Sant Jordi Awards

Sant Jordi Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in film
Sponsored by	Radio Nacional de España
Country	Spain
First awarded	1957 (1957)
Website	http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio4/premis-sant-jordi.shtml

The Sant Jordi Awards (Catalan: Premis Sant Jordi de Cinematografia) are film prizes awarded annually in Barcelona by the Catalan branch of the Spanish radio network Radio Nacional de España.^[1] They were established in 1957 to encourage Catalan cinema at a time when Catalan language films were banned by the Spanish government under Francisco Franco. They were subsequently extended to all Spanish films.^{[citation needed]}

Awards are made in the following categories:^[2]

• Millor òpera prima (Best first work)
• Millor pel·lícula espanyola (Best Spanish film)
• Millor actriu de pel·lícula espanyola (Best actress in a Spanish film)
• Millor actor de pel·lícula espanyola (Best actor in a Spanish film)
• Millor pel·lícula estrangera (Best foreign film)
• Millor actriu de pel·lícula estrangera (Best actress in a foreign film)
• Millor actor de pel·lícula estrangera (Best actor in a foreign film)
• Premi especial del jurat (Special jury prize)
• Premi de la indústria cinematogràfica (Film industry prize)
• Premi Sant Jordi de la crítica de RNE (Spanish National Radio critics' prize)

See also[]

• Goya Awards
• Catalan cinema
• Cinema of Spain

References[]

External links[]

• "Premis Sant Jordi de Cinematografia". TVE (in Catalan). Official website
• "Sant Jordi Awards". IMDb.

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