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TOMORROW, February 8, Spain holds its ‘Goyas 2025′ – the Spanish version of the Oscars Awards.
The show will be broadcast live in Spanish at 10pm by RTVE 1. The 39th edition is a great reason to watch: it will take place in Andalucia, and three Spanish stars we know will present the statuettes (Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, and Antonio Banderas).
Nominees for Best Film are: “Casa en Flames”, “El 47”, “La Estrella Azul” and “La Infiltrada”.
Many of us know who Pedro Almodóvar is (director of ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ among many others). It’s true, he is nominated in the Best Director category for his latest film, “The Next Room”, with English actress Tilda SWinton.
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We at The Olive Press predict that not only will Almodóvar win Best Director, but “The Next Room” will be the most talked-about film of 2025. Remember where you heard it first! (Tilda Swinton is also up for the ‘Best Actress’ Goya for this film – and we reckon she’s going to win!)
We already know the winner of Saturday’s International Goya for Lifetime Achievement. The Spanish Academy will honour Richard Gere, the heart-throb.
Antonio Banderas is Málaga’s favourite son and probably – after Pablo Picasso – its most famous star. He’s done everything from screwball comedy (‘Labyrinth of Passion’) to voicing-over the Shrek movies.
He is widely respected for, alongside his friend Pedro Almodóvar, bringing about a renaissance in Spanish cinema in the 1980s. He has two Goyas to his name, but has not yet won an Oscar.
Penelope Cruz has a global following (she is Chanel’s ambassador!)), but in Spain she is subjected to a little mild mickey-taking because she is the perfect example of an ‘Alcobendas girl’.
Alcobendas is the suburb of Madrid where all the spoilt, posh, privileged kids come from, so if she were English, she’d be from Hampstead and she’d be called ‘Arabella’.
She proved her acting skills in 2008 when she starred in the Woody Allen-directed film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”. This film also helped her establish herself in America, where she currently earns a living. She has three Goyas and an Oscar on the mantlepiece.
Javier Bardem, the best villain in the world. He played the terrifying Anton Chigurh, in the Coen Brothers “No Country for Old Men”, (2007). Then he did villainous roles (his specialty) in the Bond films.
Funnily, Spanish people think of him, as a romantic leading man, usually playing opposite his real wife, Penelope Cruz.
He has both won an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
Richard Gere turns 76 this year. He had a small part in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”, in 1977. But it was “American Gigolo”, three years later, that made him a star.
Amongst his most popular films are “An Officer and a Gentleman”, and the “Pretty Woman”. His performance in Chicago won him a Golden Globe.
The “alfombra roja”, or red carpet, is a favorite part of the show for Spanish viewers. They love to see the stars arriving in designer clothing. Be warned – the fun goes on until the early hours, so maybe you need to stock up in advance with olives and ‘cava’ (it’s champagne, Spanish-style, for a fraction of the French price!)
