75th CEC Awards

75th CEC Awards
75th CEC Awards
Date	20 January 2020
Site	Palacio de la Prensa, Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	Eva Ugarte; Franky Martín;
Organized by	Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
Highlights
Most awards	Pain and Glory (5)
Most nominations	Pain and Glory (10)
	← 74th; CEC Awards; 76th →;

The 75th CEC Medals ceremony, presented by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, took place on 20 January 2020 at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid. The gala was hosted by Eva Ugarte and Franky Martín.

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:

Best Film Pain and Glory The Endless Trench While at War Out in the Open El crack cero [es]	Best Animation Film Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Klaus Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World
Best Director Pedro Almodóvar – Pain and Glory Alejandro Amenábar – While at War Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga [eu] – The Endless Trench José Luis Garci – El crack cero [es] Benito Zambrano – Out in the Open	Best New Director Salvador Simó [ca] – Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Belén Funes – A Thief's Daughter Santiago Requejo – Grandfathers [es] Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia – The Platform
Best Original Screenplay Pedro Almodóvar – Pain and Glory Alejandro Amenábar y Alejandro Hernández – While at War Luiso Berdejo [ca], Jose Mari Goenaga [eu] – The Endless Trench Santiago Fillol [es], Oliver Laxe – Fire Will Come	Best Adapted Screenplay Eligio R. Montero, Salvador Simó [ca] – Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Pablo Remón [es], Daniel Remón [es], Benito Zambrano – Out in the Open Javier Gullón – Advantages of Travelling by Train Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isabel Peña – Mother
Best Actor Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory Carlos Santos – El crack cero [es] Antonio de la Torre – The Endless Trench Luis Tosar – Out in the Open Karra Elejalde – While at War	Best Actress Marta Nieto – Mother Greta Fernández – A Thief's Daughter Belén Cuesta – The Endless Trench Pilar Castro – Advantages of Travelling by Train
Best Supporting Actor Eduard Fernández – While at War Miguel Ángel Muñoz – El crack cero [es] Asier Etxeandia – Pain and Glory Luis Callejo – Out in the Open	Best Supporting Actress Natalia de Molina – Bye Julieta Serrano – Pain and Glory Penélope Cruz – Pain and Glory Mona Martínez – Bye
Best New Actor Enric Auquer – Eye for an Eye Nacho Sánchez – Seventeen Santi Prego [es] – While at War Jaime López – Out in the Open	Best New Actress Greta Fernández – A Thief's Daughter Carmen Arrufat – The Innocence Benedicta Sánchez – Fire Will Come Elena Andrada – El viatge de la Marta (Staff Only) [ca]
Best Cinematography Luis Ángel Pérez – El crack cero [es] José Luis Alcaine – Pain and Glory Alex Catalán – While at War Mauro Herce [ca] – Fire Will Come	Best Editing Luis de la Madrid, Miguel A. Trudu – Bye Carolina Martínez Urbina – While at War Teresa Font – Pain and Glory Laurent Dufreche, Raúl López– The Endless Trench
Best Music Alberto Iglesias – Pain and Glory Arturo Cardelús – Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Pascal Gaigne [fr] – The Endless Trench Zeltia Montes – Bye	Best Documentary Film El cuadro [ca] Aute Retrato [ca] Regresa El Cepa [ca] Ara Malikian: Una vida entre las cuerdas [ca]
Best Foreign Film Parasite The Irishman Joker Marriage Story

Special awards

Honorary Medal: José Sacristán
Medal for the Promotion of Cinema: Nieves Peñuelas and Elena Vázquez
Medal for the Journalistic Merit: Carlos Pumares [es]
'Solidaridad' Medal: Grandfathers [es]

References

1 2 Portinari, Beatriz (21 January 2020). "Banderas repite como mejor actor en unas Medallas del CEC en las que reina también Marta Nieto". Aige (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2026.
↑ "'Dolor y gloria' encabeza las nominaciones en la 75ª edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). 3 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 "'Dolor y gloria' logra cinco Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2026.

[aisge-1] 1 2 Portinari, Beatriz (21 January 2020). "Banderas repite como mejor actor en unas Medallas del CEC en las que reina también Marta Nieto". Aige (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2026.

[noms-2] "'Dolor y gloria' encabeza las nominaciones en la 75ª edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). 3 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2026.

[a451-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "'Dolor y gloria' logra cinco Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". Audiovisual451 (in European Spanish). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2026.

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