Albert Serra
{{Short description|Spanish filmmaker (born 1975)}}
{{for|the Spanish footballer|Albert Serra (footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Family name hatnote|Serra|Juanola|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| image = MKr348252 Albert Serra (Berlinale 2024).jpg
| caption = Serra at the 2024 Berlinale
| name = Albert Serra
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Filmmaker
| years_active = 2003–present
}}
Albert Serra Juanola ({{IPA|ca|əlˈβɛrt ˈsɛrə|lang}}; born 9 October 1975) is a Spanish independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Films, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra's films.[http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2009janfeb/serra.html "Albert Serra: Radical Classicist"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210030052/http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2009janfeb/serra.html |date=2016-12-10 }}, Harvard Film Archives. Re-retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://www.catalanfilmsdb.cat/es/empresas/productora/andergraun-films/1055/ Andergraun Films] at the Catalan Film Database. {{in lang|ca|es|en}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://www.efp-online.com/en/producers/25049/2/Montse_Triola Montse Triola, Spain], European Film Promotion, Promotion of European Film and Talent Worldwide. Retrieved 2016-09-03. He is best known for his films Story of My Death (2013), The Death of Louis XIV (2016) (starring Jean-Pierre Léaud),{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/cannes-2016-elle-staying-vertical-well-told-tale/|title=Cannes 2016: The Well-Told Tale|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-27}} Pacifiction (2022), and his documentary film Afternoons of Solitude (2024).[https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/afternoons-of-solitude-san-sebastian-review/5197455.article] Review of Afternoons Of Solitude, San Sebastian, by Jonathan Romney, 23 September 2024
Selected filmography
= Feature films =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! English title ! Original title ! Notes |
| 2003
|Crespià, the film not the village |Crespià | |
|---|
| 2006
|Honor de cavalleria |Premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| 2008
|El cant dels ocells | |
| 2011
|The Lord Has Worked Wonders in Me |El senyor ha fet en mi meravelles | |
| 2013
|Història de la meva mort |Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival |
| 2016
|La Mort de Louis XIV |Premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival |
| 2019
| colspan="2" |Liberté |Special Jury Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival |
| 2022
|Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles |Premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival |
| 2024
| Tardes de soledad | Golden Shell at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival |
= Short films =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Notes |
| 2009
|Bauçà | |
|---|
| 2011
|60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero |Collection of one-minute short films by 60 filmmakers |
| 2014
|Cubalibre |Part of the 101-hour installation The Three Little Pigs |
| 2020
|My Influences |Part of the Spaces series for the Thessaloniki International Film Festival |
| 2022
|Filmoteca de Catalunya 10 anys al Raval |Short film for the 10th anniversary of the Filmoteca de Catalunya |
= Film installations =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Original title !English title !Premiere exhibition venue |
| 2010
|Els noms de Crist |The Names of Christ |
|---|
| 2013
|Els tres porquets |The Three Little Pigs |dOCUMENTA (13), Germany |
| 2015
|La singularitat |Singularity |56th Venice Biennale, Italy |
| 2018
|Roi Soleil |{{Center|—}} |Galeria Graça Brandão, Portugal |
| 2019
|Personalien |{{Center|—}} |
Accolades
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Project ! Result !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | {{nom}} | ||
| 2022
|Best Film of the Year |Pacifiction | {{won}} | ||
| rowspan="2" |2023 | rowspan="2" | César Awards | Best Film
| rowspan="2" |Pacifiction | {{nom}} |
| Best Director | {{nom}} | ||
| rowspan="2" |2023
| rowspan="2" |Lumière Awards | rowspan="2" |Pacifiction | {{nom}} | ||
| Best Director | {{won}} | ||
| rowspan="2" |2009
| rowspan="6" |Gaudí Awards |Best Film in Catalan Language | rowspan="2" |Birdsong | {{won}}
| rowspan="2" |[http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3395754/20090120/cant-ocells-dalbert-serra-triomfa-gala-premis-gaudi-cinema.html "El cant dels ocells d'Albert Serra triomfa a la gala dels premis Gaudí del cinema"], Vilaweb, 20 January 2009. {{in lang|ca}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03. | ||
| Best Director | {{won}} | ||
| rowspan="4" |2023
|Best Non-Catalan Language Film | rowspan="4" |Pacifiction | {{won}} | ||
| Best Director | {{nom}} | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | {{nom}} | ||
| Best Editing | {{nom}} |
Other awards:
- Honor of the Knights (2006)
- 2006 Viennale Directors' Fortnight – FIPRESCI Prize[http://fipresci.org/festival-reports/2006/vienna 44th Viennale], FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://www.fipresci.org/awards/2006 Fipresci 2006 Awards], FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://www.viennale.at/de/festival/archiv/v06 Festivalarchiv 06], Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival. {{in lang|de|en}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Best Feature Film, also Holden Award for Best Script – Special Mention, at the 2006 Torino Film Festival[http://www.torinofilmfest.org/film/7839/honor-de-cavalleria.html "Honor de Cavalleria"], Torino Film Festival. {{in lang|it|en}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Grand Prize at the 2006 Entrevues Belfort film festival[http://www.festival-entrevues.com/en/2006 "2006. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: A look back at the awards"], official festival site. {{in lang|en|fr}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Best Emerging Director and Best Film in Catalan Language awards, 2006 Barcelona Cinema Awards[http://www.vilaweb.tv/jaume-roures-allo-per-que-en-salvador-lluitava-encara-sha-de-resoldre "V Premis Barcelona de Cinema"], news on VilaWeb TV, 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best films of 2007.[http://www.siff.net/festival-2014/story-of-my-death "Story of My Death"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518004539/http://www.siff.net/festival-2014/story-of-my-death |date=2014-05-18 }}, 40th Seattle International Film Festival, 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[https://www.cahiersducinema.com/Palmares-2007.html Top Ten 2007. "Palmares 2007: Meilleurs films de l'année 2007"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920032646/https://www.cahiersducinema.com/Palmares-2007.html |date=2016-09-20 }}, Cahiers du Cinéma. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html "Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Lists 1951-2009"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102838/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html |date=2012-03-27 }}, from Caltech alumnus site. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Birdsong (2008)
