Florin Șerban
Romanian film director (born 1975)
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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.
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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.[1] The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[2] but was not nominated.[3]
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.[4]
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
- Mecano (2001)
- The Man Who Didn't Say a Thing (2016)
- Albocalmin (2024)
Only producer
- Unidentified - producer, 2020
Accolades
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival
- Alfred Bauer Prize at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival
- 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 - 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
- Locarno Film Festival - 2026 - Pardo d'oro
