Black Bread (Pa Negre)

Agusti Villaronga’s post Spanish Civil War drama Black Bread (Pa Negre) picked up nine GOYA AWARDS , including best director and film, at Spain’s 25th Goya awards last night (February 13).

Villaronga’s small film about a young boy who discovers dark secrets in a village in post Civil War Catalonia beat off tough competition from bigger titles, including Iciar Bollain’s Even The Rain, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds, and Alex De La Iglesia’s Last Circus, which only won a couple of technical awards, despite receiving 15 nominations.

Aside from the top two prizes, Villaronga also won best adapted screenplay for Black Bread, Nora Navas picked up best actress and child actors Francesc Colomer and Marina Comas won the promising acting awards.