Radu Jude’s Everybody in Our Family/Toată lumea din familia noastră (www.hifilm.ro) and Gabriel Achim’s Adalbert’s Dream/Visul lui Adalbert (www.greenfilm.ro) have nine nods each. Tudor Giurgiu’s comedy Of Snails and Men/Despre oameni şi melci (www.librafilm.net) has eight nominations. All four of the top nominated films are competing for Best Film and Best Director.
Dan Chişu’s Chasing Rainbows/Şi caii sunt verzi pe pereţi (www.familyfilm.ro) has seven nominations and Lucian Georgescu’s debut feature Phantom Father/Tatăl fantomă (www.thephantomfather.com) has six.
The jury selected the nominees from 16 features, 13 documentaries and 32 short films released in cinemas or competeing in festivals in 2012.
Producer/director Cristian Mungiu refused to allow his his film Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (www.mobrafilms.ro), the most acclaimed Romanian film in 2012, to compete for the Gopos. Last year director Cristi Puiu withdrew Aurora from the nominations process, but the film was awarded Best Film and he was named Best Director. The jury included no nominations in the Best Actress category, citing a lack of choices. Romanian Film Promotion (http://romfilmpromotion.ro/), the organizer of the Gopo gala, refused support from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro).
Some 400 film profesionals will cast votes.
The nominees are:
BEST FILM
Everybody in Our Family
Of Snails and Men
Adalbert’s Dream
Somewhere in Palilula
DIRECTOR
Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family)
Tudor Giurgiu (Of Snails and Men)
Gabriel Achim (Adalbert’s Dream)
Silviu Purcărete (Somewhere in Palilula)
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Adrian Titieni (Chasing Rainbows)
Gabriel Spahiu (Adalbert’s Dream)
Şerban Pavlu (Everybody in Our Family)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Doru Ana (Adalbert’s Dream)
Gabriel Spahiu (Everybody in Our Family)
Sorin Leoveanu (Somewhere in Palilula)
Tudor Smoleanu (Chasing Rainbows)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alina Berzunţeanu (Of Snails and Men)
Mihaela Sîrbu (Everybody in Our Family)
Ozana Oancea (Adalbert’s Dream)
Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez (Everybody in Our Family)
BEST SCRIPT
Dan Chişu (Chasing Rainbows)
Gabriel Achim, Cosmin Manolache (Adalbert’s Dream)
Ionuţ Teianu (Of Snails and Men)
Corina Sabău, Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adrian Silişteanu (Somewhere in Palilula)
Liviu Marghidan (Phantom Father)
Ovidiu Gyarmath (Chasing Rainbows)
BEST EDITING
Andrei Iancu (Chasing Rainbows)
Cătălin Cristuţiu (Somewhere in Palilula)
Ioachim Stroe (Phantom Father)
Nita Chivulescu (Of Snails and Men)
BEST SOUND
Cristinel Şirli, Cristian Tarnoveţchi, Florin Tăbăcaru (Of Snails and Men)
Eckehart Dux, Cristian Tarnoveţchi, Ansgar Frerich, Daniel Iribaren (Phantom Father)
Florian Ardelean, Dragoş Stanomir, Cristinel Şirli, Alexis Marzin (Chasing Rainbows)
Simone Galavazi, Dana Bunescu (Everybody in Our Family)
Tudor Petre, Cristinel Şirli, Cristian Tarnoveţchi, Florin Tăbăcaru (Somewhere in Palilula)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Johannes Malfatti (Phantom Father)
Paul Ilea (Chasing Rainbows)
Vasile Şirli (Somewhere in Palilula)
Vlaicu Golcea (Of Snails and Men)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Gabriel Nechita (Phantom Father)
Helmut Sturmer, Dragoş Buhagiar (Somewhere in Palilula)
Vali Ighigheanu (Adalbert’s Dream)
BEST COSTUMES
Augustina Stanciu (Everybody in Our Family)
Dana Istrate (Of Snails and Men)
Lia Manţoc (Somewhere in Palilula)
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR STYLING
Dana Roşeanu, Minela Popa, Ionel Pola, Doina Popa (Somewhere in Palilula)
Cristina Ilie, Domnica Bodogan (Adalbert’s Dream)
Gabriela Creţan, Elena Tudor (Phantom Father)
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
A Month in Thailand/O lună în Thailanda by Paul Negoescu, produced by HiFilm Productions
Somewhere in Palilula by Silviu Purcărete
Adalbert’s Dream by Gabriel Achim
BEST DOCUMENTARY
8 of March/8 March by Alexandru Belc, produced by Libra Film
Here... I Mean There/Aici... adică acolo by Laura Căpăţână Juller, produced by Hi Film Productions
Gone Wild by Dan Curean, produced by Fundaţia ARTA
Turn Off the Lights by Ivana Mladenovic, produced by Strada Film (stradafilm.ro)
A Dream’s Merchant/Un gând, un vis, Doyle…şi un pix by Bogdan Ilie-Micu, produced by Mototol Film
BEST SHORT FILM
Blu by Nicolae Constantin Tănase, produced by DeFilm
The Party/Chefu’ by Adrian Sitaru, produced by 4Proof Film
From Now On/De azi înainte by Dorian Boguţă, produced by Bell Film
The Pill of Happiness/Pastila fericirii by Cecilia Felmeri, produced by UNATC (unatc.ro)
Daddy Rulz/Tatăl meu e cel mai tare by Radu Potcoavă, produced by MediaPro Pictures (mediapropictures.com)
DISCOVERY AWARD
Adrian Cristea for the art direction of Adrian Sitaru’s short film The Party
Cătălin Jugravu for the character Ştefan in Dorian Boguţă’s short film From Now On
Nicole Constantin Tănase for the direction of short film Blu
Radu Ştefan Fulga for the cinematography of Cătălin Drăghici’s short film The Beetle/Gândacul
THE BEST EUROPEAN FILM IN 2012
Le gamin au vélo, distributed by Independenţa Film
Le Havre, distributed by Independenţa Film
Holy Motors, distributed by Independenţa Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, distributed by Ro Image 2000
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ROMANIAN FILM IN 2012
Of Snails and Men, distributed by Transilvania Film, 63,778 admissions
Sweet Little Lies/Minte-mă frumos, distributed by MediaPro Distribution, 217,940 EUR/956,036 RON box office
