The Gopo Awards 2024: Over 100 Romanian productions in the race for nominations

Over 100 Romanian productions are registered for nominations at the Gopo Awards. In total, 107 Romanian films – feature films, documentaries, and short films, released in theaters, at national and international festivals, or on streaming platforms in 2023, are in the running for nominations at the 18th edition of the Gopo Awards, which will take place on April 29 at the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest.

Starting this year, the Gopo Awards will have two preselection juries, one for the feature film category and the other for the documentary and short film categories. The preselection jury, which will determine the nominations for feature films, is composed, as before, of 11 professionals from the film industry. Among this year’s jurors are film critics Cristina Corciovescu, Mihai Fulger, and Valerian Sava, directors Ruxandra Ghițescu and Ioana Uricaru, actress Ofelia Popii, director of photography Tudor Lucaciu, editor Melania Oproiu, costume designer Oana Păunescu, producer Gabriela Suciu, and composer Cristian Lolea. The documentary and short film jury consists of 5 industry professionals, including film critics Andrei Rus and Ramona Aristide, director Radu Ciorniciuc, screenwriter Andreea Vălean, and editor Dan Nanoveanu.

32 feature films are included in the proposed list for nominations in the Best Film category, such as “Don’t Wait Too Long for the End of the World” (dir. Radu Jude), “Freedom” (dir. Tudor Giurgiu), “Two Lottery Tickets” (dir. Paul Negoescu), “Boss” (dir. Bogdan Mirică), “Northward” (dir. Mihai Mincan), “Warboy” (dir. Marian Crișan), “Tiger” (dir. Andrei Tănase), “Taxi Drivers” (dir. Bogdan Theodor Olteanu), Jesús del Cerro’s feature films “Miami Bici 2” and “Ramon,” as well as documentaries like “Between Revolutions” (dir. Vlad Petri), “Arsenie. Afterlife” (dir. Alexandru Solomon), “Why Do They Call Me Nora When My Sky Is Clear” (dir. Carla Teaha), or “Playback” (dir. Iulia Rugină).

“My Muslim Husband” (dir. Daniel Bărnuți & Alexandra Lizeta Bărnuți), “The Vultures of Țaga” (dir. Iulian Manuel Ghervas, Adina Popescu), “The Case of Engineer Ursu” (dir. Liviu Tofan, Șerban Georgescu), or “Why Are They Writing on the Walls?” (dir. Alin Boeru) are just some of the 17 productions entered in the documentary category following the call launched in January.

In the short film category, 58 titles were submitted, including fiction films, documentaries, and animated stories. The list of Romanian short films entered in this edition includes productions such as “Vacation Exercise” (dir. Lara Ionescu), “All Kinds” (dir. Alexandra Diaconu), “Pink” (dir. Liviu Marghidan), “Sentimental Education” (dir. Alma Buhagiar), “Between the Edges of the Day” (dir. Andreea Lăcătuș), “Berliner Kindl” (dir. Lucia Chicos), “Two Words, Three Lies” (dir. Ioachim Stroe), “Where Boats Don’t Reach” (dir. Vlad Buzaianu), “Night Training” (dir. Bogdan Alecsandru), or “Venus” (dir. Carina-Gabriela Dasoveanu).

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The list of films entering the race for nominations at the Gopo Awards 2024 can be seen here.

Nominations in all categories of the Gopo Awards will be determined in March. After the announcement of nominations, over 650 active professionals from all sectors of the Romanian film industry will be invited to vote for the winners of the Gopo 2024 trophies, through a voting mechanism provided by the auditing and consulting firm PwC Romania, with which the Gopo Awards organizers have partnered since 2011.