Monday, April 29, at the National Theatre, I. L. Caragiale” in Bucharest, the 18th edition of the Gopo Awards Gala took place, during which the performances recorded by Romanian cinema in recent years were celebrated. Libertate/Freedom is the big winner of the Gopo trophy for Best Film. The most applauded moments on the stage of the Gala can be watched on Thursday, May 1, from 22:30, on PRO CINEMA.
Freedom/Photo credit: Adrian Holerga
Libertate/Freedom, directed by Tudor Giurgiu and produced by Libra Films, was the big winner of the evening, obtaining the trophy for Best Film following the voting process in which more than 800 professionals from the domestic film world participated. Freedom obtained 9 other trophies.
The award for Best Actress in a Leading Role went to Ilinca Manolache for her role in the feature film Don’t Expect Too Much from the End of the World.
The award for Best Director went to Tudor Giurgiu for the film Freedom.
The award for Best Actor in a leading role went to Alex Calangiu, the protagonist of the film Freedom (dir. Tudor Giurgiu).
Maria Popistașu was awarded the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Taxi Drivers (dir.Bogdan Theodor Olteanu), and Iulian Postelnicu was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Freedom.
The award for Best Screenplay, offered by Dacin Sara, went to two of the nominated films this year. Cecilia Ștefănescu and Tudor Giurgiu for the film Freedom and Radu Jude for the film Don’t expect too much from the end of the world.
Between Revolutions, directed by Vlad Petri, was designated Best Documentary.
In the short film category, the award was given to the film Where No Ships Go, directed by Vlad Buzăianu.
In the Best European Film category, the votes of cinematographers and film critics went to Anatomie d’une chute (dir. Justine Triet, France), distributed by Voodoo Films, and the Audience Award, for the production with the biggest success at the box office was awarded to the film Miami Bici 2 (dir. Jesús del Cerro).
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