16th Gaudí Awards

The 16th Gaudí Awards ceremony, presented by the Catalan Film Academy, took place on 4 February 2024 at the CCIB [ca] complex in Barcelona.^[1]

16th Gaudí Awards
Date	4 February 2024
Site	CCIB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Hosted by	Maria Rovira Ana Polo
Highlights
Best Film	Creatura
Best Direction	Elena Martín Creatura
Best Actor	David Verdaguer Jokes & Cigarettes
Best Actress	Carolina Yuste Jokes & Cigarettes
Most awards	Creatura & Jokes & Cigarettes (6)
Most nominations	Creatura (15)
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Background

A record number of 81 productions were presented as candidates to the awards, of which a 40% had Catalan as the original language, with 13 candidates to the best fiction feature film in the Catalan language.^[2] Journalist-comedian Maria Rovira [ca] and screenwriter-comedian Ana Polo (co-creators of the popular Catalan podcast Oye Polo) were announced as the gala hosts in October 2023.^[3] In November 2023, filmmaker Rosa Vergés was announced as the recipient of the Gaudí Honorary Award.^[4] The nominations were read by actors Vicky Luengo and Pol López [ca] from the auditorium of La Pedrera on 12 December 2023.^[1] Elena Martín Gimeno's Creatura led the nominations with fifteen, followed by David Trueba's Jokes & Cigarettes with thirteen.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Elena Martín, Best Director winner.

Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, Best New Director winner.

Carolina Yuste, Best Actress winner.

David Verdaguer, Best Actor winner.

Clara Segura, Best Supporting Actress winner.

Àlex Brendemühl, Best Supporting Actor winner.

Isabel Coixet, Best Adapted Screenplay co- winner.

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[6][7][8]

