Spain’s Goya Awards: J.A. Bayona’s ‘Society of the Snow’ Wins Best Picture, Director as Sigourney Weaver Receives an International Goya
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Netflix Original “The Society of the Snow” won best picture and director for J.A.
Bayona at Saturday night’s 38th Spanish Academy Goya Awards. Those plaudits were two of a total 12 prizes, the third-highest kudos count for any title in the Goyas’ near 40-year history.
The lineup of best picture nominees was, however, a reminder in itself of the high quality and diversity of Spain’s current film production output.
These took in Estibaliz’s Urresola Berlin triple winner “20,000 Species of Bees,” David Trueba’s real-life tender love story “Jokes & Cigarettes,” Isabel Coixet’s probing “Un Amor” and Victor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes,” an “aching ode to film, time and memory,” Variety wrote in its review.
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