Romania’s Gopo film awards: 2021 nominations announced

Radu Ciorniciuc’s Acasă. My Home, Alexander Nanau’s Collective, Ivana Mladenovic’s Ivana the Terrible, and Radu Jude’s Uppercase Print are the productions competing for the Best Feature Film at this year’s edition of the Gopo Awards, focused on the local film industry.

The winners will be unveiled at the Gopo Awards Gala, scheduled to take place on June 28.

Sixteen Romanian feature films launched in cinemas or on VOD platforms in 2020 were considered for a nomination at the 15th edition of the awards.

The films that gathered the most nominations are Urma/ Legacy (12 nominations), Ivana cea groaznică/ Ivana the Terrible (12), Tipografic majuscul/ Uppercase Print (10), and 5 minute/ 5 Minutes Too Late (7).

Alexander Nanau (Collective), Ivana Mladenovic (Ivana the Terrible), Radu Ciorniciuc (Acasă. My Home), and Radu Jude (Uppercase Print) are nominated for the Best Director award.

Diana Cavallioti (5 Minutes Too Late), Ivana Mladenovic (Ivana the Terrible), and Irina Rădulescu (Legacy) were nominated in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, while Igor Babiac (Love 2. America/ Dragoste 2. America), Mihai Călin (5 Minutes Too Late), Șerban Lazarovici (Uppercase Print) and Teodor Corban (Legacy) compete for the Best Actor in a Leading Role award.

The nominees in the Best Documentary Film category are Radu Ciorniciuc’s Acasă. My Home, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst and Ebba Sinzinger’s Lemn/ Wood, and Adrian Pîrvu and Helena Maksyom’s Everything Will Not Be Fine.

At the same time, two documentaries - Radu Ciorniciuc’s Acasă. My Home and Adrian Pîrvu and Helena Maksyom’s Everything Will Not Be Fine – are nominated alongside Dorian Boguță’s feature