The Romanian Filmmakers Union Awards Gala will take place on Monday, April 24, at National Theatre of Bucharest in Studio Hall. Two juries chose the nominations for this year’s edition: a nomination jury formed of critics, film historians and members of the Union and the official jury of this edition, composed of Dana Duma, Cristina Corciovescu, Marilena Ilieșiu, Magda Mihăilescu and Mihai Fulger.

Fictional feature films and documentaries, fictional short and medium films, short documentaries, animations films, including co-productions developed with a majority of Romanian funds could be registered for this year’s edition.

Here is the full nominations list:

1. Grand Prize and Romanian Filmmakers Trophy:

Sieranevada – directed by Cristi Puiu
Illegitimate – directed by Adrian Sitaru
Two Lottery Tickets – directed by Paul Negoescu

If you want to find out more about the production of Ilegitimate, about the team’s experience behind the camera and about the colaboration with director Adrian Sitaru, you can read our interview #behindthescreen with Ana Maria Antoci.

2. Jury Special Prize

Dogs – directed by Bogdan Mirică
Scarred hearts – directed by Radu Jude
Horizon – directed by Marian Crişan

3. Best Director

Cristi Puiu, Sieranevada
Adrian Sitaru, Illegitimate
Marian Crişan, Horizon

4. Best Screenplay

Cristi Puiu, Sieranevada
Bogdan Mirică, Dogs
Paul Negoescu, Two Lottery Tickets

5. Best Cinematography

Barbu Bălăşoiu, Sieranevada
Marius Panduru, Scarred Hearts
Andrei Butică, Dogs

6. Best Costume Design

Dana Păpăruz, Scarred Hearts
Mălina Ionescu, Two Lottery Tickets
Maria Pitea, Eastern Business

7. Best Production Design

Cristian Niculescu, Scarred Hearts
Augustina Stanciu, Dogs
Cristina Barbu, Sieranevada

8. Best Actress

Medeea Marinescu (Monica in 03.BYPASS)
Rodica Lazăr (Andra in Horizon)
Dana Dogaru (Nuşa in Sieranevada)

9. Best Actor – “Geo Barton” Prize

Gheorghe Visu (Hogaş in Dogs)
Mimi Brănescu (Lary in Sieranevada)
Andras Hatházi (Lucian in Horizon)

10. Best Supporting Actress

Ana Ciontea (Ofelia in Sieranevada)
Cătălina Moga (Laura in Sieranevada)
Viorica Geantă Chelbea (Mătăsica in The Miracle of Tekir)

11. Best Supporting Actor

Sorin Medeleni (Tony in Sieranevada)
Vlad Ivanov (Samir in Dogs)
Bogdan Zsolt (Zoli in Horizon)

12. Best Editing

Letiţia Ştefănescu, Ciprian Cimpoi, Iulia Mureşan, Sieranevada
Roxana Szel, Dogs
Mircea Olteanu, Theo Lichtenberger, Illegitimate

13. Best Sound Editing

Jean Paul Bernard, Filip Mureşan, Cristophe Vingtrinier, Sieranevada
Sam Cohen, Sebastiam Zsemlye, Dogs
Ioan Filip, Dan Ştefan Rucăreanu, Illegitimate

14. Best Original Music Score

Cristian Lolea, Horizon
Mircea Florian, 03.BYPASS
Flora Pop, Alin Zăbrăuţeanu, Two Lottery Tickets

15. Best Fictional Short Film

4:15 P.M. The End of The World, directed by Gabi Virginia Şarga, Cătălin Rotaru
The Projectionist, directed by Norbert Fodor
My Name is Costin, directed by Radu Potcoavă

16. Best Documentary and Short Documentary

Cabbage, Potatoes and other Demons, directed by Şerban Georgescu
A Mere Breathe, directed by Monica Lăzurean Gorgan
Dan Perjovschi – The Road, directed by Liviu Varlam

17. Best Animation

Skateboarding is not a crime, directed by Cristian Radu
Mom, Dad, I want to tell you something, directed by Paul Mureşan

18. Best TV Film

A film less joyful, sadder, poetical and wise, directed by Cornel Mihalache
Truths about the past – Jagolea Family, directed by Raluca Rogojină
Romania behind the line, directed by Ruxandra Ţuchel

19. Best Debut Prize – Opera Prima „Alexandru Tatos”

Bogdan Mirică, Dogs
Catrinel Dănăiaţă, Double

20. Best Makeup

Bianca Boeroiu, Scarred Hearts
Gabriela Creţan, Dogs
Ana Radu and Gina Dan, Two Lottery Tickets

Romina Banu

Photographer and editor; she co-founded Dissolved Magazine together with Melissa. For Films in Frame she gathers film and TV series recommendations for lazy weekends and she writes about interesting projects from the film industry. Other than that, she likes traveling, chilling with her cats and sleeping.