SPAIN (Agencies/Photo: AFP) Last night were the Bafta Awards in the UK, and also their equivalent in Spain, the Goyas. Over here it was the night for a film shot in Catalan but populated principally by Basques.
Pa negre took nine of the 14 prizes it was nominated for: Best Film, Best Director (Agustí Villaronga, photo), Best Actress (Nora Navas) and Supporting Actress (Laia Marull), Best New Actress (Marina Comas) and Actor (Francesc Colomer), Best Artistic Direction, Original Screenplay and Photography.
También la lluvia, directed by Iciar Bollain, took three Goyas (Best Supporting Actor, Music and Production Direction), as did
Buried (Sound, Screenplay and Production). Javier Bardem, whose film
Biutiful, was at the top of the odds list but only won one Goya: Best Actor, for his interpretation.>
