Constantin Popescu received the best director award for Pororoca, while Radu Jude was awarded best scriptwriter for I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians / Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari.
Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time led the 2019 Gopo Awards with 14 nominations, followed by Andrei Crețulescu’s debut feature Charleston with 13 nominations, Love 1. Dog / Dragoste 1. Câine by Florin Șerban with 11 nominations and Pororoca by Constantin Popescu with 10 nominations.
Gopo Awards are organised by Romanian Film Promotion and Asociația Film si Cultură Urbană (AFCU) with the support of the Romanian Film Centre, the National Theatre Bucharest and Babel Communications.
FULL LIST OF AWARDS:
Best Film: Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2 (Romania)
Directed by Stere Gulea
Produced by Libra Film Production
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Best Director:
Constantin Popescu for Pororoca (Romania, France)
Directed by Constantin Popescu
Produced by Scharf Film & Advertising
Coproduced by Irreverence Films
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Eurimages, the French CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, l’Institut Français
Best Actor:
Bogdan Dumitrache for Pororoca
Best Actress:
Cosmina Stratan for Love 1. Dog / Dragoste 1. Câine (Romania)
Directed by Florin Șerban
Produced by Fantascope
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Best Supporting Actor: Alexandru Dabija for I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians / Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari (Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany)
Directed by Radu Jude
Produced by Hi Film Productions
Coproduced by endorfilm, Les Films d‘Ici, Klas Film, Komplizen Film, ZFD/Arte, TVR
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Czech Film Fund, the Bulgarian National Film Center
Best Supporting Actress:
Iulia Lumânare for Pororoca
Best Script:
Radu Jude for I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians / Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari
Best Cinematography:
Vivi Drăgan Vasile for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Best Editing:
Dana Bunescu and Alexandra Gulea for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Best Make-up and Hair Styling:
Dana Roșeanu, Iulia Roșeanu and Domnica Bodogan for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Best Sound: Dana Bunescu, Cristinel Șirli and Constantin Fleancu for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Directed by Stere Gulea
Best Original Music: Massimiliano Narduli for Charleston (Romania, France)
Directed by Andrei Crețulescu
Produced by Icon Production and Les Films du Tambour
Coproduced by Mille et Une Films and Wag Prod
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, The Group, Publicis Groupe, Region Bretagne, Rennes Metropole, in association with Kinosseur, Wearebasca, Digital Cube and HBO Europe
Best Art Direction: Cristian Niculescu for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Directed by Stere Gulea
Best Costume Design: Dana Păpăruz for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Directed by Stere Gulea
Best Debut Feature: Soldiers. Story from Ferentari / Soldații. Poveste din Ferentari (Romania, Serbia)
Directed by Ivana Mladenovic
Produced by HiFilm Productions, coproduced by Bas Celik
Best Documentary: Caisă (România)
Directed by Alexandru Mavrodineanu
Produced by Almafilm Production
Coproduced by Hai-Hui Entertainment
Best Short Film: The Christmas Gift / Cadoul de Crăciun (Romania)
Directed by Bogdan Mureșanu
Best Newcomer: Actor Iosif Paștina for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2
Directed by Stere Gulea
Best European Film: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Irland, UK)
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Distributed by Independența Film
Special Awards:
Ion Nica
Dan Chișu
Achievement Award: Actor Constantin Dinulescu
Lifetime Achievement Award: Actress Ileana Stana Ionescu
Romanian Society of Cinematographers (RSC) Award: Vivi Drăgan Vasile for Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2 (Romania)
Directed by Stere Gulea
Audience Award: Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2 (Romania) 192,122 admissions
Directed by Stere Gulea
