13th Goya Awards


The 13th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid, Spain on 23 January 1999.
The Girl of Your Dreams won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Major award nominees

Best FilmBest Director

  • The Girl of Your Dreams
  • *Barrio
  • *The Grandfather
  • *Open Your Eyes
  • Fernando León de Aranoa - Barrio
  • *Alejandro Amenábar - Open Your Eyes
  • *José Luis Garci - The Grandfather
  • *Fernando Trueba - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez - The Grandfather
  • *Gabino Diego - A Time for Defiance
  • *Eduardo Noriega - Open Your Eyes
  • *Antonio Resines - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • Penélope Cruz - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • *Cayetana Guillén Cuervo - The Grandfather
  • *Najwa Nimri - The Lovers of the Arctic Circle
  • *Leonor Watling - A Time for Defiance
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Tony Leblanc - Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law
  • *Francisco Algora - Barrio
  • *Agustín González - The Grandfather
  • *Jorge Sanz - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • Adriana Ozores - A Time for Defiance
  • *Loles León - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • *Alicia Sánchez - Barrio
  • *Rosa Maria Sardà - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
  • Barrio - Fernando León de Aranoa
  • *Open Your Eyes - Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil
  • *The Lovers of the Arctic Circle - Julio Medem
  • *The Girl of Your Dreams - Miguel Ángel Egea and Carlos López
  • Mensaka - Salvador García Ruiz
  • *Barbaric Years - Fernando Colomo, José Ángel Esteban, Carlos López and Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz
  • *The Grandfather - José Luis Garci and Horacio Valcárcel
  • *Mararía - Carlos Álvarez and Antonio José Betancor
  • Best New ActorBest New Actress
  • Miroslav Táborský - The Girl of Your Dreams
  • *Ernesto Alterio - Barbaric Years
  • *Javier Cámara - Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law
  • *Tristán Ulloa - Mensaka
  • Marieta Orozco - Barrio
  • *María Esteve - Nothing in the Fridge
  • *Violeta Rodríguez - Things I Left in Havana
  • *Goya Toledo - Mararía
  • Best Spanish Language Foreign FilmBest European Film
  • The LighthouseArgentina
  • *Amaneció de GolpeVenezuela
  • *Esmeralda Comes by Night • Mexico
  • *Little Tropikana • Cuba/Spain/Germany
  • The Boxer • Ireland/United States
  • *April • France/Italy
  • *Marius and Jeannette • France
  • *The Thief • Russia/France
  • Best New DirectorBest Animated Film
  • Santiago Segura - Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law
  • *Salvador García Ruiz - Mensaka
  • *Javier Fesser - The Miracle of P. Tinto
  • *Miguel Albaladejo - The First Night of My Life
  • ¡Qué Vecinos Tan Animales!
  • *Ahmed, El Príncipe de La Alhambra
  • Other award nominees

    Honorary Goya