Goya Award for Best New Director

Annual Spanish film award category

Goya Award for Best New Director

The 2025 recipient: Javier Macipe

Awarded for| Best Debuting Director
Country| Spain
Presented by| Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (AACCE)
Currently held by| Javier Macipe – The Blue Star (2024)
Website| premiosgoya.com

The Goya Award for Best New Director (Spanish: Premio Goya a la Mejor Dirección Novel) is the Goya awarded yearly to the best debuting director. The award was first presented at the fourth edition of the Goya Awards with Ana Díez being the first winner for her film Ander eta Yul.

Three directors have won this category and later have received the Best Director award, Alejandro Amenábar won for Tesis (1996) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Others (2001) and The Sea Inside (2005); Fernando León de Aranoa won for Familia (1997) and later won Best Director thrice, for Barrio (1998), Mondays in the Sun (2002) and The Good Boss (2022); and Juan Antonio Bayona won for The Orphanage (2007) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Impossible (2012) and A Monster Calls (2016).

Five films have won both this award and Best Film, Agustín Díaz Yanes's Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995), Alejandro Amenábar's Tesis (1996), Achero Mañas's Pellet (2000), Raúl Arévalo's The Fury of a Patient Man (2016) and Pilar Palomero's Schoolgirls (2020). Animator Enrique Gato became the first to historically win the award for an animated film with Tad, The Lost Explorer.

## Winners and nominees

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Ana Díez was the first winner of this award for Ander eta Yul (1989). Isabel Coixet was nominated for Massa vell per morir jove (1989) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Secret Life of Words (2005) and The Bookshop (2017). Agustín Díaz Yanes won for Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995). Alejandro Amenábar won for Tesis (1996) and went on to win Best Director twice, for The Others (2001) and The Sea Inside (2005). Fernando León de Aranoa won for Familia (1997) and went on to win Best Director thrice, for Barrio (1998), Mondays in the Sun (2002) and The Good Boss (2022). Ángeles González Sinde won for Sleeping Luck (2003). Daniel Sánchez Arévalo won for DarkBlueAlmostBlack (2006). Juan Antonio Bayona won for The Orphanage (2007) and went on to win Best Director three times, for The Impossible (2012), A Monster Calls (2016) and Society of the Snow (2023). Kike Maíllo won for Eva (2011). Carlos Marqués-Marcet won for 10,000 km (2014). Raúl Arévalo won for The Fury of a Patient Man (2016). Carla Simón won for Summer 1993 (2017). Belén Funes won for A Thief's Daughter (2019).

### 1980s

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Year  | Director(s)  | English title  | Original title

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1989
(4th) | Ana Díez | Ander eta Yul
Cristina Andreu | Brumal
Isabel Coixet | Massa vell per morir jove
Xavier Villaverde | Continental
Teodoro Ríos and Santiago Ríos | Guarapo

### 1990s

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Year  | Director(s)  | English title  | Original title

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1990
(5th) | Rosa Vergés | Boom Boom
Paco Periñán | Against the Wind | Contra el viento
José María Carreño | Ovejas negras
1991
(6th) | Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa
Ana Belén | Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento
Manuel Gómez Pereira | Salsa rosa
1992
(7th) | Julio Médem | Vacas
Álex de la Iglesia | Acción mutante
Chus Gutiérrez | Sublet
1993
(8th) | Mariano Barroso | My Soul Brother | Mi hermano del alma
José Ángel Bohollo | Ciénaga
Arantxa Lazkano [eu] | Los años oscuros [ca]
1994
(9th) | La Cuadrilla – Santiago Aguilar Alvear and Luis Guridi | Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad
Héctor Carré | Dame lume
Álvaro Fernández Armero | Todo es mentira
1995
(10th) | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto
Manuel Huerga | Antarctica | Antártida
Icíar Bollaín | Hola, ¿estás sola?
1996
(11th) | Alejandro Amenábar | Tesis
David Trueba | The Good Life | La buena vida
Alfonso Albacete [es], Miguel Bardem and David Menkes [es] | Not Love, Just Frenzy | Más que amor, frenesí
1997
(12th) | Fernando León de Aranoa | Familia
Mireia Ros [es] | La Moños
David Alonso and Fernando Cámara | Memorias del ángel caído
1998
(13th) | Santiago Segura | Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley
Javier Fesser | The Miracle of P. Tinto | El milagro de P. Tinto
Miguel Albaladejo | The First Night of My Life | La primera noche de mi vida
Salvador García Ruiz [es] | Mensaka | Mensaka, páginas de una historia
1999
(14th) | Benito Zambrano | Solas
Miguel Bardem | The Ugliest Woman in the World | La mujer más fea del mundo
María Ripoll | The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Mateo Gil | Nobody Knows Anybody | Nadie conoce a nadie

