'Creatura' and 'They know that' win the Gaudí Awards

The films 'Creatura', with six of the fifteen awards for which it was nominated, 'They know that', with seven awards out of 13 nominations and '20,000 species of bees', with three statuettes, triumph at the 16 Gaudí Awards for Catalan cinema.

The Catalan Film Academy has recognized the film by Elena Martín, Creature, with six awards: best direction, for Elena Martín who had already seen her film recognized in the Filmmakers' Fortnight at the Cannes Festival; for the montage by Ariadna Ribas, and for the interpretations of Claudia Malagelada, Clara Segura and Alex Brendemühl.

In the case of 20,000 species of bees, the Gaudís have awarded Estibaliz Urresola Solagu with the award for best new director and Gina Ferrer with the award for best photography.

The 16th Gaudí Awards ceremony has also featured feature films such as one love, Upon Entry (The arrival), The movie teller, As long as you are the here and now of Carme Elías and of the two films that are nominated for the Oscars, Robot Dreams, recognized with two statuettes, and The snow society.

The story of love and loss, also of Eugenio's rise to fame, directed by David Trueba, was the film that won the most statuettes, a total of seven. Apart from those already mentioned, They know that one It has won the awards for best production direction for Eduard Vallès, for best artistic direction for Marc Pou, for best costumes for Lala Huete, for best makeup and hairdressing for Caitlin Acheson, Nacho Díaz and Benjamín Pérez, and for best sound for Xavi Mas, Eduardo Castro and Yasmina Praderas.

For their part, the awards corresponding to film writing have recognized the work of Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastian Vasquez for the original script of Upon Entry and of Isabel Coixet y Laura Ferrero for the adaptation of one love, the novel by Sara Mesa.

Gaudi of Honor

For the first time, the Catalan Film Academy has recognized a woman director with its honorary award: Rosa Verges. The filmmaker Isabel Coixet, actresses Pepa López and Àngels Gonyalons (both in the cast of the filmmaker's debut, Boom Boom) and the artistic director Rosa Ros (Vergés's collaborator on his debut film and other titles, such as Souvenir o Tic, tac). The president of the Academy, Judith Colell, recalled in her speech “the many pioneering women in Catalonia, who have brought our cinema very far.