Goya Awards: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s ‘Los Domingos’ Dominates & Wins Best Film

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March 1, 2026

Goya Awards: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s ‘Los Domingos’ Dominates & Wins Best Film

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Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s latest film, Los Domingos, dominated this evening’s Goya Awards, winning five awards, including Best Film. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

The film’s haul also included Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Azúa and Best Actress for Patricia López Arnaiz. Oliver Laxe’s Sirât also racked up a series of wins this evening, including Best Cinematography, Sound and Editing.

This evening’s Goya Awards took place in Barcelona. Los Domingos had led this year’s nominations with 13 nods. The film debuted at last year’s San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the top prize. Shot in De Azúa’s native Bilbao, the film follows the story of Ainara, an intelligent 17-year-old who is trying to decide what to study at university. However, the young woman begins to feel a calling from God and decides to embrace the life of a cloistered nun. The news takes her entire family by surprise, creating a chasm and putting everyone to the test. We spoke with De Azúa about the film ahead of San Sebastian in 2025. You can read that interview here.

Oliver Laxe’s Sirât trailed Los Domingos with 11 noms. The film debuted at Cannes last year, where it won the Jury Prize, and has become a surprise awards season frontrunner. The film is Spain’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. The film follows a father and his son who arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — their daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties.

Susan Sarandon won the honorary Goya Awards this evening. She gave a press conference during her time in Spain, which we wrote about here.

See the full list of tonight’s winners below:

BEST PICTURE
Los Domingos

BEST DIRECTOR
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa — Los Domingos

BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Eva Libertad

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa — Los Domingos

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira and Yolanda García Serrano —La cena

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Kangding Ray — Sirât

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Alba Flores and Sílvia Pérez Cruz — Flores para Antonio

BEST ACTOR
Jose Ramon Soroiz — Maspalomas

BEST ACTRESS
Patricia López Arnaiz — Los Domingos