26/04/2023 - Paul Negoescu’s feature has won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director, while the other big winner of the night was Alexandru Belc’s Metronom

The Romanian film-industry awards gala, the Gopos, took place last night, and the evening came with quite a surprise: in spite of very strong competition, Paul Negoescu’s Men of Deeds [+see also:
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One must go as far back as 2018 to find a film that won four of the so-called “big five” (Best Film, Best Directing, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay). At that time, Daniel Sandu's One Step Behind the Seraphim [+see also:
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Alexandru Belc’s Metronom [+see also:
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The Best First Film Award went to Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark’s Immaculate [+see also:
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film profile] and the Best Documentary Award to Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu’s Occasional Spies. As almost always happens, there was a film, Bogdan George Apetri’s Miracle [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film
Men of Deeds [+see also:
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Best Director
Paul Negoescu – Men of Deeds

Best Screenplay
Radu Romaniuc, Oana Tudor - Men of Deeds

Best Lead Actor
Iulian Postelnicu - Men of Deeds

Best Lead Actress
Andreea Grămoşteanu - #dogpoopgirl [+see also:
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Best Supporting Actress
Ofelia Popii - Man and Dog [+see also:
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Best Supporting Actor
Vasile Muraru - Men of Deeds

Best Cinematography
Tudor Vladimir Panduru - Metronom [+see also:
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Best Editing
Eugen Kelemen - Men of Deeds

Best Sound
Sebastian Zsemlye - Occasional Spies

Best Score
Alexander Bălănescu, Ada Milea - The Island [+see also:
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Best Art Direction
Bogdan Ionescu - Metronom

Best Costumes
Ioana Covalciuc - Metronom

Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Irina Ianciuş, Marie-Pierre Hattabi - Metronom

Best First Feature
Immaculate [+see also:
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Best Documentary
Occasional Spies - Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu

Best European Film
Vortex [+see also:
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Best New Hope
Ioana Chiţu - actress in Blue Moon [+see also:
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Best Short Film
I Want to Break the Glasshouse - Teona Galgoţiu

Best Short Animated Film
A Clown's Life - Ioachim Stroe

Audience Award
Teambuilding - Matei Dima, Cosmin Nedelcu, Alex Coteţ