The Goya remind Marisa Paredes and the victims of the Dana in a gala with allusions to housing, Gaza or Trump

The 39th edition of the Goya Awards, which was held this Saturday, February 8 at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada at a gala of almost 4 hours, has reminded the recently deceased Marisa Paredes and the victims of the Dana in the Valencian Community, in a ceremony marked by Diver Political Reinivindications, such as the right to housing or the Palestinian cause, as well as regrets for the return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States.

During the speeches, in which, in addition to the Spanish, the Catalan – two of the nominated tapes are in this language – and the delivery of the international Goya to Richard Gere – have also been made – claims have also been made in favor of cinema Made by women, conciliation, the historical memory of recent events, the field or policies for people with disabilities.

And although the word “forgiveness” has been pronounced several times throughout the night, Karla Sofía Gascón has not been explicitly mentioned until the producers of ‘Emilia Pérez’, who has raised with the Goya for best European film They have recalled that he starred in it. “Given hate and clerk, more cinema and more culture,” they said.

Leonor Walting and Marible Verdú have led a gala, which has begun at 22.04 hours with a memory to those affected by the Dana last October.

“Especially this year, to whom you see us from the locations affected by the Dana last October. From the cinema we join your pain and send you all our support. The stories we tell are born from life and today we want to be close to you “They have added.

But before it has been the turn of the first musical performance of the night, a tribute to the theme ‘Welcome’ by Miguel Ríos, who shouted ‘Free Palestine’ at the end. In addition, they have accompanied him on the stage of the Congresses Palace of Granada Luis Tosar, nominated for Best Distributed Actor, Pepe Lorente, Crystalline and Eva Amaral.

Verdú and Waltin have thanked in their initial speech the involvement of the city of the Alhambra in the organization of the Spanish cinema awards, its mayor, Marifrán Carazo and the present authorities: the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, the second vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, and the Deputy Secretary of Culture of the Popular Party, Borja Sémper.

Meanwhile, the daughter of actress Marisa Paredes has starred in one of the most emotional speeches of the gala, remembering her mother -one of the honoree of the night -who died on December 17. “He taught me to apologize and forgive,” he said.

With the voice of Zahara and Dora in ‘If you are not’, they have remembered all those who have died for 2024, including Mayra Gómez Kemp, Silvia Tortosa, Julián Muñoz, Paco Arévalo, José de la Torre, Jimmy Giménez- Arnau, Isak Andic or Carlos Ferrando.

“New Imperialisms”, “Ethnic Cleaning” and Climate Change

The political message against “ethnic cleansing” and “new imperialisms” has penetrated and has been Aitana Sánchez-Gijon, Goya de Honor, who has warned of this. “We must not be afraid of culture, we must be afraid of ignorance, indifference, lies, fanaticism and violence. You have to be afraid of war,” he added.

For his part, the Valencian actor Miguel Ángel Silvestre, has remembered the “catastrophe” of the Dana registered last October and has assured that he dreams “with a future where those images are not repeated again”, denouncing the “suffering “That causes society climate change.

“Man feels comfortable in nature because nature does not judge him. The only thing that nature does is find his balance as it is, with all the force he needs. There are several years that we have been feeling the change of the climate and The change in temperature on Earth.

Decent housing

’47’, among other feature films, the right to decent housing has risen on stage, although several winners of the ‘Cabezones’ have reiterated this defense or even have been grateful to be able to pay the rent, such as Carolina Yuste. “I am privileged, I can pay the rent of my house, so, please, another thing that I am going to ask for is the right to decent housing for all people,” he demanded by collecting the Goya for the best leading actress.

Although absences such as Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz have noticed, the filmmaker’s speech has been heard in the Andalusian city’s Palace of Congresses through a message that his brother Agustín has read with a few words about the political situation of United States after Donald Trump’s return to the White House after receiving the next room ‘El Goya for best adapted script. “We live apocalyptic times,” he said.

After collecting the Goya from the Javis, Agustín Almodóvar has read the message of the Manchego director, who has excused his presence for a “domestic accident”, in which he indicated that he gave his story a turn that “flees from pessimism” about John Turturro’s original, who puts in the mouth of the character that Julianne Moore plays that, “in a world that also agonizes”, there is “nothing that can more accelerate the end of the planet than the survival of neoliberalism and the rise of the extreme right”.

The Goya sing to Lorca

Musical performances have happened throughout the ceremony of more than four hours. After the opening of Miguel Ríos and Amaral, it has been the turn of Alejandro Sanz, who together with the Choir of the University of Granada has sung ‘opens the door’, by Triana.

They have also made a great tribute to Granada and, specifically to Federico García Lorca, the Morente family, Dellafuente and Lola Indigo, in a followed performance -although the star, Kiki and Soleá Morente has been recorded from the Alhambra. To Dellafuente, who has made a version of ‘Green that I love you’ with its characteristic touch of ‘Autotune’, the artist Lola Indigo has joined accompanied by the Manuel de Falla Choir of the academic institution and the Granada Dance Granada dance group.

At the beginning of the gala, social network users have echoed possible sound failures in broadcast and have also subsequently criticized the quality of Richard Gere’s speech translation, which has warned of the existence of “dark places in all sides “:” Spain is my new home. ”

During his speech, the president of the Film Academy, Fernando Méndez-Leite, has revealed that it often witches for the offices to claim the processing of the Cinema Law, the development of the artist’s statute, the insertion of cinema in education , and remembering the economic contribution of the jobs they generate and the taxes paid by the industry and its professionals.