‘You Don’t Belong Here’ Director Florin Şerban Sets Next Feature After Winning Locarno’s Golden Leopard (EXCLUSIVE)

By Christopher Vourlias

Christopher Vourlias

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Romanian filmmaker Florin Şerban, whose bleak study of systemic racism and toxic masculinity “You Don’t Belong Here” won the Golden Leopard at the recently wrapped Locarno Film Festival, is prepping his next feature film.

Speaking to Variety at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where “You Don’t Belong Here” is playing in the main competition, the director shared details about his next project, “Ela, or the Diary of a Dutiful Daughter From Romania,” for which casting is already underway.

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