Writers Manuel Aguayo and Elia Montoya

The former student of the Master's in Cultural Journalism and New Trends has achieved this distinction for her research into a film genre that has been the protagonist and, on many occasions, ignored in our country in the past decades. 'Lo 'quinqui': an analysis of the evolution of the genre in Spain' is his in-depth study of this type of film in comparison with current trends and phenomena that are still influenced by them.

Laura Lezama's tribute and claim to the quinqui cinema predominated not only in her own work, but also in her subsequent speech and statements. In addition to thanking his mother and Patricia Izquierdo, professor of the master's degree itself and tutor of his TFM, he stressed his intention to rescue for the public this type of cinema that is the history of our country, such as the transition to democracy from the point of view of of view of criminalized and marginalized people. “I found it very interesting to pay attention and give voice to this cinema and its directors, since it is sometimes categorized as a subculture, but I think it is CULTURE with a capital letter”, she declared to all those attending the gala.

Also Rafael Gómez, dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the URJC and in charge of delivering this award, stressed the importance of "that the quinqui cinema is present in research topics and that the exhibitions give visibility to different issues of Spanish cinema ”.

Importance and relevance of research papers on Spanish cinema

The streaming platform FlixOlé, together with the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, have organized the first awards that recognize the quality of studies on our national cinema. In this debut edition, awards have been given to the best research articles, theses and university papers that have analyzed certain aspects of films that have marked history within our audiovisual heritage. As Gerardo Sanchez fantasized, director of movie days on RTVE and the presenter of the gala, there is a possibility that Tarantino had noticed some "Spanish" to be inspired by his works.

Throughout the event, celebrities as important in the world of Spanish cinema as Fernando Méndez-Leite, president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, and Enrique Cerezo, founder of FlixOlé and president of the Atletico Madrid.

Full list of all winners:

• Award for Best TFG to Javier Navarro (University of Murcia) for 'José Luis Garci as a film critic: The undervalued film theory'.

• Award for Best TFM - Laura Lezama (URJC) for 'Lo quinqui: an analysis of the evolution of the genre in Spain'.

• Award for Best Doctoral Thesis to Rafael Cherta (Jaume I University) for 'The restless gaze: the narrative structures of the western and thriller in the cinema of Gonzalo Suárez'.

• Award for the Best Academic Article published in a scientific journal (magazine open area) to Nadia McGowan and Begoña Yáñez-Martínez for 'Neither nominated nor winners: the women at the Goya Awards (1987-2021)'.

• Special Prize for Disclosure Article to Juan Pando (Frames) for 'Raphaelism. The joys and shadows of success'.

• Special Award for the Best Printed Publication to Javier Díez and Elena Gómez (Ediciones JC) for Master Spanish.

• Emerging Media Special Award to Arturo Tena for Cinema with Ñ

• Special Professional Career Award to Oti Rodríguez Marchante (ABC)

• Special Award for the Best Outreach Program to Sonia Sanchez for Stories of Our Cinema.