Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

The Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (Spanish

Spanish language

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Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

, Spain's principal national film awards.

1980s

Year	English title	Original title	Country
1986	A King and His Movie A King and His Movie A King and His Movie is a 1986 Argentine comedy drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín and Jorge Goldenberg. The movie features Ulises Dumont, Julio Chávez, among others.-Plot:...	La película del rey	Argentina
	Little Revenge	Pequeña revancha	Venezuela
	A Time to Die	Tiempo de morir	Colombia
1987	Life is Most Important Lo que importa es vivir Lo que importa es vivir is a 1987 Mexican film. It was directed by Luis Alcoriza....	Lo que importa es vivir	Mexico
	Man Facing Southeast Man Facing Southeast Man Facing Southeast is a Spanish-language motion picture originally released in Argentina in 1986 as Hombre mirando al sudeste.-Summary:...	Hombre mirando al sudeste	Argentina
	A Successful Man A Successful Man A Successful Man is a 1985 Cuban drama film directed by Humberto Solás. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival...	Un hombre de éxito	Cuba
1988	Not awarded
1989	The Beauty of the Alhambra	La Bella del Alhambra	Cuba
1989	Aventurera		Venezuela

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Country
1990	Fallen from Heaven	Caídos del cielo	Peru
	Candy or Mint	Caluga o menta	Chile
	María Antonia		Cuba
1991	The Frontier The Frontier (film) The Frontier is a 1991 Chilean film directed by Ricardo Larraín and starring Patricio Contreras and Gloria Laso. Larraín won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:...	La frontera	Chile
	Hello Hemingway Hello Hemingway Hello Hemingway is a 1990 Cuban drama film directed by Fernando Pérez and starring Laura de la Uz. The plot, set in Havana in the last period of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, follows a young girl whose aspirations to obtain a scholarship in America, against the odds, are paralleled with her...		Cuba
	Jericó		Venezuela
	A Matter of Honour	Técnicas de duelo	Colombia
1992	A Place in the World A Place in the World (film) A Place in the World is an Argentine drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Adolfo Aristarain. The film features José Sacristán, Federico Luppi, Leonor Benedetto, and others.... (nominated for the Academy Award)	Un lugar en el mundo	Argentina
	Like Water for Chocolate Like Water for Chocolate (film) Like Water for Chocolate is a 1992 film based on the popular novel, published in 1989 by first-time Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. It earned all 11 Ariel awards of the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures, including the Ariel Award for Best Picture, and became the highest grossing Spanish-language...	Como agua para chocolate	Mexico
	Shoot to Kill	Disparen a matar	Venezuela
1993	Gatica, el Mono		Argentina
	Knocks at My Door	Golpes a mi puerta	Venezuela
	Johnny cien pesos		Chile
1994	Strawberry and Chocolate (nominated for the Academy Award)	Fresa y chocolate	Cuba
	The Strategy of the Snail La estrategia del caracol La Estrategia del Caracol is a 1993 Colombian comedy-drama film directed and produced by Colombian filmmaker and director Sergio Cabrera. The film is starred by Frank Ramirez, Florina Lemaitre, Humberto Dorado, Fausto Cabrera and Carlos Vives. The film is a winner of the Berlin International Film...	La estrategia del caracol	Colombia
	Without Compassion Without Compassion Without Compassion is a 1994 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi, and based on Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky...	Sin compasión	Peru
1995	Midaq Alley El callejón de los milagros El callejón de los milagros is an award-winning 1994 Mexican film adapted from the novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, written by Vicente Leñero and directed by Jorge Fons...	El callejón de los milagros	Mexico
	The Elephant and the Bicycle	El elefante y la bicicleta	Cuba
	Sicario		Venezuela
1996	Autumn Sun Autumn Sun Autumn Sun is an Argentine drama film, directed by Eduardo Mignogna and written by Mignogna and Santiago Carlos Oves. Lita Stantic was the executive producer and the produced was Eduardo Mignogna....	Sol de otoño	Argentina
	Think of Me	Pon tu pensamiento en mí	Cuba
	No Return Address	Sin remitente	Mexico
1997	Ashes of Paradise Ashes of Paradise Ashes of Paradise is a 1997 Argentine film from director Marcelo Piñeyro. It tells in cutbacks how the untroubled private happiness of a family – a judge and his three grown-up sons – crumbles between loyalty and betrayal, blind trust and suspicions.The film won several awards, among...	Cenizas del Paraíso	Argentina
	The Last Call	Última llamada	Mexico
	Vertical Love	Amor tropical	Cuba
1998	The Lighthouse The Lighthouse (film) El faro is a 1998 Argentine and Spanish drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna. The film is also known in Spain as El faro del Sur....	El faro del sur	Argentina/ Spain
	Amaneció de golpe		Venezuela
	Esmeralda Comes by Night	De noche vienes, Esmeralda	Mexico
	Little Tropikana	Kleines Tropikana	Cuba
1999	Life Is to Whistle	La vida es silbar	Cuba/ Spain
	Crane World Mundo Grúa Crane World is an 1999 Argentine film, written and directed by Pablo Trapero. The film was produced by Lita Stantic and Pablo Trapero. It features Luis Margani, Adriana Aizemberg, Daniel Valenzuela, among others....	Mundo grúa	Argentina
	Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember	Del olvido al no me acuerdo	Mexico
	Time Out Time Out (1998 film) Time Out is a 1998 Colombian film directed by Sergio Cabrera. It was an international co-production between Italy, Spain and Colombia. It was Colombia's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It starred Dave Baez....	Golpe de estadio	Colombia/ Spain

