Los Goya Awards They always have room for emotion, which is the essence of this celebration of Spanish cinema. This 38th edition has been no less, leaving us with numerous moments that cannot be easily erased from memory.
Jose Sacristan went on stage to remember Juan Marine, Honorary Goya in 2024. Juan Antonio Bayona He gave the International Goya to Sigourney Weaver, who he worked with A monster comes to see me (2016). The Javis They reviewed the memories of past galas and Ana Belén paid tribute to Concha Velasco. There was space to speak against sexual violence and abuses of power about women, as was also requested on several occasions the cessation of the conflict in Gaza.
The list of emotional moments goes on, but what cannot be overlooked is the In Memoriam, the memory of those who passed away this year. After the speech of Fernando Méndez-Leite, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Ana Belén and the Javis appeared again, this time dressed in black. They began a deep conversation in which the actress and singer left one of the most beautiful phrases of the night: “Falling in love with cinema is falling in love with life.”
Silvia Pérez Cruz and Salvador Sobral They began the tribute with their performance of the song I try to forget you, song composed by Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena. In the farewell sense there was room for great figures such as Concha Velasco, icon of Spanish cinema and television and from Valladolid by birth who was remembered in her hometown.
The actresses Itziar Castro and Daniela Costa, the comedian Raul Arevalo or the director Patricia Ferreira were other personalities who had a special place in the In Memoriam, as well as the incomparable Carmen Sevilla, the actress, singer and presenter who left us in mid-2023.
The critic and journalist were also remembered Carlos Pumeres, the director and screenwriter Ventura Pons, the comedian and ventriloquist Mary Carmen, actors Francisco Vidal and José Ruiz Lifante, or the actresses Ana Ofelia MurguÃa and Laura Valenzuela, among many others. Outside the world of cinema, mentions of the poet and playwright also stand out. Antonio Gala or the cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez.
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