Caranfil’s international production got away with the ceremony’s most important awards:
Best Feature Film,
Best Director and
Best Screenplay. Nominated in the Best Feature film category, together with
Closer to the Moon were
Corneliu Porumboiu΄s
The Second Game and
Andrei Gruzsniczki΄s
Quod Erat Demonstrandum, with the three directors being nominated in the Best Director category.
Nae Caranfil (®Adi Marineci)
Receiving the Gopo statuette, Caranfil made some interesting comments: "We had in this gala several films surveying the communist era, the years under communism. I am glad I was picked, because I believe it is an extraordinary source of inspiration, because this circus that took place in this part of the world shouldn΄t be forgotten and we usually clash against a prejudice which I hear very often and which upsets me, namely: we are fed up with so many films on communism. But how many are there? There had been many about communism, but before 1989. After 1989, there are only a few and, in the end, maybe tonight I should thank comrade Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej and comrade Nicolae Ceausescu for having offered me the inspiration I needed so much".
Quod Erat Demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzsniczki, the film with the most nominations at the Gopo 2015 has awarded five trophies, including
Best Actor (
Florin Piersic Jr.),
Best Actress (
Ofelia Popii),
Best Supporting Actor (Virgil Ogasanu),
Best Supporting Actress (
Alina Berzunţeanu) and Best Production Design (
Cristian Niculescu).
Ofelia Popii (®Adi Marineci)
Industry professionals and film critics gave Paolo Sorrentino’s
The Great Beauty the
Best European Film award, while the highly commercial
#Selfie by
Cristina Iacob got what 102,026 viewers throughout Romania had already given her, the
Audience Award.
There were some memorable moments, both on the Red Carpet and the scene last night, when legendary Romanian actresses Eugenia Bosinceanu and
Coca Bloos received the
Lifetime Achievement Award, with the audience granting a long standing ovation. Animator Ion Truica also got a special prize.