Monica Bellucci and Florin Serban win at Locarno Film Festival
The jury cited the film’s writing and vision as it also marked Florin Șerban’s return to feature filmmaking after eight years.
- On Saturday, August 15, 2026, the 79th Locarno Film Festival awarded the Pardo d'Oro to Romanian director Florin Șerban for his father-son drama, You Don't Belong Here .
- This film follows a physician whose world shatters when police suspect his teenage son, Ioan, of murder after discovering the boy's secret life vandalizing cars with masked vigilantes.
- Hong Sangsoo won the Pardo for Best Direction for Nun Dul Dega Eomne , while The Riverbank by Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho received the Special Jury Prize.
- Festival artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro praised the "vital and contemporary slate of awards," noting the jury upheld the primacy of form and language throughout the competition.
- Locarno Pro, the festival's industry strand, reached a record 2,140 accreditations this year; the 80th Locarno Film Festival is scheduled for August 4 to August 14, 2027.
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From the paternal frustration of the Romanian film Florin Serban to the domestic euthanasia of Violence du corps de l'autre, a resistance of hope in humanity surrounded the strongest films of this festival.
Film "It's not your place here" by Romanian director Florin Şerban won, on Saturday, the grand prize, Golden Leopard, at the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland). Florin Şerban, an important figure of the New Romanian Valley, explained on the festival website that his film is "more than anything ...
For eleven days the rooms of the Swiss citadel welcomed a large and enthusiastic audience. The 79th edition ended today, Saturday, August 15, with the triumph of the Romanian film that won the Pardo d'Oro
While the jury chaired by the Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz chose to crown one of the best feature films of the 17 that formed the international competition of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, the rest of the list is less convincing. Monica Belluci receives one of the two Performance Awards, while Hong Sang-soo is awarded for the third time
In Locarno the cinema returns to speak through intimate stories, personal looks and countries that rarely occupy the center of the scene. It is Florin Şerban who conquers the Golden Pardo of the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival with You Don't Belong Here (Nu and locul tau aici), the film with which the Romanian director returns to [...] L'articolo Locarno rewards Florin Şerban: the Golden Pardo goes to You Don't Belong Here. Among the w…
The 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has awarded the Golden Pardo 'You don't belong here (Nu and locul tau aici) ' by Florin Şerban, which marks the return to the feature film of the Romanian director. (ANSA)
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