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Country
2000	Burnt Money Plata Quemada Plata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001....	Plata quemada	Argentina
	Captain Pantoja and the Special Services Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (2000 film) Captain Pantoja and the Special Services is a 2000 Spanish-Peruvian film co-production directed by Francisco J. Lombardi. It is based on the eponymous comic novel by acclaimed Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa...	Pantaleón y las visitadoras	Peru
	Rodents	Ratas, ratones, rateros	Ecuador
	The Waiting List	Lista de espera	Cuba
2001	The Escape La Fuga La Fuga is an Argentine 2001 film directed by Eduardo Mignogna.The picture stars Mignogna's friend and frequent collaborator, Ricardo Darin, as well as Miguel Angel Sola, Gerardo Romano, Patricio Contreras, Ines Estevez, Alejandro Awada and Norma Aleandro.-Plot:In the summer of 1928, seven inmates...	La fuga	Argentina
	A Cab for Three A Cab for Three A Cab for Three is a 2001 Chilean film directed by Orlando Lubbert. It was Chile's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:...	Taxi para tres	Chile
	Honey for Oshun	Miel para Oshún	Cuba
	Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You	Nadie te oye: Perfume de violetas	Mexico
2002	The Last Train	El último tren	Uruguay
	The Crime of Father Amaro (nominated for the Academy Award)	El crimen del padre Amaro	Mexico
	A Lucky Day	Un día de suerte	Argentina
	Nothing More	Nada	Cuba
2003	Intimate Stories	Historias mínimas	Argentina
	The Mystery of the Trinity	El misterio del Trinidad	Mexico
	Suite Habana Suite Habana Suite Habana is a 2003 Cuban documentary directed by Fernando Pérez.The documentary was filmed with fictional cinema techniques depicting a day in a life of thirteen real people, from a ten-year-old child with Down Syndrome to a 79-year-old lady who sells peanuts in the street.The film has no...		Cuba
	A Trip to the Seaside	El viaje hacia el mar	Uruguay
2004	Wisky Whisky (film) Whisky is an Argentine-German-Spanish-Uruguayan tragicomedy film directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll and released in 2004. The film stars Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, Ana Katz, and Daniel Hendler. It has very sparse dialogue and the three principal actors play very...		Uruguay
	The King El Rey -People:Juan Carlos I of Spain , current King of SpainDon Omar, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer nicknamed El Rey-Locations:El Ray, a legendary city in Mexico, a safe haven for criminals from the USEl Rey National Park in Argentina...	El rey	Colombia
	Machuca Machuca Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government and shortly before General Augusto Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is...		Chile
	Moon of Avellaneda Moon of Avellaneda Moon of Avellaneda is an Argentine film, directed by Juan José Campanella, and written by Campanella, Fernando Castets and Juan Pablo Domenech...	Luna de Avellaneda	Argentina
2005	Blessed by Fire	Iluminados por el fuego	Argentina
	Alma mater Alma mater Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...		Uruguay
	My Best Enemy My Best Enemy My Best Enemy is a 2005 Chilean/Argentine/Spanish dark comedy film directed by Álex Bowen. It stars Nicolás Saavedra, Erto Pantoja and Felipe Braun and won the Pudú de Plata for the best Chilean movie at the Valdivia International Film Festival.-Plot:...	Mi mejor enemigo	Chile
	Rosario Tijeras Rosario Tijeras Rosario Tijeras is a Colombian film based on the book of the same name written by Jorge Franco. The film was released in Colombia in 2005. In that same year the film had its North American premiere at the American Film Institute festival in Hollywood. The film also was nominated for a Goya Award...		Colombia
2006	The Hands The Hands The Hands is a stage name for the Latin percussionist "Lee Canales" and also a name of a movie in 2006 Argentinean-Italian film directed by Alejandro Doria. Doria and Juan Bautista Stagnaro wrote the screenplay...	Las manos	Argentina
	American Visa		Bolivia
