Florin Serban’s If I Want to Whistle I Whistle Claims 7 Gopo Awards (Romanian Oscars)

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle was the big winner at the 5th edition of Gopo Awards (Romania’s film industry honours) last night, winning seven awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Florin Şerban) and Best Supporting Actress (Clara Vodă). 

Titus Muntean’s Kino Caravan was a surprising winner of four Gopos for Best Original Music, Best Production Design, Best Costumes and Best Make-up.

On the other side, Victor Rebengiuc winning Best Actor for his performance in Medal of Honor was no surprise. While Mirela Oprişor received Best Actress award, the only Gopo award for Radu Munean’s Tuesday, after Christmas.

George Piştereanu impressed the jury, winning the Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle. Adrian Sitaru took home the award for Best Shortfilm – The Cage, and Andrei Ujică’s The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu winning the Best Documentary category was not much of a surprise at all either.

The Audience Award (Best Romanian film at box office during 2010) went naturally to Şerban’s film – which had close to 60,000 entries.

The full list of 2011 Gopo winners you can find below.

Best Film: If I Want to Whistle I Whistle
Best Actress: Mirela Oprişor (Tuesday, after Christmas)
Best Actor: Victor Rebengiuc (Medal of Honor)
Best Supporting Actress: Clara Vodă (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)
Best Supporting Actor: Bogdan Dumitrache (Portret of the Fighter as a Young Man)
Best Director: Florin Şerban (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)
Best Screenplay: Tudor Voican (Medal of Honor)
Best Cinematography: Liviu Marghidan (Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man)
Best Editing: Dana Bunescu (The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu)
Best Sound: Thomas Huhn, Andreas Franck, Florin Tăbăcaru and Gelu Costache (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle)
Best Original Music: Vasile Şirli (Kino Caravan)
Best Production Designer: Cristian Niculescu (Kino Caravan)
Best Costumes: Viorica Petrovici (Kino Caravan)
Best Make-up: Dana Roşeanu (Kino Caravan)
Best First Feature Film: If I Want to Whistle I Whistle (director Florin Şerban)
Best Documentary: The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu (director Andrei Ujică)
Best Short Film: The Cage (director Adrian Sitaru)
Best European Film (released in Romania during 2010): Das Weisse Band (director Michael Haneke)

Photo credits: Adi Marineci (Top pics of Florin Serban and Mirela Oprisor & Victor Rebengiuc)

Ceremony pic: Cristi Duminecioiu