Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers wins big at Romania’s 2020 Gopo film awards

Corneliu Porumboiu’s latest feature La Gomera/ The Whistlers was the big winner at this year’s Gopo film awards, which reward the local film industry.

The movie, which was part of the Cannes film festival 2019 selection, took home nine awards out of 13 nominations.

Corneliu Porumboiu received the Best Director and Best Script awards, while producers Marcela Ursu and Patricia Poienaru received the Best Film award. For their work on The Whistlers, Roxana Szel received the Best Editing award, Tudor Mircea RSC - the Best Image award, István Téglás – the Best Supporting Actor award, Rodica Lazăr- the Best Supporting Actress award, Andre Rigaut, Sophie Chiabaut, Niklas Skarp and Christian Holm – the Best Sound award, and Simona Pădurețu – the Best Set Design award.

At the same time, Judith State won the Best Actress award for her role in Marius Olteanu’s film Monsters, while Iulian Postelnicu won the Best Actor award for his performance in Andrei Cohn’s Arrest.

Ana Ioneci and Claudia Bunea received the Best Costumes award for their work on the film Q ueen Marie of Romania.

The Distance Between Me and Me, directed by Dana Bunescu and Mona Nicoară, was named Best Documentary Film.

Enxhi Rista’s He Loves My Eyes received the Best Documentary Short award, while Andrei Huțuleac’s Havana Cuba the Best Short award.

Actress Cătălina Mihai, the protagonist of Cătălin Mitulescu’s film Heidi, received the Best Newcomer award.

Film professionals and critics voted Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory as Best European Film