Nanau and his team of producers refused to have their film nominated in the Best Long Documentary category, in which most of the approximately 600 active film professionals voted for Acasă My Home.

Radu Jude’s Uppercase Print, which had 10 nominations, was awarded for production design and make-up & hair styling, while Dan Chișu’s drama 5 Minutes Too Late received all the acting awards: lead actor and actress, and supporting actor and actress.

Ivana Mladenovic’s sophomore feature Ivana the Terrible received the highest number of nominations (12), the same as Dorian Boguță’s debut feature Legacy. However, Ivana the Terrible left empty handed, while Legacy was awarded for script, original score and costumes.

At the gala, the Romanian Alliance of Film Producers (AFP) issued an appeal to the authorities, hoping that they will pay a debt of more than 35 m EUR to international productions shot in Romania since the cash rebate scheme was launched in the autumn of 2018.

Gopo Awards were organised by Romanian Film Promotion together with Asociația Film si Cultură Urbană (AFCU), with the support of the Romanian Film Centre, Dacin Sara and Babel Communications.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

Best Film:
collective / colectiv (Romania, Luxembourg)
Produced by Alexander Nanau Production
Coproduced by Samsa Film, HBO Europe
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Luxembourg Film Fund and the Sundance Documentary Fund, and with the contribution of RTS Switzerland, RSI Switzerland, YES Docu and MDR Germany

Best Director:
Alexander Nanau for collective

Best Leading Actor:
Mihai Călin for 5 Minutes Too Late / 5 minute (Romania)
Directed by Dan Chișu
Produced by Domestic Film, DaKINO Production
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, MEDIA – Creative Europe and Heineken Romania, in partnership with the Romanian Public Television (TVR)

Best Leading Actress:
Diana Cavallioti for 5 Minutes

Best Supporting Actor:
Emanuel Pârvu for 5 Minutes

Best Supporting Actress:
Elvira Deatcu for 5 Minutes

Best Scriptwriter:
Dorian Boguță and Loredana Novak for Legacy / Urma (Romania)
Directed by Dorian Boguță
Produced by Hai-Hui Entertainment
Coproduced by Mandragora, Actoriedefilm.ro
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre

Best Cinematographer:
Oleg Mutu for Love 2. America / Dragoste 2. America (Romania)
Directed by Florin Șerban
Produced by Fantascope Films, The East Company, Correct Media
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre

Best Editor:
Alexander Nanau, George Cragg and Dana Bunescu for collective

Best Sound:
Tom Weber, Andreas Mühlschlegel and Lukás Moudrý for Acasă My Home / Acasă (Romania, Finland, Germany)
Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc
Produced by Manifest Film
Coproduced by HBO Europe, Corso Film, Kino Company
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Romanian Television, MEDIA – Creative Europe, Cinelab, Beep Studio

Best Original Score:
Marius Leftărache and Matei Stratan for Legacy

Best Production Design:
Irina Moscu for Uppercase Print / Tipografic majuscul (Romania)
Directed by Radu Jude
Produced by microFILM
Coproduced by the Romanian Television (TVR), Hi Film Productions
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the MEDIA Programme in association with nomada.solo

Best Costumes:
Mălina Ionescu for Legacy

Best Makeup and Hair Styling:
Bianca Boeroiu and Domnica Bodogan for Uppercase Print

Best Long Documentary:
Acasă My Home (Romania, Finland, Germany)
Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc

Best First Film:
Acasă My Home (Romania, Finland, Germany)
Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc

Best Short Fiction Film:
In Between / În noapte (Romania)
Directed by Ana Pasti

Best Short Animated Film:
Death and the Knight / Moartea și cavalerul (Romania)
Directed by Radu Gaciu

Best Short Documentary:
The Deer Passed in Front of Me / Cerbul a trecut prin fața mea (Romania)
Directed by Vlad Petri

Best Newcomer:
Alma Buhagiar for directing the short film Together / Împreună (Romania)

Romanian Society of Cinematographers (RSC) Award:
Pătru Păunescu for Grandfather and Grandson (North Macedonia)
Directed by Ilija Piperkoski
Produced by Pandora’s Box Production
Coproduced by Dream Factory Macedonia
In cooperation with Alien Film Entertainment (Romania)

Audience Award (for the film with the best box office):
Miami Bici (Romania) 2.35 m EUR / 11,610,679 RON
Directed by Jesus del Cerro
Produced by Studio Indie Productions and Watch Me Productions

Gopo Lifetime Achievement Award:
Actor Costel Constantin

Achievement Award:
Costume and production designer Doina Levintza

Special Awards:
Film critic Magda Mihăilescu
Layout sculptor Enache Hărăbor

Best European Film:
Sorry We Missed You (UK)
Directed by Ken Loach
Distributed by Independența Film