‘Sundays’ and ‘Sirāt’ Lead Goya Awards Nominations

Sundays (Los domingos) by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa lead the nominations for the Goya awards with 13 nominations, followed by Sirāt by Oliver Laxe with 11.

Sundays follows a teenage woman pondering about the possibility of joining a cloistered convent, causing a rift in her family. It world premiered at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival where it won the Golden Shell.

Sirāt follows a father in search of his missing daughter, along with his son and a group of ravers in the deserts of southern Morocco. It world premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.

Sundays and Sirāt are nominated for Best Picture along with The Dinner, Maspalomas, and Deaf.

The Goya awards will be presented on February 28 in Barcelona.

The 2026 Goya Awards Nominations

Best Picture

The Dinner
Sundays
Maspalomas
Sirāt
Deaf

Best Director

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays
Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga – Maspalomas
Carla Simón – Pilgrimage
Oliver Laxe – Sirāt
Albert Serra – Afternoons of Solitude

Best New Director

Soda Ion – Balearic
Jaume Claret Muxart – Strange River
Gemma Blasco – The Fury
Gerard Oms – Away
Eva Libertad – Deaf

Best Original Screenplay

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays
Jose Mari Goenaga – Maspalomas
Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol – Sirāt
Agustín Díaz Yanes – She Walks in Darkness (Un fantasma en la batalla) (A ghost in the battle)
Avelina Prat – The Portuguese House

Best Adapted Screenplay

Guillermo Galoe and Víctor Alonso-Berbel – Sleepless City
Celia Rico Clavellino – The Good Manners (La buena letra) (The Good Handwriting)
Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira and Yolanda García Serrano – Dinner
Carla Simón – Pilgrimage
Eva Libertad – Deaf

Best Actress

Angela Cervantes – The Fury (La furia)
Patricia López Arnaiz – Sundays
Antonia Zegers – The Exiles
Nora Navas – My Friend Eva
Susana Abaitua – She Walks in Darkness (Un fantasma en la batalla) (A ghost in the battle)

Best Actor

Alberto San Juan – Dinner
Miguel Garcés – Sundays
Jose Ramon Soroiz – Maspalomas
Mario Casas – Away
Manolo Solo – The Portuguese House

Best Supporting Actress

Elvira Mínguez – Dinner
Nagore Aramburu – Sundays
Miryam Gallego – Romería
Elena Iureta – Deaf
Maria de Medeiros – The Portuguese House

Best Supporting Actor

Miguel Rellán – The Captive
Juan Minujín – Sundays
Kandido Uranga – Maspalomas
Tamar Novas – Band Together
Álvaro Cervantes – Deaf

Best New Actress

Nora Hernández – Dinner
Blanca Soroa – Sundays
Elvira Lara – The Turtle
Lucía García – Romería
Miriam Garlo – Deaf

Best New Actor

Antonio ‘Toni’ Fernández Gabarre – Sleepless City
Julio Peña – The Captive
Hugo Welzel – Enemies
Jan Monter Palau – Strange River
Mitch – Romería

Best Original Score

Carla F. Benedicto – The Talent
Iván Palomares de la Encina – Leo & Lou
Julio de la Rosa – Los Tigres
Aránzazu Calleja – Maspalomas
Kangding Ray – Sirât

Best Original Song

La Arepera by Paloma Peñarrubia Ruiz – White Roses fall!
Flores para Antonio by Alba Flores and Sílvia Pérez Cruz – Flores para Antonio
Hasta que me quede sin voz by Leiva, – Hasta que me quede sin voz
Y mientras tanto, canto by Victor Manuel – Dinner
Caminar el tiempo by Blanca Paloma Ramos, Jose Pablo Polo and Luis Ivars – Hidden Murder

Better Production Supervision

Antonello Novellino – Sleepless City
Sergio Díaz Bermejo – The Captive
Itziar García Zubiri – Sundays
Begoña Muñoz Corcuera – Los Tigres
Oriol Maymó – Sirāt

