The race for Goya is about to get to an end. The most important night of the year for Spanish cinema, that of the Goya 2025 Awards, is held this Saturday, February 8 at the Granada Congresses Palace. The gala will be presented for the first time by two women, actresses Maribel Verdú and Leonor Watling, and has 47 by Marcel Barrena and The infiltrated of Arantxa Echevarria as the main favorite films, with 14 and 13 nominations respectively.
So that you do not miss anything, from eldiario.es we bring you a guide with the keys to a ceremony in which the Film Academy will choose which considers the best actresses and actors of 2024, as well as those that you consider better premieres of the year: When it begins, what are the main nominees, who are the favorites, details of the red carpet, invited artists for musical performances …
Date: When and where are the Goya 2025 awards
- When are: The gala will be this Saturday, February 8 at 10:00 p.m. It is expected to end at 1:00 in the morning, according to the advanced television program and as has happened in previous editions.
- Where are: The 2025 Goya Awards are held in Granada, specifically in the Congresses Palace, one of the most important enclosures in the Andalusian city.
- How to see: The ceremony can be seen for free and open through the 1 of TVE, as well as online through the RTVE Play platform. For those who do not want to miss the dresses and costumes with which its protagonists will parade, the public chain will also broadcast from 7:15 p.m. the red carpet.
- Coverage: Both the red carpet and the gala will be discussed minute by minute in this newspaper, which will also update the list of winners live. Likewise, the most prominent videos and the awards ceremony can be followed on the social networks of Twitter and Bluesky of Eldiario.es Cultura.
What are the nominees and the favorite candidates of the Goya 2025 awards
From eldiario.es culture we invite readers to try to find out who will be the victorious of the Goya 2025, being able to make a Personalized battle With the main winners in each category. You are already a beginner, amateur or expert cinephile, choose the degree of difficulty you consider most suitable for yourself and make your own forecasts.
However, you can intuit which films will end the ceremony with more statuettes. 47 Marcel Barrena starts as a favorite with up to 14 nominations, but the box office phenomenon of the year follows closely, The infiltrated of Arantxa Echevarría, which opts for 13 awards. Other tapes with the opportunity to lead the night are Second prize, House in flames and The blue star.
In order to be able to reach the beginning of the gala having seen the tapes with more nominations, from eldiario.es we have also prepared a guide that collects the platforms of streaming where you can see the favorite films to the Goya 2025 awards. Among them, The next room by Pedro Almodóvar, who was surprisingly not nominated for best film. Check the complete list of nominees.
Who are the presenters of the Goya 2025 awards
The most important gala for Spanish cinema will be driven, for the first time in its 39 years of history, by a female duo. It will be the actresses Maribel Verdú and Leonor Watling who present the ceremony, thus taking the relay to the artist Ana Belén and the Javis, who led last year a gala that raised The snow society Bayonne.
Both Verdú and Watling expressed their joy at the news. “Leonor and I are friends, we have the same energy and we both understand this trade in the same way, as a game. And for that, at the gala we are going to present, we propose to enjoy and make people who see us also enjoy, entertain and have a good time, ”said Maribel Verdú. “It is an honor and a great responsibility. May the force (and good scriptwriters) accompany us! ”Leonor Watling said.
Who are the guest artists what performances there will be in the Goya
Music will be present at the ceremony again. The confirmed guests of this edition are Amaral, who just removed the album Dolce VitaAlejandro Sanz, Dora, Zahara and Rigoberta Bandini, winner of the Goya for the best original song last year. To them are added the Granada artists who will also be part of La Valada: Miguel Ríos, Dellafuente, Estrella, Kiki and Soleá Morente and Lola Indigo, as well as the Orchestra of the University of Granada, the Manuel de Falla Choir of the same institution Academic and the Soul Dance dance group.
Karla Sofía Gascón’s controversy
One of the most repeated questions in recent days is whether Karla Sofía Gascón will go to the Goya 2025 awards. The actress of Emilia Pérezfilm nominated in the European category, is wrapped in the controversy following racist tweets that published years ago. Since then, the media focus points directly to the actress for the controversy generated.
It has already been confirmed that Karla Sofía Gascón will not go to the gala. The producers of the film have decided that “the best thing for everyone” is that if the film wins, it is collected by one of the distributors. The protagonist of Emilia Pérez He has assumed that his role from now on in the promotion of the film is to remain silent.
Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz will not go to health problems
Almodóvar, who comes from winning the Golden Lion in Venice for The next roommay not attend the Goya 2025 awards for a health problem. His absence will not be the only one, because Penelope Cruz will not attend the gala as a consequence of a flu, according to the Social Networks Cinema Academy. The protagonist of Ferrari It was going to be one of the protagonists of the gala.
Who will receive the International Goya and the Honor Goya
The International Goya of this edition will go to the hands of Richard Gere (Philadelphia, 75 years), who will receive the award “for his extraordinary contribution to cinematographic art, starring in some of the most iconic films in the history of cinema, and the social commitment manifested personally and professional. ” Days of heaven, Officer and gentleman, American Gigolo, The Cotton Club, Pretty Womanand the musical Chicagofor which he won the Golden Globe, are some of the titles of his filmography.
On the other hand, the Goya of Honor will be delivered to the Aitana Sánchez-Gijón actress. “He knows how to grant all his works, sincerity and depth,” said Fernando Méndez-Leite, the president of the Academy, in a statement. Sánchez-Gijón won the silver shell for the best actress of the San Sebastián Festival for VOLAVRUNTBigas Luna, and achieved his first nomination for the Goya for Parallel mothersby Pedro Almodóvar. “I was born almost being an actress and feeling that this life trajectory is seen by my colleagues is deeply excited. It is a maximum love test, ”said the actress.
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