The 20th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid on 29 January 2006. The gala was hosted by Concha Velasco and Antonio Resines.
Background The nominations were read by Eduardo Noriega and Silvia Abascal at the Círculo de Bellas Artes on 15 December 2005.
The linear television broadcast on La 1 drew 2,294,000 viewers (18.7% audience share).
Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows:
The Secret Life of Words Obaba Princesses 7 Virgins Isabel Coixet – The Secret Life of Words Montxo Armendariz – Obaba Alberto Rodríguez – 7 Virgins Benito Zambrano – Habana Blues Óscar Jaenada – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend Juan José Ballesta – 7 Virgins Eduard Fernández – The Method Manuel Alexandre – Elsa & Fred Candela Peña – Princesses Emma Vilarasau – Something to Remember Me By Adriana Ozores – Heroine Nathalie Poza – Hard Times Carmelo Gómez – The Method Enrique Villén – Ninette Javier Cámara – The Secret Life of Words Fernando Guillén – Other Days Will Come Elvira Mínguez – Tapas Pilar López de Ayala – Obaba Verónica Sánchez – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend Marta Etura – Something to Remember Me By Isabel Coixet – The Secret Life of Words Fernando León de Aranoa – Princesses Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodríguez – 7 Virgins Eduard Cortés, – Other Days Will Come Mateo Gil, Marcelo Piñeyro – The Method Montxo Armendáriz – Obaba José Luis Garci, – Ninette – The Longest Penalty Shot in the World Jesús Carroza – 7 Virgins Luis Callejo – Princesses Pablo Echarri – The Method Álex González – Round Two Micaela Nevárez – Princesses Bárbara Lennie – Obaba – 7 Virgins – Blessed by Fire · Argentina Alma Mater · Uruguay My Best Enemy · Chile Rosario Tijeras · Colombia Match Point · United Kingdom Downfall · Germany The Constant Gardener · United Kingdom The Chorus · France José Corbacho, Juan Cruz – Tapas , – Guillem Morales – The Uninvited Guest – Life and Colour Midsummer Dream Gisaku – Javier Aguirresarobe – Obaba – Ninette José Luis Alcaine – Other Days Will Come – Habana Blues – Ninette – The Method – Gil Parrondo – Ninette Julio Esteban, Julio Torrecilla – Obaba , Federico G. Cambero – Something to Remember Me By Marta Blasco – Round Two Esther García – The Secret Life of Words Puy Oria – Obaba – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend , Eduardo Santana – Habana Blues Carlos Bonmatí, Alfonso Pino, – Obaba Miguel Rejas, Alfonso Raposo, – Princesses Miguel Rejas, José Antonio Bermúdez – Ninette Eladio Reguero, David Calleja – David Martí, Montse Ribé, Félix Cordón, , Rafael Solórzano – Fragile Reyes Abades, Chema Remacha, Alberto Esteban, Pablo Urrutia – Obaba , Pablo Núñez, Ana Núñez, Antonio Ojeda, Carlos Martínez – Reyes Abades, Carlos Lozano, Alberto Esteban, Pablo Núñez, Ana Núñez – Un rey en La Habana – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend Sabine Daigeler – Princesses Janty Yates – Kingdom of Heaven Sonia Grande – Ants in the Mouth Romana González, Josefa Morales – Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend Manolo García, Carlos Hernández – Princesses Jorge Hernández, Fermín Galán – El Calentito Paillette, Annie Marandin – Les Dalton Juan Antonio Leyva, José Luis Garrido, Equis Alfonso, Dayan Abad, Descemer Bueno, Kiki Ferrer, Kelvis Ochoa, Magda Rosa Galbán – Habana Blues – Ninette Roque Baños – Fragile – The Night of the Brother Manu Chao for "Me llaman calle" – Princesses , Yamil for "Los malos amores" – The Night of the Brother Mario Gaitán for "Llora por tus miserias" – Dani Martín for "Laura" – Nana Bota de oro El examinador El intruso Hiyab Tadeo Jones La gallina ciega La leyenda del espantapájaros La luz de la esperanza Semilla del recuerdo En la cuna del aire Castilla y León, patrimonio de la Humanidad Nenyure Films with multiple nominations and awards
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Films with multiple nominations |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |- | scope=row style="text-align:center"| 10 | Obaba |- | scope=row style="text-align:center"| 9 | Princesses |- | scope=row style="text-align:center"| 7 | Ninette |- | scope=row style="text-align:center"| 6 | 7 Virgins |- | rowspan = "3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 5 | The Secret Life of Words |- | Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend |- | The Method |- | rowspan = "1" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 4 | Habana Blues |- | rowspan = "3" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 3 | Something to Remember Me By |- | Other Days Will Come
| rowspan = "4" scope=row style="text-align:center"| 2 | Tapas |- | Fragile |- | Round Two |- | The Night of the Brother
+ Films with multiple awards Awards Film 4 The Secret Life of Words 3 Princesses Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend 2 Tapas The Method Habana Blues
Honorary Goya Director Pedro Masó was the recipient of the Honorary Goya Award.
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