Florin Șerban (; born 21 January 1975 in
Reșița
Reșița (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic (''Kölnök''), Cuptoare (''Kupt ...
) is a
Romania
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n film director whose film ''
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle'' won the Jury Grand Prix and the
Alfred Bauer Prize
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at the
2010 Berlin Film festival.
The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
83rd Academy Awards
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but it did not make the final shortlist.
His second movie,
Box
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(2015) premiered at th
Karlovy Vary Film Festivaland won th
FIPRESCI Award It was also presented at th
Toronto International Film Festivalin 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
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Mecano
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- coproducer 2001 (short film)
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Jumătate de oraş face dragoste cu cealaltă jumătate -
short film
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- 2002
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Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier - 2010
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Box
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- (2015)
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The man who didn't say a thing
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- 2016
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Love 1. Dog - 2018
*Love 2. America - 2020
Awards and nominations
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Berlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Silver Bear
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Berlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Alfred Bauer Award
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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
* - 2010 - New Blood Award
Transilvania International Film Festival- 2010 - Best Romanian Movie
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Gopo Awards
The Gopo Awards () are the national Romanian film awards, similar to the Academy Awards (US), the Goya Awards (Spain), or the César Award (France). They are presented by the Association for Romanian Film Promotion and were inaugurated in 2007.
T ...
- 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
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Cinema of Romania
The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanians, Romanian filmmakers abroad. The history of cinema in Romania dates back to the late 19th century, as early as the history of film itself. W ...
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Romanian New Wave
The Romanian New Wave () is a genre of realist and often minimalist films made in Romania since the mid- aughts, starting with two award-winning shorts by two Romanian directors, namely Cristi Puiu's ''Cigarettes and Coffee'', which won the Sh ...
References
External links
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Florin Șerbanon
CinemagiaFlorin Șerbano
All About Romanian Cinema
Romanian film directors
People from Reșița
1975 births
Living people
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