12th Goya Awards

The 12th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 31 January 1998.

12th Goya Awards
Date	January 31, 1998
Site	Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid
Hosted by	El Gran Wyoming
Highlights
Best Film	Lucky Star
Best Actor	Antonio Resines Lucky Star
Best Actress	Cecilia Roth Martín (Hache)
Most awards	Lucky Star (5)
Most nominations	Secrets of the Heart (9)
Television coverage
Network	TVE

Lucky Star won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Major award nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Lucky Star Martín (Hache) Secrets of the Heart	Ricardo Franco – Lucky Star Adolfo Aristarain – Martín (Hache) Montxo Armendáriz – Secrets of the Heart
Best Actor	Best Actress
Antonio Resines – Lucky Star Javier Bardem – Live Flesh Jordi Mollà – Lucky Star	Cecilia Roth – Martín (Hache) Julia Gutiérrez Caba – The Colour of the Clouds Maribel Verdú – Lucky Star
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
José Sancho – Live Flesh Antonio Valero – The Colour of the Clouds Juan Jesús Valverde – The Rats	Charo López – Secrets of the Heart Ángela Molina – Live Flesh Vicky Peña – Secrets of the Heart
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Lucky Star – Ricardo Franco and Ángeles González Sinde Family – Fernando León de Aranoa Secrets of the Heart – Montxo Armendáriz	The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Jean-Louis Benoît, Cuca Canals and Bigas Luna Actrius – Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and Ventura Pons Backroads – Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Andoni Erburu – Secrets of the Heart Manuel Manquiña – Airbag Fernando Ramallo – Backroads	Isabel Ordaz – Chevrolet Paulina Gálvez – Retrato de Mujer Con Hombre Al Fondo Blanca Portillo – The Colour of the Clouds
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film	Best European Film
Ashes of Paradise • Argentina The Last Call • Mexico Vertical Love • Cuba	The Full Monty • UK Brassed Off • UK The English Patient • UK
Best New Director	Best Animated Film
Fernando León de Aranoa – Family David Alonso and Fernando Cámara – Memorias del Angel Caído Mireia Ros – La Moños	Megasónicos

Other award nominees

Best Cinematography	Best Editing
The Colour of the Clouds – Jaume Peracaula The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Patrick Blossier In Praise of Older Women – José Luis Alcaine	Airbag – Pablo Blanco The Colour of the Clouds – José María Biurrun Secrets of the Heart – Rosario Sáinz de Rozas
Best Art Direction	Best Production Supervision
Secrets of the Heart – Félix Murcia The Colour of the Clouds – Antonio Cortés In Praise of Older Women – Baltasar Gallart and Josep Rosell	Perdita Durango – José Luis Escolar The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Roberto Manni Comanche Territory – Yousaf Bokhari
Best Sound	Best Special Effects
Secrets of the Heart – Gilles Ortion, Alfonso Pino and Bela María da Costa El Tiempo de la Felicidad – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg and Eduardo Fernández Martín (hache) – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg, Carlos Garrido and Ángel Gallardo	Airbag – Juan Ramón Molina The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Roberto Ricci Territorio comanche – Reyes Abades and Emilio Ruiz
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hairstyles
The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Franca Squarciapino Perdita Durango – María Estela Fernández and Glenn Ralston The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca – León Revuelta	Perdita Durango – José Quetglás and Mercedes Guillot The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca – Miguel Sesé and Francisca Guillot La herida luminosa – Cristóbal Criado and Alicia López Medina
Best Fictional Short Film	Best Original Score
Cazadores Campeones En Medio de Ninguna Parte Hola Mamá Pasaia	Lucky Star – Eva Gancedo Perdita Durango – Simon Boswell Tic tac – José Manuel Pagán

Honorary Goya

• Rafael Azcona