81st CEC Awards

81st CEC Awards
81st CEC Awards
Date	23 February 2026
Site	Palacio de la Prensa, Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	María Adánez
Organized by	Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
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Most awards	Sundays (6)
Most nominations	Sundays (10)
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The 81st CEC Medals ceremony, presented by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, took place on 23 February 2026 at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by María Adánez.^[2]

Date23 February 2026

SitePalacio de la Prensa, Madrid, Spain

Hosted byMaría Adánez

Organized byCírculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

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Best Film Sundays Sirāt Maspalomas Deaf	Best Animation Film Decorado Awakening Beauty The Treasure of Barracuda The Light of Aisha
Best Director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays Carla Simón – Romería Oliver Laxe – Sirāt Albert Serra – Afternoons of Solitude	Best New Director Eva Libertad [es] – Deaf Rafael Cobos – Golpes Gemma Blasco [es] – Fury Carlos Solano – Leo & Lou
Best Original Screenplay Alauda Ruiz de Azúa – Sundays Oliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol [ca] – Sirāt Agustín Díaz Yanes – She Walks in Darkness Avelina Prat – The Portuguese House	Best Adapted Screenplay Eva Libertad [es] – Deaf Joaquín Oristrell, Manuel Gómez Pereira, Yolanda García Serrano – The Dinner Carla Simón – Romería Santiago Requejo – All in Favor
Best Actor Manolo Solo – The Portuguese House Alberto San Juan – The Dinner Miguel Garcés – Sundays Sergi López – Sirāt	Best Actress Patricia López Arnaiz – Sundays Bárbara Lennie – Los Tigres Nora Navas – My Friend Eva Susana Abaitua – She Walks in Darkness
Best Supporting Actor Álvaro Cervantes – Deaf Miguel Rellán – The Captive Luis Tosar – Golpes Juan Minujín – Sundays	Best Supporting Actress Nagore Aranburu – Sundays Elvira Mínguez – The Dinner Elena Irureta – Deaf Maria de Medeiros – The Portuguese House
Best New Actor Julio Peña – The Captive Mitch [es] – Romería Fer Fraga [gl] – Band Together Jordi Catalán – Wolfgang	Best New Actress Blanca Soroa [es] – Sundays Llúcia Garcia [ca] – Romería Judith Fernández [es] – Band Together Miriam Garlo [ca] – Deaf
Best Cinematography Mauro Herce [ca] – Sirāt Álex Catalán – The Captive Bet Rourich – Sundays Pau Esteve Birba – Los Tigres Hélène Louvart – Romería	Best Editing Cristóbal Fernández – Sirāt Andrés Gil – Sundays José M. G. Moyano [es] – Los Tigres Marta Velasco – Deaf Bernat Vilaplana – She Walks in Darkness
Best Music Kangding Ray [fr] – Sirāt Alejandro Amenábar – The Captive Julio de la Rosa [es] – Los Tigres Vincent Barrière – The Portuguese House	Best Documentary Film Flores para Antonio Eloy de la Iglesia. Adicto al cine Afternoons of Solitude The Sleeper. El Caravaggio perdido
Best Foreign Film Frankenstein A Simple Accident One Battle After Another Sentimental Value

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