The 16th Gaudí Awards ceremony, presented by the Catalan Film Academy, will take place on 4 February 2024 at the complex in Barcelona.

Background

A record number of 81 productions were presented as candidates to the awards, of which a 40% had Catalan as the original language, with 13 candidates to the best fiction feature film in the Catalan language. Journalist-comedian and screenwriter-comedian (co-creators of the popular Catalan podcast ''Oye Polo'') were announced as the gala hosts in October 2023. In November 2023, filmmaker

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was announced as the recipient of the Gaudí Honorary Award. The nominations were read by actors

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and from the auditorium of

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on 12 December 2023.

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's '' Creatura'' led the nominations with fifteen, followed by

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's ''

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'' with thirteen.

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Honorary Gaudí

Special Audience Award for Best Film

* '' The Teacher Who Promised the Sea''

References

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