After receiving Romania’s first Academy Award nomination, Alexander Nanau’s documentary Collective [+leggi anche:
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Radu Ciorniciuc’s well-travelled documentary Acasă – My Home [+leggi anche:
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Interestingly, all four of the acting categories were won by Dan Chişu’s 5 Minutes Too Late [+leggi anche:
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Probably Romania’s most talked-about film of 2020, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog [+leggi anche:
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Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film
Collective [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Alexander Nanau – Collective

Best Screenplay
Dorian Boguţă, Loredana Novak – Legacy [+leggi anche:
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Best Lead Actor
Mihai Călin - 5 Minutes Too Late [+leggi anche:
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Best Lead Actress
Diana Cavallioti - 5 Minutes Too Late

Best Supporting Actress
Elvira Deatcu - 5 Minutes Too Late

Best Supporting Actor
Emanuel Pârvu - 5 Minutes Too Late

Best Cinematography
Oleg Mutu - Love 2. America [+leggi anche:
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Best Editing
Alexander Nanau, George Cragg, Dana Bunescu - Collective

Best Sound
Tom Weber, Andreas Mühlschlegel, Lukás Moudrý - Acasă – My Home [+leggi anche:
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Best Score
Marius Leftărache, Matei Stratan, Cristina Chiosea - Legacy

Best Art Direction
Irina Moscu - Uppercase Print [+leggi anche:
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Best Costumes
Mălina Ionescu - Legacy

Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Bianca Boeroiu, Domnica Bodogan - Uppercase Print

Best First Feature
Acasă - My Home - Radu Ciorniciuc

Best Documentary
Acasă - My Home - Radu Ciorniciuc

Best European Film
Sorry We Missed You [+leggi anche:
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Best New Hope
Alma Buhagiar – director of Together (short film)

Best Short Film
Into the Night - Ana Pasti

Best Short Documentary Film
The Deer Passed in Front of Me - Vlad Petri

Best Short Animated Film
The Death and the Knight - Radu Gaciu

Audience Award
Miami Bici [+leggi anche:
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