Palacio de Congresos in Palma, Mallorca

If the Goyas were to come to Palma, the Palacio de Congresos would be the obvious venue. | MDB

Andrew EdePalma12/02/2025 17:45
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The 39th Goyas, Spain's 'Oscars', were held in Granada last Saturday. With the exception of one year, 2000 in Barcelona, they were always in Madrid until the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences broke with tradition in 2019 and started to hold the awards in other cities. The 33rd Goyas, which applied to the year 2018, were held in Seville in February 2019. Since then, they have been to Malaga (twice), Valencia, Seville again, Valladolid and now Granada.

Last year, Palma's mayor, Jaime Martínez, and the councillor for culture, Javier Bonet, expressed their desire to bring the awards ceremony to Mallorca. They both in fact attended the event in Valladolid. This wasn't the first time, as when he was mayor and also culture councillor, Antoni Noguera made the case for Palma to be the host city.

There is now "great interest" in Palma staging the 40th Goyas. This interest is said to be shared by the town hall and by the Academy. The good money had at one point been on Valencia, but this option now appears to have been discarded, meaning that Palma is very much in the running.

What may count against Palma and indeed other cities is the 40th anniversary. There is a view that the anniversary should be celebrated back in Madrid.

But as yet, nothing has been decided. If not 2026, then Palma will hope for 2027, when it is likely to be up against Bilbao.