Pedro Almodóvar, Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton Receive Individual Nominations as ‘The Room Next Door’ Snubbed in Spanish Academy Goya Best Picture Race
variety.comJamie Lang The 2025 Spanish Academy Goya Award nominations were unveiled today, where the big surprise was Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” being left out of the competition’s best picture category.
Although the film won’t compete for the ceremony’s top honor, Almodóvar and both his lead actors, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, all received individual nods, him for best director and the two performers for best actress.
Titles selected for this year’s best feature category include Marcel Barrena’s “El 47,” “La Estrella Azul” by Javier Macipe, “Segundo Premio” from Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez, “La infiltrada” from Arantxa Echevarría and “Casa en flames” by Dani de la Orden.
In the best director category, Almodóvar will face off against Goya regulars, including “Segundo Premio” co-directors Isaki Lacuesta (best screenplay winner for “One Year, One Night”) and Pol Rodríguez (Spain’s 2025 Oscar submission “Saturn Return”), “La infiltrada’s” Arantxa Echevarría (2019 best new director winner for “Carmen y Lola”), “Marco” co-directors Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño (directors of 2019’s 15-time nominee “The Endless Trench”) and “The Red Virgin’” Paula Ortiz (2016 best director nominee for “The Bride”).
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