After scooping the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale, Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+lee también:
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Cristi Puiu won Best Director for Malmkrog [+lee también:
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Two of the most important trophies went to Bogdan George Apetri’s thriller Unidentified [+lee también:
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One of the most surprising and simultaneously liberating moments of the gala, hosted by the National Theatre in Bucharest, came when actress Viorica Vodă (known especially for Nae Caranfil’s 2002 superhit Philanthropy) talked on stage about the long years of counselling she needed after suffering sexual abuse during her career. Although she did not name the abusers, her confession may rekindle the rather dormant local #MeToo movement, which hasn’t yet resulted in any filmmaker being officially investigated for sexual abuse.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+lee también:
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Best Director
Cristi Puiu - Malmkrog [+lee también:
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Best Screenplay
Iulian Postelnicu, Bogdan George Apetri - Unidentified [+lee también:
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Best Lead Actor
Bogdan Farcaş - Unidentified

Best Lead Actress
Katia Pascariu - Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Best Supporting Actress
Ioana Flora - Otto the Barbarian [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actor
Alexandru Potocean - Poppy Field [+lee también:
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Best Cinematography
Tudor Vladimir Panduru - Malmkrog

Best Editing
Cătălin Cristuţiu - Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Best Sound
Dan Ştefan Rucăreanu, Ioan Filip, Matei Vasilache - Wild Romania [+lee también:
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Best Score
Alexei Ţurcan - Wild Romania

Best Art Direction
Cristina Paula Ana Barbu - Malmkrog

Best Costumes
Oana Păunescu - Malmkrog

Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Dana Roşeanu, Elena Tudor, Manuela Tudor - Malmkrog

Best First Feature
Poppy Field - Eugen Jebeleanu

Best Documentary
Wild Romania - Dan Dinu

Best European Film
Another Round [+lee también:
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Best New Hope
Laurenţiu Răducanu – director of photography on No Rest for the Old Lady (Romania) and And They May Still Be Alive Today (Romania/Greece)

Best Short Film
Love Stories on the Move - Carina Gabriela Daşoveanu (Romania)

Best Short Documentary Film
Same Dream - Vlad Petri

Audience Award
The Camp - Vali Dobrogeanu (Romania)