Gopo Awards


The Gopo Awards are the national Romanian film awards, similar to the Academy Awards, the Goya Awards, or the César Award. They are presented by the Association for Romanian Film Promotion and were inaugurated in 2007

Trophy

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 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 honour the best Romanian cinematic achievements of the previous year.

Categories

Best film
Best director
Best actor
Best actress
Best screenplay
Lifetime achievement
Best European film