The Goya Awards, Spain's Oscars, have just been announced, with Mar adentro receiving about 5,000 nominations and Almodóvar, famous for being shunned by the Spanish establishment whilst a god virtually everywhere else, gets only four. Less well-known are the Godoy Awards for the year's worst Spanish film. (In order to vote, you have to be a member of the Godoy Academy.) I've seen three of this year's five nominees, and they are indeed public health warning material, guaranteed to shake not only your faith in Spanish film but in human nature itself. I suspect that at least four of these movies, made in a "so-bad-it's-good" spirit of ultra-kitsch, would be proud to take the award. Don't bother watching out for these, and please avoid food before looking at the posters.
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