Gala of the Gaudí Awards 2023 in Spain: a night of distributed awards in which »Alcarràs», »Pacifiction» and »Un año, una noche» triumphed

Actress Llum Barrera at the Gaudí Awards 2023

The films »Alcarràs», by Carla Simón, and »Un año, una noche», by Isaki Lacuesta, with five, and »Pacifiction», with three, were the big winners of the XV Gaudí Awards.

Pol Lopez at the Gaudi Awards 2023

The gala took place at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the figure of filmmaker Agustí Villaronga, who passed away this Sunday, was very present.

Kike Maillo at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»Alcarràs» won the award for Best Film, as well as Best Director, Original Screenplay, Production Direction and Audience Choice.

Avelina Prat at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»Pacifiction» won Best Film in a non-Catalan language, as well as Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.

Rigoberta Bandini at the Gaudi Awards 2023

»Un año, una noche» has won five awards, Best Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Editing, Sound and Visual Effects.

Queralt Lahoz at the Gaudí Awards 2023

Also »Suro» was another of the winners of the gala with three awards, Best New Director and Best Actor for Pol López and Leading Actress for Vicky Luengo.

Carlota González at the Gaudí Awards 2023

The list of awards for performers went to Ángela Cervantes as supporting actress for her role in »La maternal».

Carla Simon at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»La maternal» also won the Best Newcomer Award for Carla Quilez, and Alex Brendemühl won the Best Supporting Actor Award for »Historias para no contar».

Berta Pipó at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»Los renglones torcidos de Dios», by Oriol Paulo, has won the Gaudí for best costumes and best make-up and hairdressing.

Montse Oro at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»El sostre groc», by Isabel Coixet, the best documentary.

Ana Garcia Siñeriz at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»Cinco lobitos», by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, the European film.

Vicky Luengo at the Gaudí Awards 2023

»Tadeo Jones 3. The Emerald Tablet», the animated film.

Angela Cervantes at the Gaudí Awards 2023

The Gaudí Awards gala, presented by Llum Barrera, was impregnated with a tribute to filmmaker Agustí Villaronga.

Juan Antonio Bayona at the Gaudí Awards 2023

Villaronga, who died the morning before the awards, was present at the speeches of the presenter at the beginning, the president of the Catalan Film Academy, Judith Colell, and the Gaudí d’Honor, the film critic Jaume Figueras.

Martina Klein at the Gaudí Awards 2023

During the ‘in memoriam’, one of the moments that has achieved greater ovation has been the appearance of the photograph of the Majorcan director, in a video that has also remembered other people related to the world of cinema who have died in the last year.

Isaki Lacuesta at the Gaudí Awards 2023

Upon receiving the Premi Gaudí d’Honor-Miquel Porter Award from the hands of the presenter Ana García-Siñeriz, the film chronicler Jaume Figueras claimed to be an «amateur who has been precocious thanks to his film-loving parents».

Isa Campo at the Gaudí Awards 2023

The president of the Acadèmia del Cinema Català, Judith Colell, has asked during her speech for the approval of the Generalitat’s Budget for 2023: «They are necessary for everything».

Alfred Garcia at the Gaudí Awards 2023

Colell warned that increasing resources for sectors such as culture, education and health will not be possible without these accounts, which he believes will also allow «retaining the talent drain».

Actor Oriol at the Gaudí Awards 2023

The award ceremony, in addition to Aragonès and Iceta, was attended by the vice president of the Parliament, Alba Vergés; the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau; the councilors Natàlia Garriga, Laura Vilagrà and Meritxell Serret; the president delegate of Culture of the Diputación de Barcelona, Joan Carles Garcia Cañizares; the delegate of the Government in Catalonia, Maria Eugènia Gay, and the deputy mayor of Culture of the Barcelona City Council, Jordi Martí.