Rest is Silence makes noise with Gopo nominations
by Toma Peiu
The nominees for the third edition of the annual Gopo Awards, Romania’s top film honours, were revealed on Monday.
The Rest is Silence [+see also:
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interview: Dragos Vîlcu
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Romanian/Hungarian/Austrian/German co-production The Beheaded Rooster snagged nine Gopo Awards nominations, including Best Feature Film, Best Director (Radu Gabrea and Marijan D Vajda) and Best Actress (Ioana Iacob).
Other nominated films are theatre director Horatiu Malaele’s debut feature Silent Wedding, which is competing in eight categories and likely to bag at least one Gopo, for DoP Vivi Dragan Vasile. Nicolae Margineanu’s Exchange and Survivor, by local action film legend Sergiu Nicolaescu, are hoping to claim Best Editing.
Meanwhile, Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [+see also:
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interview: Cristian Mungiu
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The Gopo winners will be chosen by 400 Romanian film professionals through an online secret voting procedure. The awards ceremony will take place on March 3.
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