Florin Șerban
Florin Șerban (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈrin ʃerˈban]; born 21 January 1975 in Reșița) is a Romanian film director whose film If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle won the Jury Grand Prix and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2010 Berlin Film festival.[1] The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards[2] but it did not make the final shortlist.[3]
His second movie, Box (2015) premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award. It was also presented at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015 and at other 10 national and international festivals.
His third film - Love 1. Dog (2018) opens The Trilogy of Love, three films about three ways of loving. It won the Cineuropa Prize and Art Cinema Prize at 2018 Sarajevo International Film Festival.
His fourth movie is Love 2. America (2020), the second part of The Trilogy of Love.
Filmography
[edit]- Mecano - coproducer 2001 (short film)
- Jumătate de oraş face dragoste cu cealaltă jumătate - short film - 2002
- Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier - 2010
- Box - (2015)
- The man who didn't say a thing - 2016
- Love 1. Dog - 2018
- Love 2. America - 2020
Awards and nominations
[edit]- Berlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Silver Bear
- Berlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Alfred Bauer Award
- Festival International du Film Européen Cinedays - 2010 - Best producer
- Cleveland International Festival - Central and Eastern European Competition - 2010 - Best Eastern European Movie
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Eastern Bloc Competition - 2010 - Best Eastern European Movie
- Annonay International Film Festival - 2010 - Best debut
- Zlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Best debut
- Beaune International Thriller Festival Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - 2010 - New Blood Award
- Transilvania International Film Festival - 2010 - Best Romanian Movie
- Gopo Awards - 2011 - Best producer
- Gopo Awards - 2011 - Best debut
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - 2015 - Fipresci Award
- Sarajevo International Film Festival - 2018 - Cineuropa Award
- Sarajevo International Film Festival - 2018 - Art Cinema Award
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ ""Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" – Romania's entry for Oscars". Nine O'Clock. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
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