### 2000s

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Year  | Director(s)  | English title  | Original title

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2000
(15th) | Achero Mañas | Pellet | El Bola
Daniel Monzón | Heart of the Warrior | El corazón del guerrero
Cesc Gay | Nico and Dani | Krámpack
Patricia Ferreira | I Know Who You Are | Sé quién eres
2001
(16th) | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Intacto
Víctor García León | No Pain, No Gain | Más pena que gloria
Carlos Molinero [es] | Savages | Salvajes
Javier Balaguer [es] | Mine Alone | Solo mía
2002
(17th) | Julio Wallovits [ca] and Roger Gual [es] | Smoking Room
Inés París [ca; es; eu; pl] and Daniela Fejerman | My Mother Likes Women | A mi madre le gustan las mujeres
Eduard Cortés | Nobody's Life | La vida de nadie
Ramón Salazar | Stones | Piedras
2003
(18th) | Ángeles González Sinde | Sleeping Luck | La suerte dormida
David Serrano | Football Days | Días de fútbol
Jaime Rosales | The Hours of the Day | Las horas de día
Pablo Berger | Torremolinos 73
2004
(19th) | Pablo Malo [eu] | Cold Winter Sun | Frío sol de invierno
Santiago Amodeo | Astronauts | Astronautas
Vicente Peñarrocha [ca] | Body Confusion | Fuera del cuerpo
Ramón de España [es] | Kill Me Tender | Haz conmigo lo que quieras
2005
(20th) | José Corbacho and Juan Cruz | Tapas
Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal | Aupa Etxebeste!
Guillem Morales | The Uninvited Guest | El habitante incierto
Santiago Tabernero [es] | Life and Colour | Vida y color
2006
(21st) | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | DarkBlueAlmostBlack | Azuloscurocasinegro
Carlos Iglesias | Crossing the Border | Un franco, 14 pesetas
Javier Rebollo [es] | Lola | Lo que sé de Lola
Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo [es] | The Night of the Sunflowers | La noche de los girasoles
2007
(22nd) | Juan Antonio Bayona | The Orphanage | El orfanato
Félix Viscarret [es] | Under the Stars | Bajo las estrellas
Tomás Fernández [es] | Suso's Tower | La torre de Suso
Tristán Ulloa and David Ulloa | Modesty | Pudor
2008
(23rd) | Santiago Zannou | The One-Handed Trick | El truco del manco
Belén Macías [es] | My Prison Yard | El patio de mi cárcel
Nacho Vigalondo | Timecrimes | Los cronocrímenes
Irene Cardona [ca] | Un novio para Yasmina
2009
(24th) | Mar Coll | Tres dies amb la família
David Planell [es] | The Shame | La vergüenza
Borja Cobeaga | Friend Zone | Pagafantas
Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor | Me, Too | Yo, también

### 2010s

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Year  | Director(s)  | English title  | Original title

