23rd Goya Awards

The 23rd Goya Awards were given in 2009 to honour the best in Spanish filmmaking of 2008.

23rd Goya Awards
Date	February 1, 2009
Site	Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid
Hosted by	Carmen Machi and Muchachada Nui
Highlights
Best Film	Camino
Best Actor	Benicio del Toro Che (Part I): The Argentine
Best Actress	Carme Elías Camino
Most awards	Camino (6)
Most nominations	The Blind Sunflowers (15)
Television coverage
Network	TVE

Camino won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Major awards

Best Film	Best Director
Camino The Blind Sunflowers Just Walking The Oxford Murders	Javier Fesser – Camino José Luis Cuerda – The Blind Sunflowers Álex de la Iglesia – The Oxford Murders Agustín Díaz Yanes – Just Walking
Best Actor	Best Actress
Benicio del Toro – Che (Part I): The Argentine Raúl Arévalo – The Blind Sunflowers Javier Cámara – Chef's Special Diego Luna – Just Walking	Carme Elías – Camino Maribel Verdú – The Blind Sunflowers Verónica Echegui – My Prison Yard Ariadna Gil – Just Walking
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jordi Dauder – Camino José Ángel Egido – The Blind Sunflowers Fernando Tejero – Chef's Special José María Yazpik – Just Walking	Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Elvira Mínguez – Cowards Rosana Pastor – The El Escorial Conspiracy Tina Sáinz – Sangre de mayo
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Camino – Javier Fesser Ashes of Heaven – Ignacio del Moral, Dionisio Pérez and José Antonio Quirós Just Walking – Agustín Díaz Yanes Return to Hansala – Chus Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Rubio	The Blind Sunflowers – Rafael Azcona and Jose Luis Cuerda Che (Part I): The Argentine – Peter Buchman The Oxford Murders – Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia One Word from You – Ángeles González Sinde
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
El Langui – El Truco del Manco Luis Bermejo – One Word from You Álvaro Cervantes – The Hanged Man Martiño Rivas – The Blind Sunflowers	Nerea Camacho – Camino Farah Hamed – Return to Hansala Esperanza Pedreño – One Word from You Ana Wagener – My Prison Yard
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film	Best European Film
The Good Life • Chile Acné • Uruguay Dog Eat Dog • Colombia Lake Tahoe • Mexico	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • UK The Dark Knight • UK The Edge of Heaven • Germany
Best New Director	Best Animated Film
Santiago Zannou – El Truco del Manco Irene Cardona – A Fiancé for Yasmina Belén Macías – My Prison Yard Nacho Vigalondo – Timecrimes	Missing Lynx Donkey Xote Spirit of the Forest RH+, El Vampiro de Sevilla

Other award nominees

Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Just Walking – Paco Femenia The Blind Sunflowers – Hans Burman The El Escorial Conspiracy – Carlos Suárez Sangre de mayo – Félix Monti	The Oxford Murders – Alejandro Lázaro The Blind Sunflowers – Nacho Ruiz Capillas Just Walking – José Salcedo Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission - Save the Planet – Iván Aledo
Best Art Direction	Best Production Supervision
Che (Part I): The Argentine – Antxon Gomez The Blind Sunflowers – Balter Gallart Blood of May – Gil Parrondo La Conjura de El Escorial – Luis Vallés	The Oxford Murders – Rosa Romero Che (Part I): The Argentine – Cristina Zumárraga The Blind Sunflowers – Emiliano Otegui Just Walking – Rafael Cuervo and María Pedraza
Best Sound	Best Special Effects
Before the Fall – Jorge Mira, Jorge Marín, Maite Rivera and Daniel de Zayas The Blind Sunflowers – Ricardo Steinberg, María Steinberg and Alfonso Raposo Sangre de mayo – Miguel Rejas and José Antonio Bermúdez Just Walking – Pierre Gamet, Christophe Vingtrinier and Patrice Grisolet	Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Save The Planet – Raúl Romanillos, Pau Costa, José Quetglas, Eduardo Díaz, Álex Grau and Chema Remacha Camino – Raúl Romanillos, Arturo Balseiro and Ferrán Piquer Blood of May – Juan Ramón Molina and Alberto Nombela Just Walking – Alejandro Vázquez, Reyes Abades and Rafa Solórzano
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hairstyles
El Greco – Lala Huete The Blind Sunflowers – Sonia Grande The El Escorial Conspiracy – Javier Artiñano Sangre de mayo – Lourdes de Orduña	Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Save The Planet – José Quetglas, Blanca Sánchez and Mar Paradela La Conjura de El Escorial – José Quetglas and Nieves Sánchez The Blind Sunflowers – Silvie Ymbert and Fermín Galán Blood of May – Romana González, Alicia López and Josefa Morales
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Oxford Murders – Roque Baños The Blind Sunflowers – Lucio Godoy Che (Part I): The Argentine – Alberto Iglesias The Hanged Man – Bingen Mendizábal	"A Tientas" by Woulfrank Zannou and El Langui – El Truco del Manco "Podemos Volar juntos" by Juan Pablo Compaire – El Patio de Mi Cárcel "Manousal" by Tao Gutiérrez – Retorno a Hansala "Entre Tu Balcón y Mi Ventana" by Javier Laguna, José Ángel Tabeada and Antonio Manuel Mellado – One Word from You
Best Fictional Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
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
Best Documentary Film	Best Documentary Short Film
Bucarest, La Memoria Perdida El Pollo, El Pez y El Cangrejo Real El Último Truco Old Man Bebo	Héroes. No Hacen Falta Alas Para Volar Harraga La Clase Soy Meera Malik

Honorary Goya

• Jesús Franco