Creatura, Elena Martín’s drama about female sexuality, won the Gaudí award for best film last night. The film, written by Martín in four hands with Clara Roquet, tells the story of Mila, who settles in her family home in Empordà with her boyfriend. The girl tries to make sex special, but she has problems achieving pleasure. Oriol Pla, who plays Mila’s partner, tells her that he feels like he is not a man and little by little they distance themselves from her, which causes even more anxiety in the girl.
The film, which screened at Cannes and won the award for best European film in the Directors’ Fortnight section, also won recognition for Martín as best director at yesterday’s gala. In addition, the film earned Clàudia Malagelada the Gaudí award for best breakthrough performance, her co-star Clara Segura the award for best supporting actress, and Alex Brendemühl the award for best supporting actor.
The film swept Gaudí with a sixth for best editing, which went to Ariadna Ribas. Creatura premiered in theaters last September, but viewers who missed it can catch it on Filmin and Movistar. The film still has some way to go because it is nominated for four Goya awards.
Another of the winners of the night was Saben That, David Trueba’s biopic about the comedian Eugenio. David Verdaguer gets into Eugenio’s shoes, he moves like him, he talks like him, he sings like him. His performance earned him the Gaudí award for best actor. Eugenio was accompanied by his wife, Conchita, played by Carolina Yuste, who won the award for best actress.
The film was released in November, but can be recovered on several platforms: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Movistar, Google Play Movies and YouTube. As with Creatura, Saben Aquell still has a long way to go, because she is nominated for 11 Goyas and Verdaguer, who already won the Feroz 15 days ago, is the favorite to win the award for best actor.
You know that one also earned a few technical Gaudís: best production direction, best artistic direction, best costumes, best sound and best makeup and hairdressing.
20,000 Species of Bees is another of the films of the year. The film by Estibaliz Urresola won at the Berlinale, won at the Malaga Festival and won at the Feroz as best drama. The story of Aitor, a boy who feels like a girl, is also one of the favorites for the Goya, as it has 15 nominations.
Last night it won the award for best film in a non-Catalan language and the award for best new director, which went to Urresola. It also won the Gaudí award for best photography, which went to Gina Ferrer. 20,000 species of bees hit the big screen in April and is now available on Filmin, Google Play Movies, Movistar, Apple TV and Amazon Play Video.
Robot Dreams, which is nominated for the Oscars, yesterday won the Gaudí award for best animated film and also the award for best original music, composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga. Pablo Berger’s film that tells the tender story of Dog, a lonely dog ??who builds a robot to have company, can be seen on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Repelis.
Claudia Pinto directs the documentary Metre seguirs tu. Pinto is a friend of actress Carme Elias, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. The film captures the relationship of the interpreter with her illness. The film won the Gaudí for best documentary. Metre Continua tu opens this Friday in theaters, so viewers will be able to see it on the big screen.
The Snow Society, Juan Antonio Bayona’s film that recreates the plane crash in the Andes that shocked the world in 1972, only participated in the best European film category and won its Gaudí award. The film, which is nominated for an Oscar, is a Netflix production and is available on this platform.
The teacher who promised the sea tells the true story of Antonio Benaiges, a teacher who in 1934 moved to the tiny Burgos town of Bañuelos de Bureba to apply the most advanced pedagogical techniques in his small school. The film, directed by Patricia Font and starring Enric Auquer, won the special audience award at last night’s gala. The Master Who Promised the Sea, which premiered in November, can be picked up on Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Free, and fuboTV.
