‘The 47’, ‘Undercover’ lead nominations for Spain’s Goya Awards | News

Local hits The 47 and Undercover lead the nominations for Spain’s 2025 Goya Awards, with 14 and 13 nods respectively.

Rock drama Saturn Return and Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winner The Room Next Door are also high up on the list of nominees.

The Goya winners will be announced at a ceremony in Granada on February 8.

Marcel Barrena’s The 47, produced by The Mediapro Studio, tells the story of a working-class community in the hills of Barcelona and its struggle to get public transport and better living conditions. It has grossed €3m at the Spanish box office to date. 

The 47’s 14 nominations include best film, best original screenplay, best supporting actress and best recent actress.

Undercover, about a policewoman that infiltrates the terrorist group ETA at the end of the 1990s, earned its star Carolina Yuste earn a best actress nomination, alongside director and screenwriter nods for Arantxa Echevarría. It has grossed €7.8m at the local box office.

Almodóvar’s V The Room Next Door received 10 nominations including best director, best original screenplay and best actress for both Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, However, the English-language film has not been nominated for best film, 

Saturn Return, inspired by iconic indie rock band Los Planetas and set in the delayed 1990s in Granada, received 11 nominations. Directed by Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez, it won best film, best director and best editing at the Malaga Film Festival in March 2024. 

Further contenders include Paula Ortiz’s period political drama The Red Virgin that premiered at San Sebastian (nine nominations); Dani de la Orden’s A House On Fire, which opened the BCN Film Fest; and San Sebastian’s New Directors 2023 title The Blue Star directed by Javier Macipe (both on eight).

Eduard Fernández, who also stars in The 47, was nominated for Marco, a true-life story of a imitation Holocaust survivor that premiered at Venice Orizzonti which scored five nods in total, including best director for Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño.

Key Goya nominations 

Best film