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2010
(25th) | David Pinillos [es] | Bon Appétit
Emilio Aragón Álvarez | Paper Birds | Pájaros de papel
Juana Macías | Plans for Tomorrow | Planes para mañana
Jonás Trueba | Every Song Is About Me | Todas las canciones hablan de mí
2011
(26th) | Kike Maíllo | Eva
Paula Ortiz | Chrysalis | De tu ventana a la mía
Paco Arango [es] | Maktub
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Verbo
2012
(27th) | Enrique Gato | Tad, the Lost Explorer | Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones
Paco León | Carmina or Blow Up | Carmina o revienta
Isabel de Ocampo [es] | Evelyn
Oriol Paulo | The Body | El cuerpo
2013
(28th) | Fernando Franco | Wounded | La herida
Neus Ballús | La plaga [ca]
Jorge Dorado | Mindscape
Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stockholm
2014
(29th) | Carlos Marqués-Marcet | 10,000 km
Juan Fernando Andrés [es] and Esteban Roel | Shrew's Nest | Musarañas
Francisco Sánchez Varela | Paco de Lucía: La búsqueda
Beatriz Sanchís [es] | They Are All Dead | Todos están muertos
2015
(30th) | Daniel Guzmán | Nothing in Return | A cambio de nada
Dani de la Torre | Retribution | El desconocido
Juan Miguel del Castillo [es] | Food and Shelter | Techo y comida
Leticia Dolera | Requirements to Be a Normal Person | Requisitos para ser una persona normal
2016
(31st)
[1] | Raúl Arévalo | The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira
Salvador Calvo | 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines | 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas
Marc Crehuet [es] | The One-Eyed King | El rey tuerto
Nely Reguera | María (and Everybody Else) | María (y los demás)
2017
(32nd)
[2] | Carla Simón | Summer 1993 | Estiu 1993
Sergio G. Sánchez | Marrowbone | El secreto de Marrowbone
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo | Holy Camp! | La llamada
Lino Escalera [ca] | Can't Say Goodbye | No sé decir adiós
2018
(33rd)
[3] | Arantxa Echevarría | Carmen & Lola | Carmen y Lola
Andrea Jaurrieta | Ana by Day | Ana de día
César Esteban Alenda and José Esteban Alenda | Not the End | Sin fin
Celia Rico Clavellino | Journey to a Mother's Room | Viaje al cuarto de una madre
2019
(34th)
[4] | Belén Funes | A Thief's Daughter | La hija de un ladrón
Salvador Simó [ca] | Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles | Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia | The Platform | El hoyo
Aritz Moreno [es] | Advantages of Travelling by Train | Ventajas de viajar en tren

### 2020s

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Pilar Palomero won for Schoolgirls (2020). Alauda Ruiz de Azúa won for Lullaby (2022). Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren won for 20,000 Species of Bees (2023). Year  | Director(s)  | English title  | Original title

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2020
(35th)
[5] | Pilar Palomero | Schoolgirls | Las niñas
David Pérez Sañudo [es] | Ane Is Missing | Ane
Bernabé Rico | One Careful Owner | El inconveniente
Núria Giménez Lorang [ca] | My Mexican Bretzel
2021
(36th)
[6][7] | Clara Roquet | Libertad
Carol Rodríguez Colás [ca] | Girlfriends | Chavalas
Javier Marco Rico | Josephine | Josefina
David Martín de los Santos | That Was Life | La vida era eso
2022
(37th)
[8] | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos
Carlota Pereda | Piggy | Cerdita
Elena López Riera [ca] | The Water | El agua
Juan Diego Botto | On the Fringe | En los márgenes
Mikel Gurrea [eu] | Cork | Suro
2023
(38th)
[9] | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas
Itsaso Arana | The Girls Are Alright | Las chicas están bien
Álvaro Gago [gl] | Matria
Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vasquez | Upon Entry
Alejandro Marín | Love & Revolution | Te estoy amando locamente
2024
(39th)

[10][11] | Javier Macipe | The Blue Star | La estrella azul
Miguel Faus [es] | The Quiet Maid | Calladita
Pedro Martín-Calero | The Wailing | El llanto
Sandra Romero | As Silence Passes By | Por donde pasa el silencio
Paz Vega | Rita

## Statistics

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The following list is for Best New Director nominees and winners that went on to win or be nominated for Best Director. The times that the directors won either of the categories are in bold.

Director(s)  | Best New Director  | Best Director

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Isabel Coixet | Massa vell per morir jove (1989)  | My Life Without Me (2003)
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Nobody Wants the Night (2015)
The Bookshop (2017)
It Snows in Benidorm (2020)
Un amor (2023)
Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Butterfly Wings (1991) | The Dead Mother (1993)

Baby (2020)
Manuel Gómez Pereira | Salsa rosa (1991)  | Mouth to Mouth (1995)
Julio Médem | Vacas (1992) | Earth (1996)
Sex and Lucia (2001)
Álex de la Iglesia | Acción mutante (1992)  | The Day of the Beast (1995)
Common Wealth (2000)
The Oxford Murders (2008)
The Last Circus (2010)
Manuel Huerga | Antarctica (1995)  | Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006)
Icíar Bollaín | Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995)  | Take My Eyes (2003)
Mataharis (2007)
Even the Rain (2010)
Rosa's Wedding (2020)

