

Enric Auquer (The Master Who Promised the Sea)

David Verdaguer (They Know That)

Hovik Keuchkerian (Un Amor)

Alberto Ammann (Upon Entry).

Best Animated Film:

They Shot the Pianist

The Sultana’s Dream

Hanna and the Monsters

Mummies and Robot Dreams.

Best Documentary Film:

Caleta Palace

With you, with you and without me

This Excessive Ambition

Iberia: Infinite Nature

While You’re Still You

Best Original Music:

The Master Who Promised the Sea

The Antares Paradox

Society of the Snow

Robot Dreams

They Know That

Best Editing:

20,000 species of bees

Close your eyes

Society of the Snow

Mamacruz

Robot Dreams.

Best Production Direction:

20,000 Species of Bees

Close Your Eyes

Society of the Snow

They Know That

Valley of Shadows.

Best Original Song:

Eco, by Xoel López (Amigos hasta la muerte)

Chinas, by Marina Herlop (Chinas)

Andrea’s love, by Álvaro B. Baglietto, David García, Guille Galván, Jorge González, Juan Pedro Martín “Pucho”, Juanma Latorre, Valeria Castro (Andrea’s love)

The little chicken, by Fernando Moresi Haberman and Sergio Bertran (La imatge permanent),

I only want love, by Rigoberta Bandini (I am loving you madly).

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

20,000 species of bees

Society of the Snow

Tenderness,

They Know That

Valley of Shadows.

Best Costume Design:

20,000 Species of Bees

The Master Who Promised the Sea

The Movie Teller

Society of the Snow

You Know That.

Best Supporting Actress:

Ane Gabarain (20,000 species of bees)

Itziar Lazcano, (20,000 species of bees)

Clara Segura (Creatura)

Ana Torrent (Close your eyes)

Luisa Gavasa (The teacher who promised the sea).

Best Supporting Actor:

Martxelo Rubio (20,000 species of bees)

Juan Carlos Vellido (Under therapy)

Jose Coronado (Close your eyes)

Álex Brendemühl (Creatura)

Hugo Silva (One love).

Best Fiction Short Film:

Although it’s night

Letter to my mother for my son

Divine accounts

The crazy woman and the feminist

Paris 70

Best Documentary Short Film:

Ava

BLOW!

The Bus

Heiresses

A Shit Therapy

Best Animated Short Film:

Internships

To bird or not to bird

Todo bien

Todo esdido

Txotxongiloa

Best Ibero-American Film:

Alma viva (Portugal)

La memoria infinite (Chile)

La pecera (Puerto Rico)

Puan (Argentina)

Simón (Venezuela).

Best New Actor:

Brianeitor (Campeonex)

Julio Hu Chen (Chinas)

Matías Recalt (The Snow Society)

La Dani (I am loving you madly)

Omar Banana (I am loving you madly).

Best New Actress:

Xinyi Ye (Chinas)

Yeju Ji (Chinas)

Clàudia Malagelada (Creatura)

Sara Becker (The Movie Teller)

Janet Novás (O corno)

Best Art Direction:

20,000 Species of Bees

Close Your Eyes

The Movie Teller

Society Of The Snow

You Know That

Best Special Effects:

20,000 Species of Bees

The Hermitage

Society Of The Snow

Tin & Tina

Valley of Shadows

Best Cinematography:

20,000 Species of Bees

Closing Your Eyes

Society Of The Snow

One Love

One Night with Adela

Best Sound:

20,000 species of bees

CampeoneX

Close your eyes

Society Of The Snow

They Know That

Best Original Screenplay:

Estibaliz Urresola (20,000 species of bees)

Michel Gaztambide and Víctor Erice (Close your eyes)

Alejandro Marín and Carmen Garrido (I’m loving you madly)

Félix Viscarret (A life not so simple)

Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez (Upon Entry).

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Albert Val (The Master Who Promised the Sea)

Bernat Vilaplana, JA Bayona, Jaime Marques-Olarreaga and Nicolás Casariego (The Snow Society)

Pablo Berger (Robot Dreams)

Albert Espinosa

David Trueba (They know that one)

Isabel Coixet and Laura Ferrero (Un amor).

Best European Film:

Aftersun (United Kingdom)

Anatomy of a Fall (France)

The Eight Mountains (Italy)

Safe Place (Croatia)

Teacher’s Room (Germany).

Best New Director:

Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (20,000 species of bees)

Itsaso Arana (The Girls Are Fine)

Álvaro Gago (Matria)

Alejandro Marín (I’m Loving You Madly)

Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez (Upon Entry).

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