Florin Șerban

Florin Șerban
Șerban in 2026
Born (1975-01-21) 21 January 1975 (age 51)
Reșița, Romania
OccupationFilmmaker

Florin Șerban (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈrin ʃerˈban]; born 21 January 1975) is a Romanian filmmaker. A figure in the Romanian New Wave, he is most known for his social dramas films about contemporary society in the country.

For If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010), he won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. For You Don't Belong Here (2026), he won the Golden Leopard at the 79th Locarno Film Festival.

Career

Șerban first feature film, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010), won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Box (2015) premiered at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award. It was also presented at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

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 Film Festival. His fourth movie is Love 2. America (2020), the second part of The Trilogy of Love.

You Don't Belong Here (2026) had its world premiere at the main competition of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard.

Filmography

Feature films

Year English title Original title
2010 If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier
2015 Box
2018 Love 1. Dog Dragoste 1. Câine
Love 2. America Dragoste 2. America
2025 Hamlet Cătun
2026 You Don't Belong Here Nu e locul tău aici

Short films

Only producer

Accolades

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Prizes of the International Jury". Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  2. ↑ ""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.
  3. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  4. ↑ Georg Szalai (15 August 2026). "Locarno Film Festival Awards Go to 'You Don't Belong Here,' Hong Sangsoo, Monica Bellucci". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 August 2026.