73rd CEC Awards

73rd CEC Awards
73rd CEC Awards
Date	29 January 2018
Site	Palacio de la Prensa, Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	Alfonso Sánchez; Alberto López;
Organized by	Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
Highlights
Most awards	The Bookshop (4)
Most nominations	The Motive and The Bookshop (8)
	← 72nd; CEC Awards; 74th →;

The 73rd CEC Medals ceremony, presented by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, took place on 29 January 2018 at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid.^[1] The gala was hosted by Alfonso Sánchez and Alberto López [es] (Los Compadres).^[1]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[2]^[3]

Best Film The Bookshop The Motive Summer 1993 Handia	Best Animation Film Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas Deep Nur eta herensugearen tenplua [ca]
Best Director Isabel Coixet – The Bookshop Manuel Martín Cuenca – The Motive Álex de la Iglesia – Perfect Strangers & The Bar Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño – Handia	Best New Director Carla Simón – Summer 1993 Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo – Holy Camp! Lino Escalera [es] – Can't Say Goodbye Adolfo Martínez – Rescue Under Fire
Best Original Screenplay Carla Simón – Summer 1993 Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga [eu], Andoni de Carlos [ca] – Handia Pablo Berger, Isabel Peña – Abracadabra Fernando Navarro, Paco Plaza – Verónica	Best Adapted Screenplay Isabel Coixet – The Bookshop Manuel Martín Cuenca, Alejandro Hernández – The Motive Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo – Holy Camp! Agustí Villaronga, Coral Cruz – Uncertain Glory Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia – Perfect Strangers
Best Actor Javier Gutiérrez – The Motive Eduard Fernández – Perfect Strangers Antonio de la Torre – Abracadabra Andrés Gertrúdix – Dying	Best Actress Nathalie Poza – Can't Say Goodbye Maribel Verdú – Abracadabra Marian Álvarez – Dying Emily Mortimer – The Bookshop
Best Supporting Actor Bill Nighy – The Bookshop David Verdaguer – Summer 1993 Antonio de la Torre – The Motive José Mota – Abracadabra	Best Supporting Actress Lola Dueñas – Can't Say Goodbye Anna Castillo – Holy Camp! Belén Cuesta – Holy Camp! Adelfa Calvo – The Motive
Best New Actor Eneko Sagardoy – Handia Santiago Alverú [es] – Selfie [ca] Pol Monen – Amar: With You Until the End of the World Miguel Martín – The Sepherd [ca]	Best New Actress Sandra Escacena – Verónica Bruna Cusí – Summer 1993 Adriana Paz – The Motive Laia Artigas [ca] – Summer 1993
Best Cinematography Jean-Claude Larrieu – The Bookshop Pau Esteve Birba – The Motive Migue Amoedo [ca] – Holy Camp! Josep M. Civit [ca] – Uncertain Glory	Best Editing Martí Roca – Verónica Bernat Aragonés [ca] – The Bookshop Laurent Dufreche, Raúl López – Handia Ana Pfaff [ca], Didac Palou – Summer 1993
Best Music Pascal Gaigne [fr] – Handia Alfonso de Vilallonga [es] – The Bookshop Eugenio Mira – Verónica Roque Baños – Rescue Under Fire	Best Documentary Film Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle [es] Saura(s) Cantábrico [es] Converso [ca]
Best Foreign Film La La Land Dunkirk Coco Lumière ! L'aventure commence [fr] Lady Macbeth

Special awards

Honorary Medal: Assumpta Serna^[3]
Medal for the Literary Merit: A Notorius Ediciones^[3]
Medal for the Promotion of Cinema: Primitivo Rodríguez [es]^[3]
Medal for the Journalistic Merit: De película (RNE)^[3]
'Solidaridad' Medal: Los demás días [ca]^[3]

References

1 2 Neira, Fernando (30 January 2018). "Nathalie Poza y Javier Gutiérrez repiten en la gran noche de Coixet y 'La librería'". Aisge (in European Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2026.
↑ "'La librería' de Isabel Coixet fue la gran vencedora de las Medallas CEC 2018". Cine & Tele (in European Spanish). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "'La librería' y 'El autor', con ocho candidaturas, favoritas en las Medallas CEC 2018". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2026.

[aisge-1] 1 2 Neira, Fernando (30 January 2018). "Nathalie Poza y Javier Gutiérrez repiten en la gran noche de Coixet y 'La librería'". Aisge (in European Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2026.

[noms-2] "'La librería' de Isabel Coixet fue la gran vencedora de las Medallas CEC 2018". Cine & Tele (in European Spanish). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2026.

[a451-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "'La librería' y 'El autor', con ocho candidaturas, favoritas en las Medallas CEC 2018". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2026.

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