The Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Iberoamericana), formerly the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana, 1987–2008) and the Goya Award for Best Hispanic American Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Hispanoamericana, 2009–2010), is one of the

Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...

, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the

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of the

with the exception of the third edition where it was not awarded.

Carlos Sorín Carlos Sorín (born 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a film director, screenplay writer, cinematographer, and film producer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.

's ''

A King and His Movie ''A King and His Movie'' ( es, La película del rey) is a 1986 Argentine comedy drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín and Jorge Goldenberg. The movie features Ulises Dumont and Julio Chávez, among others. In a survey of th ...

'' was the first winner of this award representing

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Winners and nominees

Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

has received the most awards and nominations in this category with 18 wins and 28 nominations,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

follows the most wins with 5 while

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

follows the most nominations with 21. Goya winning films ''

The Secret in Their Eyes ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' ( es, link=no, El secreto de sus ojos) is a 2009 Argentinian crime drama film directed, co-written, produced and edited by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos'' (''The Question in Thei ...

'' (2009), ''

A Fantastic Woman ''A Fantastic Woman'' ( es, Una mujer fantástica) is a 2017 drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio, written by Lelio and Gonzalo Maza, produced by Juan de Dios and Pablo Larraín and starring Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes. It was selected ...

'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2018) have won the

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representing

and

respectively, with the latter also being nominated for

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and winning

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. Argentine director

Eduardo Mignogna Eduardo Mignogna (August 17, 1940 – October 6, 2006) was an Argentinian film director and screenwriter. Filmography * 1975 - ''La Raulito en libertad'' (writer) * 1983 - ''El Desquite'' (writer) * 1983 - ''Evita, quien quiera oír que oiga'' ...

is the most awarded director in this category, winning for ''

Autumn Sun ''Autumn Sun'' ( es, Sol de otoño) is a 1996 Argentine drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna and starring Norma Aleandro and Federico Luppi. It was written by Mignogna and Santiago Carlos Oves. Lita Stantic was the executive producer. In a s ...

'' (1996), '' The Lighthouse'' (1998) and '' La fuga'' (2001), while the most nominated directors in this category are Peruvian director

Francisco José Lombardi Francisco José Lombardi (born 3 August 1949) is a Peruvian film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977 in film, 1977. He received the Silver Shell for Best Director in 1985 for his film ''The Cit ...

, nominated for ''

Fallen from Heaven ''Fallen from Heaven'' ( es, Caídos del cielo) is a 1990 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted ...

'' (1990), ''

Without Compassion ''Without Compassion'' ( es, Sin compasión) is a 1994 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi, and based on the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the ...

'' (1994), '' Captain Pantoja and the Special Services'' (2000) and '' Black Butterfly'' (2007) and Chilean director

Andrés Wood Andrés Wood Montt (born 14 September 1965) is a Chilean film director, producer and writer. Some of his most popular films include ''Machuca'', '' Violeta se fue a los cielos'', and ''Historias de Futbol''. He created his own production company ...

, nominated for ''

Machuca ''Machuca'' is a 2004 internationally co-produced film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi. Set in Santiago during the months leading u ...

'' (2004), '' The Good Life'' (2008), ''

Violeta Went to Heaven ''Violeta Went to Heaven'' ( es, Violeta se fue a los cielos) is a 2011 Chilean biopic about singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, directed by Andrés Wood. The film is based on a biography by Ángel Parra, Violeta's son with Luis Cereceda Aren ...

'' (2011) and ''

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'' (2019), with four nominations each. Notes: * The winner in each year is shown with a blue background and in bold. * † – indicates the winner of the

. * ‡ – indicates a nominee that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Awards by country

References

External links

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IMDb: Goya Awards
{{Goya Awards Spanish language foreign film Awards for best film Ibero-American awards