Overview

• The Academy’s board unanimously chose the veteran director for the Honorary Goya, praising his six decades of genre-defying films and parallel literary work.
• The award will be presented at the 2026 Goya Awards gala in Barcelona, the city where Suárez began directing films and publishing books.
• Throughout his career, Suárez has earned major honors including the 1989 Goya for Best Direction for Remando al viento, the 1991 National Cinematography Award, and knighthoods in France and Spain.
• At home in Lledías, Llanes, the 91-year-old is immersed in writing, having just published El caso de las cabezas cortadas and reissued La suela de mis zapatos.
• Suárez welcomed the tribute with nostalgia for filmmaking and expressed a wish to say “acción” on set in one more feature.