big event in romania - gopo awards
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Gopo Awards
The Gopo Awards are the national Romanian film awards, similar to the Academy Awards (U.S.A.), the Goya Awards (Spain), or the BAFTA Awards (Great Britain). They are organized by the Association for Romanian Film Promotion and Transilvania Film.
They were established in 2007 and were named in honour of Romanian film director Ion Popescu-Gopo, also celebrating the 50th anniversary of his winning a prize in the Cannes Film Festival.
The sponsors are:
The trophy is a sculpture by Romanian artist Adrian Ilfoveanu representing Gopo's Little Man, the main character of Gopo's animation films.
The Gopo Prizes honor the best Romanian cinematic achievements of the previous year (or, in the case of the "Best European Film Award”, the best European film distributed in Romania in the previous year).
ORGANIZATION They are held at the National Romanian Opera The budget is 300.000 euro They are organized on the last monday of March There are over 800 guests Entry is only by invitation The awards can be watched live on ProCinema (a romanian TV channel)
SELECTING THE WINNERS The nominees are announced one month before the awards
The jury that picks the nominees has 5 members that are selected every year
There are 400 voters from the romanian movie industry that decide the winners by secret vote
CATEGORIES Best film Best director Best screenplay Best actor Best actress Best actor in supporting role
Best actress in supporting role
Best cinematography Best film editing Best sound
Best original music score Best art direction Best costume design Best documentary film Best short film Best debut Best box office success Life achievement Best European film
SOURCES http://www.premiilegopo.ro/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopo_Awards
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