The awards, organized by the Association of Spanish Film Journalists and launched in 2014, recognized Spanish film and television productions each year. Their arrival in Zaragoza would also be accompanied by an extensive program of film and television events in the months leading up to the ceremony.
Zaragoza’s then-deputy mayor, Sara Fernández, highlighted that the event would turn the capital into “a film city and a benchmark on the national and international audiovisual circuit”. The first details of the parallel activities were to be announced during the first edition of the Saraqusta Festival.
The event also came after an edition marked by restrictions and reduced capacity at Madrid’s Coliseum Theatre. María Guerra, then president of the Association of Spanish Film Journalists, hoped Zaragoza would make it possible to bring back the traditional gala dinner format and hold the awards as “normally as possible”. The Auditorium’s Multipurpose Hall was the chosen venue.
The announcement also had a particularly recent Aragonese connection. In the previous edition, Las niñas, by Zaragoza filmmaker Pilar Palomero, had stood out among the Feroz winners.
Zaragoza thus began preparing for an event that would bring the Feroz Awards to the Aragonese capital for the first time. This is how we reported it in Aragón Digital five years ago, when it was announced that Zaragoza’s Auditorium would host the ninth edition of the awards.
