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Isabel Coixet's The Bookshop was the big winner at the Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars) last night.
The film, which adapts Penelope Lively's tale of a widow who opens a book store in a small town, took home the prizes for best film, best director and best adapted screenplay. It is only the second time an English language film has been named best picture - with Coixet making it a double after 2006's The Secret Life Of Words.
Also winning multiple prizes on the night was Basque film Giant (Handia), directed by Aitor Arrewgi and Jon Garano, which picked up awards for Javier Agirre Erauso's cinematography, Pascal Gaigne's score and a new actor performance award for Eneko Sagardoy as the titular character among a host of other technical gongs.
The best first feature went to Carla Simon's autobiographical Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993) - Spain's foreign language Oscar nominee. It also scooped two acting prizes - best supporting actor for David Verdaguer and the new actress award for Bruna Cusi, who play an uncle and aunt who adopt their young niece after the death of her mum from AIDS complications.
Javier Gutiérrez was named best actor for his turn as a frustrated wannabe writer in The Motive (El Autor), while Adelfa Calvo won the supporting actress prize for her scene-stealing turn as a gossipy building supervisor in the same film. Nathalie Poza was named best actress for Can't Say Goodbye (No Se Decir Adios).
The full list of winners is below:
Best Film - The Bookshop Best Director - Isabel Coixet for The Bookshop
Best New Director Carla Simon for Summer 1993
Best Original Screenplay - Aitor Arregi, Andoni de Carlos, Jon Garano, Jose Maria Goenaga for Giant
Best Adapted Screenplay - Isabel Coixet for The Bookshop
Best Original Score - Pascal Gaigne for Giant
Best Original Song - Leiva” by Alexi Delano for Holy Camp! (La Llamada)
Best Actor - Javier Gutierrez for The Motive (El Autor)
Best Actress - Nathalie Poza for Can't Say Goodbye (No Se Decir Adios)
Best Supporting Actor - David Verdaguer for Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993)
Best Supporting Actress - Adelfa Calvo for The Motive (El Autor)
Best New Actor - Eneko Sagardoy for Giant
Best New Actress - Bruna Cusí for Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993)
Production Design - Ander Sistiago for Giant
Cinematography - Javier Agirre for Giant
Editing - Laurent Dufreche, Raul Lopez for Giant
Artistic Director - Mikel Serrano for Giant
Wardrobe - Saioa Lara for Giant
Makeup and Hair - Ainhoa Eskisabel, Olga Cruz, Gorka Aguirre for Giant
Sound - Aitor Berenguer for Veronica
Special Effects - David Heras, Jon Serrano for Giant
Animated Feature - Tad The Lost Explorer And The Secret Of King Midas (Tadeo Jones 2: El secreto del Rey Midas), by David Alonso and Enrique Gato
Documentary Feature - Lots Of Kids, A Monkey And A Castle (Muchos Hijos, Un Mono y Un Castillo), by Gustavo Salmerón
Ibero-American Film A Fantastic Woman by Sebastian Lelio
European Film - The Square by Ruben Ostlund
Fiction Short - Madre by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Documentary Short - Los Desheredados by Laura Ferrées
Animated Short - Woody & Woody by Jaume Carrio
Honorary Goya - Marisa Paredes
