If I Want to Whistle I Whistle Leads Noms at 2011 Gopos

The nominations for the 5th edition of Gopo, Romania’s film industry honours, have been made publicly available during this week.
As expected, Florin Şerban’s first feature film, If I Want to Whistle I Whistle received the most nominations with 13, followed by Marian Crişan’s debut film, Morgen, with 11 nominations, while Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, after Christmas was nominated in 10 categories. The Best Film category includes the three mentioned titles above plus Andrei Ujică’s The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu and Medal of Honor, a film by Peter Călin Netzer.

For the Best Actress award compete Ada Condeescu (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle), Adriana Trandafir (Europolis), Maria Popistaşu (Tuesday, after Christmas), Mirela Oprişor (Tuesday, after Christmas) and Ozana Oancea (First of All, Felicia).

Best Actor award will go to one of the following: Andras Hathazi (Morgen), George Piştereanu (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle), Mimi Brănescu (Tuesday, after Christmas), Victor Rebengiuc (Medal of Honor) and Ymaz Yalcin (Morgen).

Best Director category features Peter Călin Netzer (Medal of Honor), Florin Şerban (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle), Marian Crişan (Morgen), Radu Muntean (Tuesday, after Christmas) and Răzvan Rădulescu and Melissa de Raaf (First of All, Felicia).

In the race for Best Screenplay award will compete Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean and Răzvan Rădulescu (Tuesday, after Christmas), Cătălin Mitulescu and Florin Şerban (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle), Marian Crişan (Morgen), Răzvan Rădulescu and Melissa de Raaf (First of All, Felicia) and Tudor Voican (Medal of Honor).

The nominations for other categories are:

Best Cinematography
Liviu Marghidan (Portret of the Fighter as a Young Man)
Marius Panduru (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)
Tudor Mircea (Morgen)
Tudor Lucaciu (Tuesday, after Christmas)
Vivi Drăgan Vasile (Kino Caravan)

Best Editing
Alexandru Radu (Tuesday, after Christmas)
Cătălin Cristuţiu and Sorin Baican (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)
Cătălin Cristuţiu (Medal of Honor)
Dana Bunescu (The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu)
Tudor Pjoni (Morgen)

Best Sound
Constantin Fleancu and Dana Bunescu (First of All, Felicia)
Dana Bunescu (The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu)
Dragoş Stanomir (Tuesday, after Christmas)
Mihai Bogoş (Portret of the Fighter as a Young Man)
Thomas Huhn, Andreas Franck, Florin Tăbăcaru and Gelu Costache (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)

Best Original Music
Anatol Ştefăneţ (Wedding in Basarabia)
Diego Losa and Francois Petit (Europolis)
Mircea Forian (Kapitalism – Our Improved Formula)
Vasile Şirli (Kino Caravan)

Best Production Designer
Ana Ioneci (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)
Cristian Niculescu (Kino Caravan)
Robert Koteles (Morgen)
Sorin Dima (Tuesday, after Christmas)

Best Costumes
Alexandra Ungureanu (Morgen)
Cristina Mititelu (Portret of the Fighter as a Young Man)
Viorica Petrovici (Kino Caravan)

Best Make-up
Andreea Lupu and Maria Anton (Portret of the Fighter as a Young Man)
Dana Roşeanu (Kino Caravan)
Lidia Ivanov and Edwina Vodă (Eva)

Best First Feature Film
If I Want to Whistle I Whistle (director Florin Şerban)
First of All, Felicia (directors Răzvan Rădulescu and Melissa de Raaf)
Morgen (director Marian Crişan)

Best Documentary
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu (director Andrei Ujică)
Quest (director Ionuţ Piţurescu)
Merry Circus (director Claudiu Mitcu)
Kapitalism – Our Improved Formula (director Alexandru Solomon)
The Shukar Collective Project (director Matei-Alexandru Mocanu)

Best Short Film
Captivi de Crăciun (director: Iulia Rugină)
The Cage (director Adrian Sitaru)
Matei, Matei (director Cecília Felmèri)
Oxigen (director Adina Pintilie)
Strung Love (director Victor Dragomir)

Best European Film (released in Romania during 2010):
An Education (director Lone Scherfig)
Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
L’Illusionniste (director Sylvain Chomet)
Das Weisse Band (director Michael Haneke)
Un Prophete (director Jacques Audiard)