This year’s 8th edition of the Gopo Awards, starting from March 24, will reward the best Romanian films of the past year, out of 65 features, short, fiction and documentaries. 

The five feature films competing for the Best Film trophy are When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism by Corneliu Porumboiu, Japanese Dog by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, Child΄s Pose by Călin Peter Netzer, Flying Lessons by Igor Cobileanski and Rocker by Marian Crișan. The same five names -Corneliu Porumboiu, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, Călin Peter Netzer, Igor Cobileanski and Marian Crișan- we find in the Best Director category.

The Best Actor in a Leading Role category nominations are Victor Rebengiuc from the Japanese Dog, Igor Babiac from Flying Lessons, Adrian Titieni and Gheorghe Ifrim from Domestic and last, Dan Chiorean from Rocker, while Luminița Gheorghiu from Child΄s Pose, Ana Ularu from A Very Unsettled Summer, Diana Avrămuț from When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, Ioana Flora from Déjà Vu and Ioana Anastasia Anton from Miss Christina are competing for the Best Actress in a Leading Role award. 

Gathering 13, Flying Lessons, Igor Cobileanski’s debut feature film led the nominations race, followed by Domestic and Rocker, each with 11, Child΄s Pose with 10 nominations, The Japanese Dog - 8, and When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism gathering 7. 

Out of 41 European films, premiered in Romania during 2013, those five nominated for the Best European Film category are  Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Michael Haneke’s Amour,  Blue Is The Warmest Color by Abdellatif Kechiche, Kapringen by Tobias Lindholm and Hannah Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta. 

Călin Peter Netzer’s Child΄s Pose will add another award to its collection being rewarded with the Most Successful Romanian Film of 2013 award.

This year’s jury is composed by director Constantin Popescu, actress Dorotheea Petre, producer Radu Stancu, cinematographer Silviu Stavilă, scriptwriter Andreea Vălean and film critics Bujor T. Rîpeanu, Marilena Iliesiu, Irina Trocan, Ruxandra Grecu, Raluca Bugnarand Cătălin Olaru.

Here is the complete list of the nominees:

Japanese Dog, Romania, 2013

When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, Romania, 2013

Flying Lessons, Romania, 2013

Child΄s Pose, Romania, 2013

Rocker, Romania, 2013

Tudor Cristian Jurgiu for Japanese Dog

Corneliu Porumboiu for When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

Igor Cobileanski for Flying Lessons 

Călin Peter Netzer for Child΄s Pose

Marian Crișan for Rocker

Victor Rebengiuc in Japanese Dog

Gheorghe Ifrim in Domestic

Adrian Titieni in Domestic

Dan Chiorean in Rocker

Igor Babiac in Flying Lessons 

Şerban Pavlu in Japanese Dog

Vlad Ivanov in Child΄s Pose

Igor Caras-Romanov in Flying Lessons 

Sergiu Voloc in Flying Lessons 

Alin State in Rocker

Diana Avramut in When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

Ana Ularu in A Very Unsettled Summer

Luminița Gheorghiu in Child΄s Pose

Ioana Flora in Déjà Vu

Ioana Anastasia Anton in Miss Christina

Clara Vodă  for Domestic

Mihaela Sirbu in When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

Ela Ionescu in Flying Lessons 

Valeria Seciu in Roxanne

Ilinca Goia in Child΄s Pose

Adrian Sitaru for Domestic

Corneliiu Porumboiu and Igor Cobileanski for Flying Lessons

Marian Crisan for Rocker

Corneliu Porumboiu for When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

Razvan Radulescu and Călin Peter Netzer for Child΄s Pose

Andrei Butica for Japanese Dog

Oleg Mutu for Flying Lessons

Adrian Silisteanu for Domestic

Tudor Mircea for Rocker

Vivi Dragan Vasile for I Am An Old Communist Hag

Eugen Kelemen and Crisitna Ionescu for Flying Lessons

Andrei Gorgan and Adrian Sitaru for Domestic

Tudor Pojoni for Rocker

Ion Ioachim Stroe for A Very Unsettled Summer

Dana Bunescu for Child΄s Pose

Vlad Voinescu and Filip Muresan for Japanese Dog

Gabor Balazs and Tamas Zanyi for Domestic

Alexandru Dragomir, Sebastian Zsemyle and Thierry Delor for When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

