16th Gaudí Awards

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.^[2] Journalist-comedian Maria Rovira [ca] and screenwriter-comedian Ana Polo (co-creators of the popular Catalan podcast Oye Polo) were announced as the gala hosts in October 2023.^[3] In November 2023, filmmaker Rosa Vergés was announced as the recipient of the Gaudí Honorary Award.^[4] The nominations were read by actors Vicky Luengo and Pol López from the auditorium of La Pedrera on 12 December 2023.^[1] Elena Martín Gimeno's Creatura led the nominations with fifteen, followed by David Trueba's Jokes & Cigarettes with thirteen.^[5]

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[6][7][8]

Best Film Creatura; produced by Marta Cruañas, Ariadna Dot, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Jake Cheetham, Pau Suris, Oriol Sala-Patau The Enchanted; produced by Marta Ramírez, Adolfo Blanco, Oriol Sala-Patau The Permanent Picture; produced by Adrià Monés Murlans, Gabrielle Dumon Jokes & Cigarettes; produced by Edmon Roch [ca], Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano, Oriol Sala-Patau	Best Non-Catalan Language Film 20,000 Species of Bees; produced by Lara Izaguirre, Valérie Delpierre The Teacher Who Promised the Sea; produced by Francesc Escribano, Tono Folguera, David Felani, Laura Fernández Brites, Carlos Fernández Un amor; produced by Sandra Hermida Múñiz, Marisa Fernández Armenteros Upon Entry; produced by Carles Torras, Carlos Juárez, Xosé Zapata, Sergio Adrià, Alba Sotorra
Best Director Elena Martín — Creatura Isabel Coixet — Un amor David Trueba — Jokes & Cigarettes Agustí Villaronga — Stormy Lola	Best New Director Estibaliz Urresola — 20,000 Species of Bees Laura Ferrés Moreno [es] — The Permanent Picture Alejandro Marín [es] — Love & Revolution Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry
Best Original Screenplay Juan Sebastián Vásquez, Alejandro Rojas — Upon Entry Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt, Víctor Iriarte [es] — Foremost by Night Elena Martín, Clara Roquet — Creatura Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren — 20,000 Species of Bees	Best Adapted Screenplay Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero [es] — Un amor Pablo Berger — Robot Dreams David Trueba, Albert Espinosa — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Val — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Best Actress Carolina Yuste — Jokes & Cigarettes as Conchita [es] Laia Costa — Un amor as Nat Bruna Cusí — Upon Entry as Elena Patricia López Arnaiz — 20,000 Species of Bees as Ane	Best Actor David Verdaguer — Jokes & Cigarettes as Eugenio [es] Alberto Ammann — Upon Entry as Diego Enric Auquer — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea as Antoni Benaiges [ca] Oriol Pla — Creatura as Marcel
Best Supporting Actress Clara Segura — Creatura as Diana Aina Clotet — The Enchanted as Ingrid Ane Gabarain — 20,000 Species of Bees as Lourdes Ana Torrent — Foremost by Night as Cora	Best Supporting Actor Àlex Brendemühl — Creatura as Gerard Daniel Brühl — The Movie Teller as Nansen Pedro Casablanc — Jokes & Cigarettes as Vicente Hugo Silva — Un amor as Piter
Best New Performance Clàudia Malagelada [es] — Creatura as Mila Ainara Elejalde — The Enchanted as Gina Alícia Falcó [es] — In the Company of Women as Bea La Dani (Dani F. Pozo) — Love & Revolution as Dani	Best Original Score Alfonso de Vilallonga [es] — Robot Dreams Clara Aguilar [ca] — Creatura Maria Arnal, Nora Haddad Casadevall — Alteritats Andrea Motis — Jokes & Cigarettes
Best Production Supervision Eduard Vallés — Jokes & Cigarettes Andrés Mellinas — Creatura Elisa Sirvent, Patricio Pereira — The Movie Teller Eva Taboada — Un amor	Best Documentary Film Mentre siguis tu, l'aquí i l'ara de Carme Elias; produced by Claudia Pinto Emperador, Óscar Bernàcer, Joana M. Ortueta, Jordi Llorca, Iván Martínez Rufat, Pilar Llorca. Alteritats; produced by Andrea Herrera Catalá, Almudena Monzú Hermano caballo; produced by Adrián Guerra Armas, Núria Valls Villanueva Muyeres; produced by Oriol Maymó, Núria Domènech
Best Short Film El bus; produced by Valérie Delpierre, Jaume Fargas Coll Blow!; produced by Miriam Porté, Neus Ballús La herida luminosa; produced by Sergi Casamitjana Melich, Lita Roig Tots els meus colors; produced by Anna Solana	Best TV Movie Quico Sabaté, sense destí [ca]; produced by Albert Solé, Oriol Sala-Patau Miró [ca]; produced by Oriol Marcos, Tiffany Ruoz, Oriol Sala-Patau
Best Animated Film Robot Dreams; produced by Sandra Tapia [ca], Ibon Cormenzana [eu], Ignasi Estapé [de], Ángel Durández, Pablo Berger, Jérôme Vidal, Sylvie Pialat [fr], Benoît Quainon They Shot the Piano Player; produced by Cristina Huete Hannah and the Monsters [ca]; produced by Ángeles Hernández, David Matamoros Heavies tendres; produced by Juanjo Sáez, Laia Servera	Best Art Direction Marc Pou — Jokes & Cigarettes Josep Rosell [ca] — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Sylvia Steinbrecht — Creatura Izaskun Urkijo Alijo — 20,000 Species of Bees
Best Cinematography Gina Ferrer — 20,000 Species of Bees Alana Mejía González — Creatura Agnès Piqué Corbera — The Permanent Picture Bet Rourich — Un amor	Best Editing Ariadna Ribas — Creatura Ana Pfaff [ca] — Foremost by Night Bernat Aragonés [ca] — The Movie Teller Raúl Barreras — 20,000 Species of Bees
Best Costume Design Lala Huete [es] — Jokes & Cigarettes Maria Armengol — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Mercè Paloma [ca] — The Movie Teller Isis Velasco — Love & Revolution	Best Sound Xavi Mas, Eduardo Castro, Yasmina Praderas — Jokes & Cigarettes Albert Gay, Enrique G. Bermejo, Carlos Jiménez — Un amor Eva Valiño [ca], Koldo Corella, Xanti Salvador — 20,000 Species of Bees Leo Dolgan, Oriol Donat, Laia Casanovas — Creatura
Best Visual Effects Bernat Aragonés [ca] — The Movie Teller Wesley Barnard, Míriam Piquer — Jokes & Cigarettes Cristina Garmón — Creatura David Martí, Montse Ribé — Tobacco Barns	Best Makeup and Hairstyles Caitlin Acheson, Nacho Díaz, Benjamín Pérez — Jokes & Cigarettes Danae Gatell, Àlex Salvat — Creatura Patricia Reyes — The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Patricia Reyes, Jesús Martos — The Movie Teller
Best European Film Society of the Snow Aftersun Close Triangle of Sadness The Eight Mountains

• Rosa Vergés^[4]

• The Teacher Who Promised the Sea^[9]