“Liberty”, by Tudor Giurgiu, won three statuettes. “Anatomy of a Collapse”, the best European film

The 2024 Gopo Awards Gala takes place at the Bucharest National Theatre. The show is presented by stand-up comedy actor Claudiu Teohari. The films with the most nominations this year are: “Liberty” (14), “Up North” (13), “Don’t Expect Too Much From the End of the World” (11), “Boss” (9), “MMXX” (6) and “The Dream” (6), reports News.ro.

Teo spoke at the opening about the advice received by Chat GPT for a successful “intro” at the Gopo Gala. “Know the audience and the industry, understand who the people in the industry are”, were some of them. “The Gopo awards are a unique opportunity for Romanian cinema to meet and see how it’s a full house,” joked the presenter. “Romanian films are the future in this country because they don’t have subtitles and soon no one will know how to read,” he continued in the same spirit. But he also pointed out that “Gopo prizes spoil worse than Vama Veche, the difference is that you drink less in Vama Veche”, joked Teo. A valuable tip from ChatGPT: “Using humor: be careful not to offend!”

The award for best sound was first presented on Monday night. It went to Tamas Syekely and Andre Rigaut for the film “Liberty”.

The best short film was chosen “Where the boats don’t arrive”, directed by Vlad Buzăianu, producer: Anamaria Antoci | Romania (Tangaj Production).

The RSC Picture Award went to Alex Sterian for ‘Freedom’. And Petya Simeonova and Domnica Bodogan won the Gopo award for the best hair and make-up in the movie “Liberty”.

The best European film among those distributed in Romania in 2023 was designated “Anatomy of a Collapse”, by Justine Triet, distributed by Voodoo Films.

The voters preferred the best original music by Marius Leftărache for the movie “Boss”. It is the third Gopo award won by the composer, after 14 nominations.

Reka Lemhenyi won a Gopo for editing the film “Liberty”. “I’ve been friends with Gopo for a long time, since I used to go to see the films with the Little Man. Now I have it and I am very happy. I think I made a very important film”, said Monteuza.

Young Hope was nominated Niko Becker for the role of Dumitru in the movie “Towards the North”.

“Boss” (dir. Bogdan Mirică), “Liberty” (dir. Tudor Giurgiu.), “MMXX” (dir. Cristi Puiu), “Don’t expect too much from the end of the world” (dir. Radu Jude) and “Toward nord” (dir. Mihai Mincan) are the films officially entering the race for the Gopo trophy in the Best Feature Film category.

In the “Best Director” category, Bogdan Mirică is nominated for the film “Boss”, Tudor Giurgiu for the film “Liberty”, Cristi Puiu for the film “MMXX”, Radu Jude for “Don’t expect too much from the end of the world” and Mihai Mincan for “Towards the North”.

In the “Best Actress in a Leading Role” category, Diana Gheorghian (“Dark Ages”), Adelaida Perjoiu and Bianca Cuculici compete for their roles in the feature film “MMXX”, Ilinca Manolache (“Don’t wait too long for the end of the world”) and Cătălina Moga (“Tiger”), while for “Best actor in a leading role” Laurentiu Bănescu (“Boss”), Alex Calangiu (“Liberty”), Niko Becker and Soliman Cruz compete for the roles in the film “To the North” and Vlad Logigan (“The Dream”).

The event can be watched live on voyo, TIFF Unlimited and premiilegopo.ro.