Volver and Pan's Labyrinth triumph at Goya awards

Pedro Almodovar's Volver has picked up five honours at the Goya Awards in Madrid, Spain, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Penelope Cruz.

Volver and Pan's Labyrinth triumph at Goya awards

Pedro Almodovar's Volver has picked up five honours at the Goya Awards in Madrid, Spain, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Penelope Cruz.

The movie, which had received 14 nominations, also won Best Original Soundtrack for Alberto Iglesias.

On collecting her Best Actress award, Cruz said: "This award is very important, very special for me. I am going to try not to cry because I'm a disaster, and these 30 seconds are not going to be enough."

Pan's Labyrinth, which is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at next month's Oscars, collected the most awards - seven in total, including Best Original Screenplay for Mexican writer/director Guillermo Del Toro.

Del Toro said: "My relationship with Spain as a filmmaker is one of profound admiration and respect… that began with the hand of Pedro (Almodovar)."

Elsewhere, Juan Diego won Best Actor for Vete De Mi, while Stephen Frear's The Queen won Best European film.

The full list of winners is:

Best Picture - Volver

Best Actress - Penelope Cruz in Volver

Best Actor - Juan Diego in Vete De Mi

Best Director - Pedro Almodovar for Volver

Best Original Screenplay - Guillermo Del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Adapted Screenplay - Lluis Arcarazo for Salvador

Best First-Time Director - Daniel Sanchez Arevalo for DarkBlueAlmostBlack

Best European Film - The Queen

Best Foreign Spanish-Language Film - Las Manos by Alejandro Doria (Argentina)

Best Supporting Actress - Carmen Maura in Volver

Best Supporting Actor - Antonio De La Torre in DarkBlueAlmostBlack

Best Breakthrough Performance, Actor - Quim Gutierrez in DarkBlueAlmostBlack

Best Breakthrough Performance, Actress - Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth

Best Animated Feature - The Hairy Tooth Fairy by Juan Pablo Buscareni

Best Art Direction - Benjamin Fernandez for Alatriste

Best Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Line Production - Cristina Zumarraga for Alatriste

Best Documentary Short - Castanuela 70, El Teatro Prohibido by Manuel Calvo and Olga Margallo

Best Animated Short Film - El Viaje De Said by Coke Rioboo

Best Live-Action Short Film - A Ciegas by Salvador Gomez Cuenca

Best Visual Effects - David Marti, Montse Ribe, Reyes Abades, Everet Burrell, Eduard Irastorza and Emilio Ruiz for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Costume Design - Francesca Sartori for Alatriste

Best Documentary Feature - Cineastas En Accion by Carlos Benpar

Best Film Editing - Bernat Villaplana for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Sound - Miguel Polo and Martin Hernandez for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score - Alberto Iglesias for Volver

Best Original Song - Tiempo Pequeno by Bebe and Lucio Godoy, from The Education Of A Fairy

Best Make-Up And Hair Design - Jose Quetglas and Blanca Sanchez for Pan's Labyrinth

Lifetime Achievement Award - Teddy Villalba.

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