Best Cinematography

Rui Pocas – Sleepless City
Bet Rourich – Sundays
Pau Esteve Birba – Los Tigres
Javier Agirre Erauso – Maspalomas
Mauro Herce – Sirāt

Best Editing

Victoria Lammers – Sleepless City
Andrés Gil – Sundays
José MG Moyano – Los Tigres
Cristóbal Fernández – Sirāt
Bernat Vilaplana – She Walks in Darkness (Un fantasma en la batalla) (A ghost in the battle)

Best Art Direction

Juan Pedro de Gaspar – The Captive
Koldo Vallés, – Dinner
Pepe Domínguez del Olmo – Los Tigres
Mikel Serrano, – Maspalomas
Laia Ateca Source – Sirāt

Best Costume Design

Nicoletta Taranta – The Captive
Nerea Torrijos – Gaua
Helena Sanchis – Dinner
Ana Martínez Fesser – Sundays
Anna Aguilà – Romería

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver and Nacho Díaz – The Captive
Patricia López and Paco Rodríguez H., Nacho Díaz – Gaua
Sarai Rodríguez, David Moreno and Óscar del Monte – The Truce
Karmele Soler and Sergio Pérez Berbel – Maspalomas
Zaira Eva Adén – Sirāt

Best Sound

Aitor Berenguer, Gabriel Gutiérrez and Candela Palencia – The Captive
Andrea Sáenz Pereiro and Mayte Cabrera – Sundays
Daniel de Zayas, Gabriel Gutiérrez and Candela Palencia – Los Tigres
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas – Sirāt
Urko Garai, Enrique G. Bermejo and Alejandro Castillo – Deaf

Best Special Effects

César Moreno, Ana Rubio and Juanma Nogales – Enemies
Jon Serrano, Mariano García Marty, David Heras and Iñaki Gil ‘Ketxu’ – Gaua
Oscar Abades and Carmen Garcia – Los Tigres
Pep Claret and Benjamin Ageorges – Sirāt
Jon Serrano, Mariano García Marty and Laura Pedro – She Walks in Darkness (Un fantasma en la batalla) (A ghost in the battle)

Best Animated Feature

Awakening Beauty, directed by Manuel H. Martín and Amparo Martínez Barco
Decorado, directed by Alberto Vázquez
The Treasure of Barracuda, directed by Adrià García
Norbert, directed by José Corral Llorente
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, directed by Irene Iborra

Best Documentary Feature

Todos somos Gaza – Hernán Zin
Eloy de la Iglesia. Adicto al cine – Gaizka Urresti
Flores para Antonio – Elena Molina, Isaki Lacuesta
Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra
The Sleeper. El caravaggio perdido – Álvaro Longoria

Best Ibero-American Film

Belén (Argentina)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Chile)
La piel del agua (Costa Rica)
Manas (Brazil)
A Poet (Colombia)

Best European film

Conclave (United Kingdom)
The girl with the needle (Denmark)
On falling (Portugal)
A Simple Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway)

Best Fictional Short Film

Ángulo muerto, directed by Cristian Beteta
De sucre, directed by Claudia Cedó
El cuento de una noche de verano directed by María Herrera
Sexo a los 70, directed by Vanesa Romero
Una cabeza en la pared, directed by Manuel Manrique

Best Short Documentary Film

Dissonancia, directed by Raquel Larrosa
El Santo, directed by Carlo D’Ursi
La conversación que nunca tuvimos, directed by Cristina Urgel
The Painter’s Room, directed by María Colomer Canyelles
Zona Wao, directed by Nagore Eceiza Mugica

Best Animated Short Film

Buffet paraiso, directed by Héctor Zafra and Santi Amézqueta
Carmela, directed by Vicente Mallols
El corto de Rubén, directed by Jose Maria Fernandez de Vega
El estado del Alma directed by Sara Naves
Gilbert, directed by Jordi Jiménez