Cristian Tarnovetchi, Dana Bunescu and Cristinel Sirli for Child΄s Pose

Mihai Bogos, Kai Tebbel and Olaf Mehl for Rocker

Sorin Romanescu for The Tanase Affair

Jon Wygens for Miss Christina

Sebastian Zsemlye and Adrian Sitaru for Domestic

Nathan Larson for A Very Unsettled Summer

Vasile Sirli for I Am An Old Communist Hag

Cezara Armasu for Japanese Dog

Cristian Niculescu for Domestic

Mihaela Poenaru for When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

Adrian Suruceanu for Flying Lessons

Alexandra Alma Ungureanu for Rocker

Malina Ionescu for Domestic

Lilia Ixari for Flying Lessons

Maria Miu for Miss Christina

Irina Marinescu for Child’s Pose

Alexandra Alma Ungureanu for Rocker

Dana Roseanu for Domestic

Ina Lucichina and Micola Ponomorenco for Flying Lessons

Cristina Temelie and Nastasia Mateiu for Miss Christina

Dana Roseanu and Nina Ionita for I Am An Old Communist Hag

Dana Roseanu and Domnica Sava for Child’s Pose

Japanese Dog by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu

Flying Lessons by Igor Cobileanski

Love Building by Iulia Rugină

Roxanne by Vali Hotea

Wolf by Bogdan Mustaţă

The Tanase Affair by Ionuț Teianu, Romania, 2013

City Tour by Andrei Nicolae Teodorescu, Romania, 2013

Year Of The Dragon by Iulian Manuel Ghervas and Adina Popescu, Romania, 2013

The Bucuresti Experiment by Tom Wilson, Romania, 2013

The Explorer by Titus Muntean and Gabor Xantus, Romania, 2013

Black Brigade (Brigada Neagra) by Andrei Nicolae Teodorescu, Romania, 2013

Idle by Raia Al Souliman, Romania, 2013

Maine, Bach by Mihnea Ciorică, Romania, 2013

Shadow Of A Cloud (O Umbra De Nor) by Radu Jude, Romania, 2013

Thirty (Treizeci) by Victor Dragomir, Romania, 2013

Brick In The Wall by Grzegorz Brzozowski, Romania, 2013

Kurgan Region (Kurgan Oblast) by Stela Pelin, Romania, 2013

Mohamed Tomescu by Olesya Bortnyak, Romania, 2013

Sorin Chifiriuc: Compromise (Sorin Chifiriuc: Compromis) by Alexandru Badea, Romania, 2013

Vibration (Vibratia) by Germain Kanda, Romania, 2013

Tudor Panduru for the cinematography in the short film Black Brigade

Andrei Nicolae Teodorescu for the direction of the documentary City Tour

Ionut Niculae for the role of Cristi in the feature film Rocker

Ioan Filip for the sound of the short film Thirty

Gabriela Suciu for the production of Thirty

The Best European Film distributed in Romania in 2013

Amour by Michael Haneke, France, Austria, Germany, 2012

Hannah Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta, Germany, Luxemburg, France, 2012

A Hijacking by Tobias Lindholm, Denmark, 2012

Blue Is The Warmest Color by Abdellatif Kechiche, France, Belgium, Spain, 2013

The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012

The 2014 Gopo Awards Gala is organized by Romanian Film Promotion and Transilvania Film, with the support of Babel Communications and the Romanian CNC. The event will be broadcasted live on ProCinema and online on www.premiilegopo.ro.