	In Bed En la cama En la cama is a 2005 Chilean film directed by Matías Bize and starring Blanca Lewin and Gonzalo Valenzuela. The movie is filmed entirely in a motel room, where two young singles, Bruno and Daniela, end up after meeting at a party in Santiago. A simple one-night stand turns into a passionate night...	En la cama	Chile
	A Ton of Luck A Ton of Luck Soñar no Cuesta Nada is a 2006 Colombian black comedy film directed by Rodrigo Triana. Based on a true story, the plot follows a group of anti-guerrilla soldiers, whose lives are turned upside down after finding $45 million hidden in the jungle.-Plot:...	Soñar no cuesta nada	Colombia
2007	XXY XXY (film) XXY is a 2007 Argentine film written and directed by Lucía Puenzo. The film stars Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Inés Efron and Martín Piroyansky...		Argentina
	Black Butterfly Black Butterfly (film) Mariposa negra is a 2006 Peruvian film directed by Francisco Lombardi. The screenplay was written by Giovanna Pollarolo based on the novel of Alonso Cueto.-Cast:Darío Abad as Guido PazosGustavo Bueno as Osmán...	Mariposa negra	Peru
	Padre nuestro		Chile
	The Silly Age The Silly Age The Silly Age is a 2006 Cuban film directed by Pavel Giroud. It was Cuba's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee....	La edad de la peseta	Cuba
2008	The Good Life The Good Life (2008 film) La buena vida is a 2008 Chilean drama film directed by Andrés Wood and written by Mamoun Hassan. The film won the 2008 Goya Award for Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language.-Won:Goya Awards...	La buena vida	Chile
	Acné Acne Acne is a general term used for acneiform eruptions. It is usually used as a synonym for acne vulgaris, but may also refer to:Acne aestivalisAcne conglobataAcne cosmeticaAcne fulminansAcne keloidalis nuchaeAcne mechanica...		Uruguay
	Dog Eat Dog Perro Come Perro Perro Come Perro is a 2007 Colombian film by director Carlos Moreno. The film depicts the violence among the low life, crime filled life of some criminals in the city of Cali...	Perro come perro	Colombia
	Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe (film) Lake Tahoe is a 2008 Mexican drama film, directed by Fernando Eimbcke. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on February 9, 2008 and won ten awards, including two Silver Ariels for best supporting actor and best director.The title is derived from an irrelevant tourist...		Mexico
2009	The Secret in Their Eyes El secreto de sus ojos The Secret in Their Eyes is a 2009 Argentine crime thriller, directed by Juan José Campanella, based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus Ojos... (won the Academy Award)	El secreto de sus ojos	Argentina
	Dawson Isla 10 Dawson Isla 10 Dawson Isla 10 is a 2009 Chilean drama film, written and directed by Miguel Littín, a Chilean film director. The screenplay is based on Isla 10, a book by Sergio Bitar about his experiences as a political prisoner; "Isla 10" was the substitute name their guards imposed him during his...		Chile
	Gigante		Uruguay
	The Milk of Sorrow The Milk of Sorrow While some Peruvian critics gave the movie negative reviews, the plot and performance were praised by American and European critics.- Film Awards:... (nominated for the Academy Award)	La teta asustada	Peru
2010	The Life of Fish The Life of Fish The Life of Fish is a 2010 Chilean drama film directed by Matías Bize. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but didn't make the final shortlist....	La vida de los peces	Chile
	El Infierno El Infierno Hell is a 2010 Mexican black comedy film produced by Bandidos Films, directed by Luis Estrada and following the line of La ley de Herodes; it's a political satire about the drug trafficking in Mexico...	El Infierno	Mexico
	The Man Next Door	El hombre de al lado	Argentina
	Undertow Undertow (2009 film) Undertow is a 2009 Peruvian drama film directed by Javier Fuentes-León. The film won the prestigious World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival...	Contracorriente	Peru

Awards by nation

Country	Awards	Nominations
	13	18
	3	15
	3	11
	2	12
	2	6
	1	6
	0	8
	0	7
	0	1
	0	1

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