The film 'Los domingos' sweeps the Goya 2026, here is the list of winners

This year's Goya Awards marked a significant, and perhaps, seismic shift for Basque cinema as films from the region collected the most coveted prizes.

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Los domingos, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa's drama about a teenager who is considering joining a cloistered convent, won best film, direction, original screenplay, leading actress and supporting actress. A sweep that left little room for the rest.

Patricia López Arnaiz picked up her second best Actress Goya for her role as the progressive Aunt Maite: "I have the feeling that she already existed inside me," she said of her character.

Nagore Aramburu, in the role of the mother superior, won the best supporting actress award.

José Ramón Soroiz's lead role in Maspalomas, completed the triumph of the performers from the north by winning the best actor prize for giving life to a septuagenarian homosexual who returns to the wardrobe after suffering a stroke. "May all the Vicentes of the world be very happy," he said on picking up the award.

Ruiz de Azúa is the fourth woman to win the Goya for best director, after Icíar Bollaín, Isabel Coixet and Pilar Miró, a fact she recognised when she collected the prize.

Sirat' and 'Sorda', the night's other big winners

With six technical statuettes, photography, editing, sound, soundtrack, art direction and production direction, 'Sirat', by Oliver Laxe, was the most awarded film in terms of the total number of Goyas, although it failed to pick up any of the major categories.

The sound team, made up entirely of women and with an Oscar nomination in their pocket, seized the moment: "We hope this is the beginning of a real change in parity behind the scenes".

Sorda, by Eva Libertad, was the other surprise of the evening with three awards: new director, new actress for Miriam Garlo, the first deaf actress to win a Goya, and supporting actor for Álvaro Cervantes.

Garlo shared the award "with all deaf women" and defended accessible cinema. Cervantes, for his part, used his speech to introduce a concept he had learned while filming: "This film taught me a word: capacitism".

The Goya for best documentary went to Albert Serra and his 'Tardes de soledad', a portrait of bullfighting, while the best song went to 'Flores para Antonio', which Alba Flores dedicated to her father amidst the emotion of the audience.

A gala with an eye on the world

The presenters, Luis Tosar and Rigoberta Bandini, kicked off the ceremony by recalling Spanish cinema's tradition of taking a stand against violence, from ETA to Gaza. The image of the watermelon stickers on the red carpet and several combative speeches set the political tone of the evening.

Susan Sarandon, this year's recipient of the International Goya, called for "action". Belén Fonzsi, winner of the best Ibero-American film award for Belén, issued a warning to the Argentinean public about the far-right. And Gonzalo Suárez, Goya of Honour, told a story with veiled allusions to Trump to defend cinema as "the last redoubt for daydreaming".

Among the most emotional moments, Belén Aguilera and Dani Fernández performed 'Si te vas', by Robe Iniesta, during the tribute to the year's deceased. The music, with performances by Ana Mena and La Casa Azul, and the opening with Tosar and Bandini singing Serrat provided the festive counterpoint to a gala that, in its 40th edition, was as much a celebration as a statement.

List of all the winners of the Goya Awards 2026

BEST FILM

'Los domingos' (Sundays)

BEST DIRECTOR

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, for 'Los domingos' (Sundays)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jose Ramón Soroiz, for 'Maspalomas' (Maspalomas)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Patricia López Arnaiz, for 'Los Domingos'.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Nagore Aramburu, for 'Los domingos'.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Álvaro Cervantes, for 'Sorda'.

BEST NEWCOMER ACTRESS

Miriam Garlo, for 'Sorda' (Deaf)

BEST NEWCOMER ACTOR

Antonio "Toni" Fernández Gabarre, for 'Ciudad sin sueño'.

BEST NEW DIRECTOR

Eva Libertad, for 'Sorda

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, for 'Los domingos'.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira and Yolanda García Serrano, for 'La cena'.

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

Kangding Ray, for 'Sirât'.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Flores para Antonio", by Alba Flores and Silvia Pérez Cruz, for 'Flores para Antonio'.

BEST PRODUCTION DIRECTION

Oriol Maymó, for 'Sirât'.

BEST DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Mauro Herce, 'Sirât'.

BEST EDITING

Cristóbal Fernández, 'Sirât'.

BEST ART DIRECTION

Sirât

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP

'El cautivo' (The Captive)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Helena Sanchis, 'La cena' (The Dinner)

BEST SOUND

Sirât' (Sirât)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

'Los tigres' (The tigers)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

'Decorado' (Decorated)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Tardes de soledad' (Afternoons of Loneliness)

BEST IBERO-AMERICAN FILM

Belén' (Argentina)

BEST EUROPEAN FILM

Sentimental Courage' (Norway)

BEST FICTION SHORT FILM

Dead Angle

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

'El santo' (Spain)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Gilbert

INTERNATIONAL GOYA

Susan Sarandon