Cristi Puiu's “Sieranevada” dominates Romanian Film AwardsMarch 23, 2017 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cristi Puiu's Cannes film Sieranevada scooped major awards at the Gopo awards, the Romanian equivalent of the Oscars, at a ceremony held in Bucharest on Tuesday, March 21, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, which centers on a family gathered to mark an anniversary of its patriarch's recent death, premiered in the official selection at the Cannes International Film Festival last year and was later selected as Romania's entry in the best foreign-language Oscar race. Sieranevada was awarded as the best film, and Puiu collected the best director and the best screenplay awards. The film's stars Dana Dogaru and Ana Ciontea were named as best lead actress and best supporting actress, respectively. Gheorghe Visu picked up the best actor award for his role in Bogdan Mirica's Caini (Dogs), while his partner Vlad Ivanov was named best supporting actor. The best cinematography trophy was given ex-aequo to Dogs' Andrei Butica and Marius Panduru for his work on Radu Jude's Inimi cicatrizate (Scarred Hearts). Dogs' Mirica also collected the best debut feature award. Laszlo Nemes' Son of Saul, the winner of the Oscar in the best foreign-language film category last year, picked up the best European film award. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |