Gopo 2023: Romanian film awards announce this year's nominees
The Gopo Awards, the yearly event recognizing the achievements of the local film industry, have announced the nominations for this year's edition.
Simona Fodor · Journalist
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The Gopo Awards, the yearly event recognizing the achievements of the local film industry, have announced the nominations for this year's edition.
Alina Grigore’s Crai Nou (Blue Moon), Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark’s Imaculat (Immaculate), Alexandru Belc’s Metronom, Bogdan George Apetri’s Miracol (Miracle), Paul Negoescu’s Oameni de treabă(Men of Deeds), and Sebastian Mihăilescu’s Pentru mine tu ești Ceaușescu (You Are Ceaușescu to Me) are competing for the Gopo award for Best Film.
Blue Moon won the Golden Shell award for best film at the 69th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festivalin 2021, while Immaculate received three awards at the Venice Film Festival and was Romania's proposal for the Best International Feature Film category of the 2023 Oscars. In addition, Metronom brought Alexandru Belc the Best Director award in the Un Certain Regard section at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Thirty-seven Romanian features released in cinemas or on VoD platforms in 2022 were on the list of potential nominations for the Best Film category.
Overall, Metronom landed 11 nominations, Immaculate ten nominations, Men of Deeds ten nominations, Miracle nine nominations, Blue Moon eight nominations, You Are Ceaușescu to Me five nominations, and Spioni de ocazie (Occasional Spies) five nominations.
Alina Grigore (Blue Moon), Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark (Immaculate), Alexandru Belc (Metronom), Bogdan George Apetri (Miracle) and Paul Negoescu (Men of Deeds) are nominated in the Best Director category.
Meanwhile, Andreea Grămoșteanu (#dogpoopgirl), Mălina Manovici (