- 2008 Cannes Directors' Fortnight[https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/2008 Quinzaine: 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106151222/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/2008/ |date=6 November 2016 }}, official website of the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / Director's Fortnight. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Grand Prize at the 2008 Split International Film Festival
- Grand Prize at the 2008 Entrevues Belfort film festival[http://www.festival-entrevues.com/en/2008-0 2008 Edition], official festival site. {{in lang|en|fr}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Story of My Death (2013)
- Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival[https://variety.com/2013/film/global/albert-serra-film-wins-locarno-top-prize-embargoed-until-1230-pm-pdt-1200580220/ "Albert Serra Film Wins Locarno Top Prize"], by Scott Foundas, Variety.com, August 17, 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://www.capricci-international.com/films/2016-2/last-days-of-louis-xiv/ "The Death of Louis XIV", by Albert Serra (2016)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915193903/http://www.capricci-international.com/films/2016-2/last-days-of-louis-xiv/ |date=2016-09-15 }}, Caprici Arthouse Cinema Label. Retrieved 2016-09-03.[http://www.nziff.co.nz/2014/archive/story-of-my-death/ "Story of My Death"], New Zealand International Film Festival, with commentary by Chris Darke excerpted from Film Comment. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Silver Puma for Best Director at the 2014 UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM)[https://revistatoma.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/ganadores-iv-ficunam/ "Ganadores del cuarto FICUNAM"], Toma, Revista Mexicana de Cine, 11 March 2014. {{in lang|es}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Best wardrobe at the 2014 Gaudí Awards[http://www.nuvol.com/critica/premis-gaudi-2014-les-dues-vies-del-cinema-catala/ "Premis Gaudí 2014: les dues vies del cinema català"], by Judith Vives, Núvol, el digital de la cultura, 3 February 2014. {{in lang|ca}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
- Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection{{Cite web|url=http://www.tiff.net/films/the-death-of-louis-xiv/|title=The Death of Louis XIV|website=www.tiff.net|access-date=2016-09-27}}
- New York Film Festival – Official Selection{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2016/films/the-death-of-louis-xiv/|title=The Death of Louis XIV {{!}} NYFF54|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-27}}
- Winner in feature film category, 2016 Prix Jean Vigo[http://www.prixjeanvigo.fr/les-laureats/longs-metrages/item/227-albert-serra Albert Serra], at the Prix Jean Vigo site. {{in lang|fr}}. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Best International Film at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival[http://www.jff.org.il/?CategoryID=1526 "And the JFF 2016 Winners are..."], Jerusalem Film Festival website. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- Pacifiction (2022)
- 10th Feroz Awards – Nomination for the Arrebato Award (Fiction){{Cite web |last=Cinemanía |date=2023-01-29 |title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2023: |url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-feroz-2023-palmares-completo-5096359/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Cinemanía |language=es}}
- Tromsø International Film Festival - Winner FIPRESCI Prize {{Cite web |title=FIPRESCI |url=https://www.tiff.no/en/information/filmpriser/fipresci |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Tromsø International Film Festival |language=nb}}
- International Cinephile Society - Best Director (2022), Ex Aqueo with Laura Citadella (Trenque Lauquen) {{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Beth |date=2023-02-12 |title=2023 ICS Award Winners |url=https://icsfilm.org/our-yearly-awards/2023-ics-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=International Cinephile Society |language=en-US}}
- Selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as the best film of 2022 {{Cite web |last=París |first=Pablo Sancho |date=2022-12-02 |title=‘Pacifiction’, de Albert Serra, es la mejor película de 2022 para Cahiers du Cinema |url=http://industriasdelcine.com/2022/12/02/pacifiction-de-albert-serra-es-la-mejor-pelicula-de-2022-para-cahiers-du-cinema/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Industrias del Cine |language=es}}
References
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External links
- [http://andergraun.com/cat/inici.html Albert Serra's Andergraun Films website]. {{in lang|ca|es|fr|en}}.
- [https://www.facebook.com/Albert-Serra-191695577550/ Albert Serra on Facebook]
- [https://www.facebook.com/andergraunfilms/ Undergraun Films on Facebook]
- {{IMDb name|2247200}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161210030052/http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2009janfeb/serra.html "Albert Serra: Radical Classicist"], Harvard Film Archives. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160916085841/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/albert-serra-divine-visionaries-and-holy-fools "Albert Serra: Divine Visionaries and Holy Fools"], Tate Modern. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- [http://www.indiewire.com/2013/08/locarno-film-festival-review-dracula-meets-casanova-in-albert-serras-bizarrely-fascinating-the-story-of-my-death-35882/ "Locarno Film Festival Review: Dracula Meets Casanova In Albert Serra's Bizarrely Fascinating ‘The Story of My Death’"], by Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 13 August 2013.
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