16th Gaudí Awards explained

Number:	16
Award:	Gaudí Awards
Date:	4 February 2024
Site:	CCIB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Best Film:	Creatura
Best Direction:	Elena Martín
Best Direction Film:	Creatura
Best Actor:	David Verdaguer
Best Actor Film:	Jokes & Cigarettes
Best Actress:	Carolina Yuste
Best Actress Film:	Jokes & Cigarettes
Most Wins:	Creatura & Jokes & Cigarettes (6)
Most Nominations:	Creatura (15)
Last:	15th

The 16th Gaudí Awards ceremony, presented by the Catalan Film Academy, will take place on 4 February 2024 at the complex in Barcelona.

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.^[1] Journalist-comedian and screenwriter-comedian (co-creators of the popular Catalan podcast Oye Polo) were announced as the gala hosts in October 2023.^[2] In November 2023, filmmaker Rosa Vergés was announced as the recipient of the Gaudí Honorary Award.^[3] The nominations were read by actors Vicky Luengo and from the auditorium of La Pedrera on 12 December 2023.^[4] Elena Martín Gimeno's Creatura led the nominations with fifteen, followed by David Trueba's Jokes & Cigarettes with thirteen.^[5]

Winners and nominees

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

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	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
Elena Martín — Creatura Isabel Coixet — Un amor David Trueba — Jokes & Cigarettes Agustí Villaronga — Stormy Lola	Estibaliz Urresola — 20,000 Species of Bees — The Permanent Picture Alejandro Marín — Love & Revolution Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry
Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt, — Foremost by Night Elena Martín, Clara Roquet — Creatura Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren — 20,000 Species of Bees	Isabel Coixet, — Un amor Pablo Berger — Robot Dreams David Trueba, Albert Espinosa — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Val — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
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	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
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	Àlex Brendemühl — Creatura as Gerard Daniel Brühl — The Movie Teller as Nansen Pedro Casablanc — Jokes & Cigarettes as Vicente Hugo Silva — Un amor as Piter
— Creatura as Mila Ainara Elejalde — The Enchanted as Gina — In the Company of Women as Bea (Dani F. Pozo) — Love & Revolution as Dani	— Robot Dreams — Creatura Maria Arnal, Nora Haddad Casadevall — Alteritats Andrea Motis — Jokes & Cigarettes
Eduard Vallés — Jokes & Cigarettes Andrés Mellinas — Creatura Elisa Sirvent, Patricio Pereira — The Movie Teller Eva Taboada — Un amor	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
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	; produced by Albert Solé, Oriol Sala-Patau ; produced by Oriol Marcos, Tiffany Ruoz, Oriol Sala-Patau
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 ; produced by Ángeles Hernández, David Matamoros Heavies tendres; produced by Juanjo Sáez, Laia Servera	Marc Pou — Jokes & Cigarettes — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea — Creatura Izaskun Urkijo Alijo — 20,000 Species of Bees
Gina Ferrer — 20,000 Species of Bees Alana Mejía González — Creatura Agnès Piqué Corbera — The Permanent Picture Bet Rourich — Un amor	Ariadna Ribas — Creatura — Foremost by Night — The Movie Teller Raúl Barreras — 20,000 Species of Bees
— Jokes & Cigarettes Maria Armengol — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea — The Movie Teller Isis Velasco — Love & Revolution	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
— The Movie Teller Wesley Barnard, Míriam Piquer — Jokes & Cigarettes Cristina Garmón — Creatura David Martí, Montse Ribé — Tobacco Barns	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
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

Special Audience Award for Best Film

• The Teacher Who Promised the Sea^[9]

Notes and References

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