12th Goya Awards

Award ceremony for Spanish films of 1997

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The 12th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 31 January 1998.^[1] The gala was hosted by El Gran Wyoming.^[2]

Lucky Star won the award for Best Film.^[3]

Winners and nominees

The nominees^[4] and winners^[5] are listed as follows:

Major award nominees

Best Film *Lucky Star* Martín (Hache) Secrets of the Heart	Best Director Ricardo Franco – Lucky Star Adolfo Aristarain – Martín (Hache) Montxo Armendáriz – Secrets of the Heart
Best Actor Antonio Resines – Lucky Star Javier Bardem – Live Flesh Jordi Mollà – Lucky Star	Best Actress Cecilia Roth – Martín (Hache) Julia Gutiérrez Caba – The Color of the Clouds Maribel Verdú – Lucky Star
Best Supporting Actor José Sancho – Live Flesh Antonio Valero – The Color of the Clouds Juan Jesús Valverde [es] – The Rats [ca]	Best Supporting Actress Charo López – Secrets of the Heart Ángela Molina – Live Flesh Vicky Peña – Secrets of the Heart
Best Original Screenplay Lucky Star – Ricardo Franco and Ángeles González Sinde Familia – Fernando León de Aranoa Secrets of the Heart – Montxo Armendáriz	Best Adapted Screenplay The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Cuca Canals [es] and Bigas Luna Actrius – Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and Ventura Pons Backroads – Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
Best New Actor Andoni Erburu [es] – Secrets of the Heart Manuel Manquiña – Airbag Fernando Ramallo – Backroads	Best New Actress Isabel Ordaz – Chevrolet Paulina Gálvez – Retrato de mujer con hombre al fondo [es] Blanca Portillo – The Color of the Clouds
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film Ashes of Paradise • Argentina The Last Call [es] • Mexico Vertical Love • Cuba	Best European Film The Full Monty • UK Brassed Off • UK The English Patient • UK
Best New Director Fernando León de Aranoa – Familia David Alonso [ca] and Fernando Cámara [es] – Memorias del ángel caído Mireia Ros [es] – La Moños [es]	Best Animated Film *Megasónicos*

Other award nominees

Best Cinematography The Color of the Clouds – Jaume Peracaula [es] The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Patrick Blossier In Praise of Older Women – José Luis Alcaine	Best Editing Airbag – Pablo Blanco [ca] The Color of the Clouds – José María Biurrun [ca] Secrets of the Heart – Rori Sáinz de Rozas [ca]
Best Art Direction Secrets of the Heart – Félix Murcia [es] The Color of the Clouds – Antonio Cortés [ca] In Praise of Older Women – Josep Rosell [ca]	Best Production Supervision Perdita Durango – José Luis Escolar [ca] The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Roberto Manni Comanche Territory – Yousaf Bokhari
Best Sound Secrets of the Heart – Gilles Ortion, Alfonso Pino and Bela María da Costa Time of Happiness – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg [ca] and Eduardo Fernández Martín (hache) – Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg [ca], Carlos Garrido and Ángel Gallardo	Best Special Effects Airbag – Juan Ramón Molina [ca] The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Roberto Ricci Territorio comanche – Reyes Abades and Emilio Ruiz del Río
Best Costume Design The Chambermaid on the Titanic – Franca Squarciapino Perdita Durango – María Estela Fernández and Glenn Ralston The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca – León Revuelta [ca]	Best Makeup and Hairstyles Perdita Durango – José Quetglás [ca] and Mercedes Guillot The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca – Miguel Sesé and Francisca Guillot La herida luminosa – Cristóbal Criado [ca] and Alicia López Medina
Fictional Short Film *Cazadores* Campeones En medio de ninguna parte Hola, mamá Pasaia	Best Original Score Lucky Star – Eva Gancedo [es] Perdita Durango – Simon Boswell Tic Tac [ca] – José Manuel Pagán [ca]

Honorary Goya

Rafael Azcona^[6]

References

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^ "Historia de los Premios Goya. 1998". El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "Estas son las nominaciones de los Premios Goya 1998". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "Estos son los premios de los Premios Goya 1998". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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