The UCIN Awards Gala was held last night, on Monday (16 May), in the Performance Hall of the National Military Building, and the award-granting ceremony was hosted by Gianina Corondan and Mihai Găinușă.
The awards were handed out by various Romanian filmmakers and stars such as Rona Hartner, Cătălin Botezatu or Dan Byron. The show had also novel artistic moments, like the concerts given by Pasărea Rock, Concertino and Jezebel.
The Grand Prize and
the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) went to
București NonStop (directed by
Dan Chișu),
the Special Prize of the
Jury to
Aferim! (directed by
Radu Jude), and
Corneliu Porumboiu won the
Best Director Award, with his film
Comoara/The Treasure.
The Best Documentary Award went to the production
Muntele Magic/Magic Mountain (directed by
Anca Damian).
De ce eu?/Why Me? won for the
Best Screenplay (signed by
Tudor Giurgiu abd Loredana Novak).
The Opera Prima Award went to director
Doru Nițescu, for
Carmen.
This year's nominations were announced at the beginning of May, by the Jury made up of
Stere Gulea (Chairman of the Jury),
Mircea Diaconu, Petru Lucaci, Dan Dediu,
Manuela Cernat,
Mircea Bunescu,
Radu Corciova, Paul Ilea,
Victoria Cociaș,
Andrei Gruzsniczki and Doru Pop.
The Cinematography Award went to
Marius Panduru for
Aferim!, and the editing award was granted to
Dana Bunescu, for
Carmen.
The Sound Track Award was won by
Cristian Tarnovețchi (
București Non Stop), and the award for original score by
Cristian Lolea (
Carmen).
Rodica Lazăr won the award for
Best Actress (in a leading role) for
Carmen, and
Ioana Flora, won the
Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in
Acasă la 
tata/Back Home (directed by
Andrei Cohn).
The Best Actor Award (leading role) went to
Cuzin Toma (
The Treasure), and the
Best Supporting Actor Award went to
Alexandru Potocean (
Nu există-n lumea asta/Nothing like it in this World).
The Best Fiction Short Award was granted to Dopul scuză mijloacele/The Cork Justifies the Means (directed by Mihai Ionescu), and the
Best Short Documentary went to the production
Rețeaua/The Network (directed by
Claudiu Mitcu).
Matei Branea won
the Best Animation Film, for
Omulan!.
The Best TV Documentary Award was handed to Andreea Știliu, for
Parisul lui Matei/Matei's Paris.
Ana Ioneci won the
Best Costumes Award, for
The Cork Justifies the Means, and Augustina Stanciu (
Aferim!), won the
Best Scenography Award.
Best Make-up Award went to Bianca Boeroiu and Astrid Weber, for the full-length feature
Box (directed by Florin Șerban).
The Best Stunt Award went to Mihaela Oros and Răzvan Gheorgiu, for
Scorpion King IV.
Furthermore, the Reviewers' Association offered several prizes within the UCIN Gala:
the Film Book Award, granted to
Andrei Gorzo,
The Publicist Award, won
Cristian Tudor Popescu, and a special prize granted to
Aferim!.
The Academic Award, granted by UCIN, went to
Paula Segall, maker of documentary features. Reviewer and film historian
Călin Căliman was granted the
Excellency Award, while
Special Awards were offered to the authors of two books about
Mircea Daneliu:
Marilena Ilieșiu and
Titus Vîjeu.
The Romanian Filmmakers Union Awards, a national permanent event ever since 1971, is held each year representing the acknowledgement of Romanian cinema activities. The 2016 Edition of the UCIN Awards Gala was organised by the Romanian Filmmakers Union, with the support of the National Filmmaking Centre, being produced by Revolver.
Details at:
Ucin.ro
