23rd Forqué Awards

23rd Forqué Awards
Date	13 January 2018
Site	Palacio de Congresos, Zaragoza, Spain
Hosted by	Elena S. Sánchez & Boris Izaguirre
Organized by	EGEDA
Highlights
Best Picture	The Motive & The Bookshop
Best Actor	Javier Gutiérrez The Motive
Best Actress	Nathalie Poza Can't Say Goodbye
Television coverage
Network	La 1

The 23rd ceremony of the Forqué Awards was held on 13 January 2018 at the Palacio de Congresos in Zaragoza. The gala was hosted by Elena S. Sánchez and Boris Izaguirre.

History

The nominations were disclosed in December 2017.^[1] Organised by EGEDA [es], the awards had the participation of Gobierno de Aragón and the Aragón Film Commission; and the collaboration of support from Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza, Safe Creative and Fundación Aisge [es], which presented the best performance awards.^[2]

Broadcast on La 1,^[2] the ceremony was held at the Palacio de Congresos in Zaragoza on 13 January 2018.^[3] The gala featured comedic gags by Edu Soto [es] and musical performances by Sergio Dalma, Pastora Soler, Efecto Pasillo and OT 2017's contestants Nerea, Cepeda, Raoul, Mireya, Ricky, Marina, Thalía, Juan Antonio and Mimi.^[3]

Carlos Saura was gifted the EGEDA Gold Medal recognizing a career in the film industry.^[4][5]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[1][6][5][7]

Best Fiction or Animation Film The Motive The Bookshop Abracadabra Giant Summer 1993	Best Documentary Film Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo [es] Alberto García-Alix: La línea de la sombra Dancing Beethoven Saura(s) [ca] Sara Baras: todas las voces
Best Male Performance in a Film Javier Gutiérrez — The Motive Andrés Gertrúdix — Dying David Verdaguer — Summer 1993 Juan Diego — Can't Say Goodbye	Best Female Performance in a Film Nathalie Poza — Can't Say Goodbye Adelfa Calvo — The Motive Anna Castillo — Holy Camp! Bruna Cusí — Summer 1993 Marian Álvarez — Dying Maribel Verdú — Abracadabra
Best Short Film Mother Los desheredados Tabib	Best Latin-American Film A Fantastic Woman The Summit April's Daughter Last Days in Havana Mi mundial [es]
Cinema and Education in Values The Healer Giant Deep

References

1. "'Abracadabra', 'El autor', 'Handia', 'La librería' y 'Verano 1993', finalistas a la mejor película en los Forqué". El País. 5 December 2017.
2. "El autor y La librería comparten, por primera vez, el galardón al Mejor Largometraje de Ficción en los 23 Premios Forqué". EGEDA. January 2018.
3. "'La librería' y 'El autor' se reparten el galardón a mejor película en los Forqué". InfoLibre. 14 January 2018.
4. "'El autor' y 'La librería' empatan en unos Premios Forqué marcados por la reivindicación feminista". LaSexta. 14 January 2018.
5. "Estos son los nominados a los Premios Forqué 2018". abcplay. ABC. 4 December 2017.
6. "Premios Forqué 2018: Todos los premiados". Fotogramas. 14 January 2018.
7. Sánchez, Sandra (13 January 2018). "Lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Forqué 2018". ecartelera.

External links

• Gala of the 23rd Forqué Awards on RTVE Play