Awards season kicks off: ESCAC Films and ESCAC Studio head towards Spanish cinema’s major awards

The school’s short films are among the candidates for the Goya Awards, the Gaudí Awards and the Forqué Awards.

The 2026-2027 awards season is already underway, and short films from ESCAC Films and ESCAC Studio are beginning their journey towards three of the major events in Spanish audiovisual culture: the Goya Awards, the Premis Gaudí and the Forqué Awards. Another recognition of the talent of the ESCAC community, which has already amassed an impressive record of 41 Goya Awards, 74 Premis Gaudí, 11 Premios Feroz, one César, four European Film Awards, one BAFTA Student Award, one Student Academy Award, two Golden Globe nominations and three Oscar nominations.

On the way to the Goyas

Five short films directed by the school’s students have been selected as candidates for the 41st edition of the Goya Awards. In the Best Fiction Short Film category are projects by ESCAC Films: Ningú borda, directed by Júlia Coldwell, Casi septiembre, directed by Lucía G. Romero, and Furia, directed by Santi Pujol Amat and Fran Moreno Blanco. Also in the fiction category is Señuelo, a project that emerged from The Dream Makers competition and was directed by Martha G. Ayerbe; and in the animation category, Bobs, directed by Júlia Marcó. The candidate short films are available to watch on the VeoMaC platform.

On the way to the Premis Gaudí 

Six short films associated with ESCAC Films and ESCAC Studio are among the candidates in the XIX edition of the Premis Gaudí: Dissecció d’una incoherència en crisi, Casi Septiembre, Per Bruixa i Metzinera and Ningú Borda, from ESCAC Films, along with Stallion y la bola de cristal and Bobs, from ESCAC Studio. The candidate short films are available on the VeoGaudí platform and will be screened at Cinemes Girona in Barcelona on 18 and 25 November, at 19 h.

In the running for the Forqué Awards

Six short films from ESCAC Films are also in the running for the Forqué Awards: A la vejez, viruelas, by Pol Aguilera; Casi Septiembre, by Lucía G. Romero; Cementeri d’Estiu, by Valèria Cuní; Dissecció d’una incoherència en crisi, by Nausica Serra; Ningú Borda, by Júlia Coldwell Serra; and Per Bruixa i Metiznera, by Marc Camardons. Voting will remain open until 1 November, and the short films are available on the Veo Forqué platform.

A start to the season that once again brings into circulation the stories, perspectives and talent of new generations of filmmakers trained at ESCAC