{"id":12856,"date":"2026-11-09T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12856"},"modified":"2026-11-09T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:00:35","slug":"romanian-film-you-dont-belong-here-wins-top-prize-at-cottbus-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12856","title":{"rendered":"Romanian film \u2018You Don\u2019t Belong Here\u2019 wins top prize at Cottbus festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romanian film You Don\u2019t Belong Here (Nu e locul t\u0103u aici)<\/em>, starring Adrian V\u0103ncic\u0103, has won the Main Prize at FilmFestival Cottbus. The production was written and directed by Florin \u0218erban.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy that You Don\u2019t Belong Here<\/em> also convinced the Cottbus jury after a summer in which it received considerable international recognition,\u201d \u0218erban said.
\n\u201cWe are preparing for the film\u2019s release in Romania, and another success like this makes me even more confident that it will find its audience among viewers at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set against the backdrop of a criminal investigation, the film follows the changing relationship between a respected surgeon who heads a provincial hospital and his teenage son. The father discovers that the boy has joined an extremist group and was involved in the killing of a person.<\/p>\n

The film previously won the Golden Leopard, the Europa Cinemas Label Award, and the Youth Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival. Young actor Teodor But\u0103nescu also received a special mention for his performance in Locarno, while Adrian V\u0103ncic\u0103 won the best actor award at the Sarajevo Film Festival.<\/p>\n

You Don\u2019t Belong Here<\/em> has also been shortlisted for the European Film Awards, with the nominations due to be announced on November 14.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes Alex Conovaru, Janir Izdrail\u0103, Claudiu Maier, Cristina Richter, and Emil Boroghin\u0103.<\/p>\n

The film will open in Romanian cinemas on November 27, with special screenings<\/a> and meetings with the cast and director scheduled in Re\u0219i\u021ba, Timi\u0219oara, Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest, Craiova, and Ia\u0219i.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romanian film You Don\u2019t Belong Here (Nu e locul t\u0103u aici), starring Adrian V\u0103ncic\u0103, has won the Main Prize at FilmFestival Cottbus. The production was written and directed by Florin \u0218erban. \u201cI am very happy that You Don\u2019t Belong Here also convinced the Cottbus jury after a summer in which it received considerable international recognition,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}