27/02/2013 - As Cristian Mungiu refuses to be nominated, Somewhere in Palilula receives the most nominations

Silviu Purcărete's Somewhere in Palilula [+see also:
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interview: Cosmina Stratan
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
film profile], which received screenplay and acting awards last year at Cannes and was shortlisted for the Oscars' Best Foreign Film in January. Mungiu's decision caused trouble for this edition of the awards: the organizers chose to give up the Best Actress category, as there wouldn't have been enough options without Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur, the leading actresses in Beyond the Hills.

Somewhere in Palilula will vie for Best Film along with Radu Jude's Everybody in Our Family [+see also:
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interview: Gabriel Achim
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film profile]. The directors of these four films are also nominated for Best Director.

Serban Pavlu (Everybody in Our Family), Adrian Titieni (Chasing Rainbows [+see also:
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Somehwere in Palilula leads theas year's gala with 11 nominations, followed by Everybody in Our Family and Adalbert's Dream, both with nine nominations, and Of Snails and Men, with eight.

61 features, documentaries and short films produced or co-produced in Romania and domestically released in 2012 were considered for this edition of the Gopos. The number shows a 30% decrease on 2011, with 98 films considered at the last edition of the awards. Four hundred voting filmmakers, critics and journalists will decide the winners, to be announced during a gala event on March 25.