Pablo Berger’s ‘Blancanieves’ tops Goyas

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According to variety.com, Pablo Berger’s “Blancanieves” topped Spain’s 27th Spanish Academy Goya Awards Sunday night winning 10 statues, including best film and original screenplay. In a late twist in proceedings, Juan Antonio Bayona won director for “The Impossible,” a Lionsgate release in the U.S. that snagged Naomi Watts an Oscar nomination. Produced by Apaches and Telecinco Cinema, “The Impossible” also scooped four tech awards: sound, editing, line production and special effects. “Blancanieves’” Maribel Verdu beat out Naomi Watts (“The Impossible”), Penelope Cruz (“Twice Born”) and Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”) for actress. A black-and-white silent reinterpretation of the Snow White tale, unspooling in 1920s bullfighting Seville, “Blancanieves” was lead-produced by Ibon Cormenzana’s Arcadia Motion Pictures.  In other Awards highlights, Javier Bardem won his first Goya as a producer for Alvaro Longoria’s Sahara re-vindication “Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony.” Enrique Gato’s toon pic “Tad, the Lost Explorer,” which grossed $24.3 million in Spain, won first-time director, adapted screenplay and animation film. Oscar-nommed for “Les Miserables,” Paco Delgado scooped best costume design for “Blancanieves.” “The Intouchables” won European Film, “Juan of the Dead” Ibero-American Film.