Best Film Creatura; produced by Marta Cruañas, Ariadna Dot, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Jake Cheetham, Pau Suris, Oriol Sala-Patau The Enchanted; produced by Marta Ramírez, Adolfo Blanco, Oriol Sala-Patau The Permanent Picture; produced by Adrià Monés Murlans, Gabrielle Dumon Jokes & Cigarettes; produced by Edmond Roch, Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano, Oriol Sala-Patau	Best Non-Catalan Language Film 20,000 Species of Bees; produced by Lara Izaguirre, Valérie Delpierre The Teacher Who Promised the Sea; produced by Francesc Escribano, Tono Folguera, David Felani, Laura Fernández Brites, Carlos Fernández Un amor; produced by Sandra Hermida Múñiz, Marisa Fernández Armenteros Upon Entry; produced by Carles Torras, Carlos Juárez, Xosé Zapata, Sergio Adrià, Alba Sotorra
Best Director Elena Martín — Creatura Isabel Coixet — Un amor David Trueba — Jokes & Cigarettes Agustí Villaronga — Stormy Lola	Best New Director Estibaliz Urresola — 20,000 Species of Bees Laura Ferrés Moreno [es] — The Permanent Picture Alejandro Marín — Love & Revolution Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry
Best Original Screenplay Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt, Víctor Iriarte [es] — Foremost by Night Elena Martín, Clara Roquet — Creatura Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren — 20,000 Species of Bees	Best Adapted Screenplay Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero [es] — Un amor Pablo Berger — Robot Dreams David Trueba, Albert Espinosa — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Val — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Best Actress Carolina Yuste — Jokes & Cigarettes as Conchita Laia Costa — Un amor as Nat Bruna Cusí — Upon Entry as Elena Patricia López Arnaiz — 20,000 Species of Bees as Ane	Best Actor David Verdaguer — Jokes & Cigarettes as Eugenio Alberto Ammann — Upon Entry as Diego Enric Auquer — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea as Antoni Benaiges Oriol Pla — Creatura as Marcel
Best Supporting Actress Clara Segura — Creatura as Diana Aina Clotet — The Enchanted as Ingrid Ane Gabarain — 20,000 Species of Bees as Lourdes Ana Torrent — Foremost by Night as Cora	Best Supporting Actor Àlex Brendemühl — Creatura as Gerard Daniel Brühl — The Movie Teller as Nansen Pedro Casablanc — Jokes & Cigarettes as Vicente Hugo Silva — Un amor as Piter
Best New Performance Clàudia Malagelada [es] — Creatura as Mila Ainara Elejalde — The Enchanted as Gina Alícia Falcó [es] — In the Company of Women as Bea La Dani (Dani F. Pozo) — Love & Revolution as Dani	Best Original Score Alfonso de Vilallonga [es] — Robot Dreams Clara Aguilar [ca] — Creatura Maria Arnal, Nora Haddad Casadevall — Alteritats Andrea Motis — Jokes & Cigarettes
Best Production Supervision Eduard Vallés — Jokes & Cigarettes Andrés Mellinas — Creatura Elisa Sirvent, Patricio Pereira — The Movie Teller Eva Taboada — Un amor	Best Documentary Film Mentre siguis tu, l'aquí i l'ara de Carme Elias; produced by Claudia Pinto Emperador, Óscar Bernàcer, Joana M. Ortueta, Jordi Llorca, Iván Martínez Rufat, Pilar Llorca. Alteritats; produced by Andrea Herrera Catalá, Almudena Monzú Hermano caballo; produced by Adrián Guerra Armas, Núria Valls Villanueva Muyeres; produced by Oriol Maymó, Núria Domènech
Best Short Film El bus; produced by Valérie Delpierre, Jaume Fargas Coll Blow!; produced by Miriam Porté, Neus Ballús La herida luminosa; produced by Sergi Casamitjana Melich, Lita Roig Tots els meus colors; produced by Anna Solana	Best TV Movie Quico Sabaté, sense destí [ca]; produced by Albert Solé, Oriol Sala-Patau Miró [ca]; produced by Oriol Marcos, Tiffany Ruoz, Oriol Sala-Patau
Best Animated Film Robot Dreams; produced by Sandra Tapia, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Ángel Durández, Pablo Berger, Jérôme Vidal, Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon They Shot the Piano Player; produced by Cristina Huete Hannah and the Monsters [ca]; produced by Ángeles Hernández, David Matamoros Heavies tendres; produced by Juanjo Sáez, Laia Servera	Best Art Direction Marc Pou — Jokes & Cigarettes Josep Rosell [ca] — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Sylvia Steinbrecht [ca] — Creatura Izaskun Urkijo Alijo — 20,000 Species of Bees
Best Cinematography Gina Ferrer — 20,000 Species of Bees Alana Mejía González — Creatura Agnès Piqué Corbera — The Permanent Picture Bet Rourich — Un amor	Best Editing Ariadna Ribas — Creatura Ana Pfaff [ca] — Foremost by Night Bernat Aragonés [ca] — The Movie Teller Raúl Barreras — 20,000 Species of Bees
Best Costume Design Lala Huete [es] — Jokes & Cigarettes Maria Armengol — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Mercè Paloma [ca] — The Movie Teller Isis Velasco — Love & Revolution	Best Sound Xavi Mas, Eduardo Castro, Yasmina Praderas — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Gay, Enrique G. Bermejo, Carlos Jiménez — Un amor Eva Valiño, Koldo Corella, Xanti Salvador — 20,000 Species of Bees Leo Dolgan, Oriol Donat, Laia Casanovas — Creatura
Best Visual Effects Bernat Aragonés [ca] — The Movie Teller Wesley Barnard, Míriam Piquer — Jokes & Cigarettes Cristina Garmón — Creatura David Martí, Montse Ribé — Tobacco Barns	Best Makeup and Hairstyles Caitlin Acheson, Nacho Díaz, Benjamín Pérez — Jokes & Cigarettes Danae Gatell, Àlex Salvat — Creatura Patricia Reyes — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Patricia Reyes, Jesús Martos — The Movie Teller
Best European Film Society of the Snow Aftersun Close Triangle of Sadness The Eight Mountains

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
15	Creatura
13	Jokes & Cigarettes
9	20,000 Species of Bees
8	Un amor
6	The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
	The Movie Teller
5	Upon Entry
3	The Enchanted
	The Permanent Picture
	Foremost by Night
	Love & Revolution
	Robot Dreams
2	Alteritats

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
6	Creatura
	Jokes & Cigarettes
3	20,000 Species of Bees
2	Robot Dreams

Honorary Gaudí

• Rosa Vergés^[4]

Special Audience Award for Best Film

• The Teacher Who Promised the Sea^[9]

References

1. "Los actores Pol López y Vicky Luengo anunciarán las nominaciones a los XVI Premios Gaudí". La Vanguardia. 5 December 2023.
2. Salvà, Bernat (30 October 2023). "Les dones i el català guanyen pes al cinema en un any rècord". El Punt Avui.
3. "Més films i més dones". El Punt Avui. 31 October 2023.
4. "La cineasta Rosa Vergés, Gaudí d'Honor 2024". 3/24. 29 November 2023 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
5. Meseguer, Astrid (12 December 2023). "'Creatura' y 'Saben aquell' copan las nominaciones a los premios Gaudí". La Vanguardia.
6. ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24. 12 December 2023.
7. "28 produccions catalanes es disputaran els XVI Premis Gaudí el 4 de febrer de 2024". Acadèmia del Cinema Català. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
8. "EN DIRECTE | Premis Gaudí: "Mentre siguis tu. L'aquí i ara de Carme Elias", millor pel·lícula documental". 3/24 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
9. Marroquín, Alberto (5 February 2024). "'El maestro que prometió el mar', premio especial del público en los Gaudí". El Correo de Burgos.