Maixabel (2021)
Alejandro Amenábar | Thesis (1996) | Open Your Eyes (1998)
The Others (2001)
The Sea Inside (2004)
Agora (2009)
While at War (2019)
David Trueba | The Good Life (1996)  | Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)

Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)
Fernando León de Aranoa | Familia (1997) | Barrio (1998)
Mondays in the Sun (2002)
A Perfect Day (2015)

The Good Boss (2021)
Javier Fesser | The Miracle of P. Tinto (1998)  | Camino (2008)
Champions (2018)
Benito Zambrano | Solas (1999) | Solas (1999)
Habana Blues (2005)
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Mateo Gil | Nobody Knows Anybody (1999)  | Blackthorn (2011)
Daniel Monzón | Heart of the Warrior (2000)  | Cell 211 (2009)
El Niño (2014)
Cesc Gay | Nico and Dani (2000)  | In the City (2003)
Truman (2015)
Jaime Rosales | The Hours of the Day (2003)  | Solitary Fragments (2007)
Pablo Berger | Torremolinos 73 (2003)  | Blancanieves (2012)
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | DarkBlueAlmostBlack (2006) | Family United (2013)
Juan Antonio Bayona | The Orphanage (2007) | The Impossible (2012)
A Monster Calls (2016)
Society of the Snow (2023)
Paula Ortiz | Chrysalis (2011)  | The Bride (2015)

The Red Virgin (2024)
Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stockholm (2013)  | May God Save Us (2016)
The Realm (2018)
The Beasts (2022)
Salvador Calvo | 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)  | Adú (2020)
Carla Simón | Summer 1993 (2017) | Alcarràs (2022)
Pilar Palomero | Schoolgirls (2020) | Motherhood (2022)

## References

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1. ^ "Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
2. ^ Blanes, Pepa (December 13, 2017). "'Handia' y 'La librería', lidera las nominaciones a los Goya". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved December 13, 2017.
3. ^ "Todos los nominados a los Premios Goya 2019". El Mundo (in Spanish). December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
4. ^ Lang, Jamie (December 2, 2019). "'Pain and Glory,' 'While at War,' 'Endless Trench' Lead Goya Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
5. ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (January 18, 2021). "'Adú', 'Akelarre' y 'Las niñas' lideran las nominaciones a los Goya 2021". El País. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
6. ^ "'El buen patrón' bate el récord histórico de los Goya con 20 nominaciones". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
7. ^ Gajewski, Ryan (12 February 2022). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter.
8. ^ "Nominaciones a los Premios Goya 2023, en directo: estos son los nominados". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
9. ^ "Nominaciones Premios Goya 2024: todas las películas y actores nominados, en directo". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
10. ^ Partearroyo, Daniel de (18 December 2024). "Premios Goya 2025: 'El 47' domina con 14 nominaciones, seguida de 'La infiltrada'". Cinemanía - via 20minutos.es.
11. ^ "Premios Goya 2025 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la noche del histórico triunfo compartido de 'El 47' y 'La infiltrada'". Cinemanía. 9 February 2025 - via 20minutos.es.

## External links

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* 1989: Ana Díez
* 1990: Rosa Vergés
* 1991: Juanma Bajo Ulloa
* 1992: Julio Medem
* 1993: Mariano Barroso
* 1994: La Cuadrilla: Santiago Aguilar Alvear and Luis Guridi
* 1995: Agustín Díaz Yanes
* 1996: Alejandro Amenábar
* 1997: Fernando León de Aranoa
* 1998: Santiago Segura
* 1999: Benito Zambrano
* 2000: Achero Mañas
* 2001: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
* 2002: Julio Wallovits and Roger Gual
* 2003: Ángeles González-Sinde
* 2004: Pablo Malo
* 2005: José Corbacho and Juan Cruz
* 2006: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
* 2007: J. A. Bayona
* 2008: Santiago Zannou
* 2009: Mar Coll
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* 2011: Kike Maíllo
* 2012: Enrique Gato
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* 2014: Carlos Marqués-Marcet
* 2015: Daniel Guzmán
* 2016: Raúl Arévalo
* 2017: Carla Simón
* 2018: Arantxa Echevarría
* 2019: Belén Funes
* 2020: Pilar Palomero
* 2021: Clara Roquet
* 2022: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
* 2023: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
* 2024: Javier Macipe

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