Guillem Clua nominated for the Goya and Gaudí Awards
The nominations for the 37th Goya Awards, which will be presented in Seville next 11 February, were announced today. The screenplay for The Beasts of God, written by Guillem Clua and Oriol Paulo, is in the running for Best Adapted Screenplay. Clua and Paulo will compete against Carlota Pereda (Piggy), Paul Urkijo Alijo (Irati), David Muñoz and Félix Viscarret (No mires a los ojos) and Fran Araújo, Isa Campo and Isaki Lacuesta (One Year, One Night).
The film, directed by Oriol Paulo himself, has also been nominated in five other categories: Best Leading Actress (Bárbara Lennie), Best Original Score (Fernando Velázquez), Best Production Design (Sylvia Steinbrecht), Best Costume Design (Alberto Valcárcel), and Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Montse Sanfeliu, Carolina Atxukarro and Pablo Perona).
The Beasts, by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, is the favourite with 17 nominations, one more than Prison 77, by Alberto Rodríguez, which has received 16. They are followed by Alcarràs, by Carla Simón, and Lullaby, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, with 11 nominations each.
As for the Catalan Film Academy awards, the Gaudí Awards, The Beasts of God has been nominated in eight categories, including Best Adapted Screenplay. The awards will be presented in Barcelona on 22 January.
