Family Drama ‘Sundays’ Beats ‘Sirāt’ at Spain’s Goya Awards
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s Basque family drama Sundays beat out Oliver Laxe’s Oscar-nominated techno-tracked dystopian drama Sirāt to take top prize at the Goya Awards, Spain’s top film honors. Sundays won best picture, director, best actress for star Patricia López Arnaíz, and best original screenplay, alongside a supporting actress win for Nagore Aramburu. The film won San Sebastián’s Golden Shell in September, and was the consensus choice for the Spanish film academy, who members vote on the Goyas. Sirāt, which won Cannes’ Jury Prize last year and is Spain’s contender for the best international feature Oscar, as well as an Academy Award contender for best sound, did not go home empty handed. Laxe’s feature won six Goyas at the event, held in Barcelona on Saturday night, scoring trophies for best sound, cinematography, editing and original score. Another multiple-prize winner was Eva Libertad’s Deaf, a drama following a deaf woman navigating pregnancy and motherhood with a hearing partner, which won Goyas for best new director, best supporting actor and best new actress for star Miriam Garlo. …
