Albert Serra

For the Spanish footballer, see Albert Serra (footballer).

Albert Serra (Catalan pronunciation: [əlß'ɛɾ sɛrə] 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.^[1][2][3] He is best known for his films Story of My Death (2013) and The Death of Louis XIV (2016), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud. Serra has been called "one of the most singular and radical filmmakers working today."^[4]

Albert Serra
Albert Serra at XII Gaudí Awards in 2020
Born	(1975-10-09) 9 October 1975 (age 47) Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	2003–present

Awards and festival selections

• Honor of the Knights (2006)
  • 2006 Viennale Directors' Fortnight - FIPRESCI Prize^[5][6][7]
  • Best Feature Film, also Holden Award for Best Script - Special Mention, at the 2006 Torino Film Festival^[8]
  • Grand Prize at the 2006 Entrevues Belfort film festival^[9]
  • Best Emerging Director and Best Film in Catalan Language awards, 2006 Barcelona Cinema Awards^[10]
  • Selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best films of 2007.^[11][12][13]
• Birdsong (2008)
  • 2008 Cannes Directors' Fortnight^[14]
  • Best Film and Best Director at the 2009 Gaudí Awards^[15]
  • Grand Prize at the 2008 Split International Film Festival
  • Grand Prize at the 2008 Entrevues Belfort film festival^[16]
• Story of My Death (2013)
  • Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival^[17][18][19]
  • Silver Puma for Best Director at the 2014 UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM)^[20]
  • Best wardrobe at the 2014 Gaudí Awards^[21]
• The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
  • Cannes Film Festival – Official Selection^[22]
  • Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection^[23]
  • New York Film Festival – Official Selection^[24]
  • Winner in feature film category, 2016 Prix Jean Vigo^[25]
  • Best International Film at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival^[26]
• etc.

Selected filmography

The following is a list of some of his feature films or contributions to feature films.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Crespià, the film not the village
2006	Honor de Cavalleria (Honor of the Knights (Quixotic))		Don Quixote and Sancho Panza wander the hills...
2008	El cant dels ocells (Birdsong)		Unconventional, minimalist approach to the story of the Magi... Title is a reference to a traditional Catalan Christmas song.
2011	60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero		1-minute contribution to Estonian anthology film.
2011	El senyor ha fet en mi meravelles (The Lord Has Worked Wonders in Me)
2013	Els tres porquets (The Three Little Pigs)		Film-performance: 101 hours of film shot during the Kassel Documenta festival and edited and projected there in sections every three days. It is an adaptation of texts from Eckermann's "Conversations with Goethe" and Hugh Trevor-Roper's "Hitler's Table Talk", together with writings by Fassbinder.^[27]^[28]^[29]
2013	Història de la meva mort (Story of My Death)		Death as seen by Casanova and Dracula.
2016	La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV)		Inspired by the Duke of Saint Simon's memoirs.
2019	Liberté (Freedom)
2022	Pacifiction

References

1. "Albert Serra: Radical Classicist" 2016-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, Harvard Film Archives. Re-retrieved 2016-09-03.
2. Andergraun Films at the Catalan Film Database. (in Catalan, Spanish, and English). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
3. Montse Triola, Spain, European Film Promotion, Promotion of European Film and Talent Worldwide. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
4. "Cannes 2016: The Well-Told Tale". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
5. 44th Viennale, FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
6. Fipresci 2006 Awards, FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
7. Festivalarchiv 06, Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival. (in German and English). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
8. "Honor de Cavalleria", Torino Film Festival. (in Italian and English). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
9. "2006. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: A look back at the awards", official festival site. (in English and French). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
10. "V Premis Barcelona de Cinema", news on VilaWeb TV, 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
11. "Story of My Death" 2014-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, 40th Seattle International Film Festival, 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
12. Top Ten 2007. "Palmares 2007: Meilleurs films de l'année 2007" 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, Cahiers du Cinéma. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
13. "Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Lists 1951-2009" 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, from Caltech alumnus site. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
14. Quinzaine: 2008 6 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / Director's Fortnight. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
15. "El cant dels ocells d'Albert Serra triomfa a la gala dels premis Gaudí del cinema", Vilaweb, 20 January 2009. (in Catalan). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
16. 2008 Edition, official festival site. (in English and French). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
17. "Albert Serra Film Wins Locarno Top Prize", by Scott Foundas, Variety.com, August 17, 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
18. "The Death of Louis XIV", by Albert Serra (2016) 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, Caprici Arthouse Cinema Label. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
19. "Story of My Death", New Zealand International Film Festival, with commentary by Chris Darke excerpted from Film Comment. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
20. "Ganadores del cuarto FICUNAM", Toma, Revista Mexicana de Cine, 11 March 2014. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
21. "Premis Gaudí 2014: les dues vies del cinema català", by Judith Vives, Núvol, el digital de la cultura, 3 February 2014. (in Catalan). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
22. "The 2016 Cannes Official Selection", Festival de Cannes website. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
23. "The Death of Louis XIV". www.tiff.net. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
24. "The Death of Louis XIV | NYFF54". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
25. Albert Serra, at the Prix Jean Vigo site. (in French). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
26. "And the JFF 2016 Winners are...", Jerusalem Film Festival website. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
27. "EL POMPIDOU INAUGURA UNA RETROSPECTIVA SOBRE EL CINEASTA ALBERT SERRA / Hitler, Goethe y Fassbinder, 'tres cerditos' en 101 horas de cine", by Rubén Díaz Caviedes, El Confidencial, 16 April 2013. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
28. "Last days to see 'Singularity', by Albert Serra, in Venice", Press Release, Institut Ramon Llull, 13 November 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
29. "Albert Serra explicarà 'Els tres porquets' a la Documenta", by Laura Serra, Ara.cat, 31 March 2012. (in Catalan). Retrieved 2016-09-03.

External links

• Albert Serra's Andergraun Films website. (in Catalan, Spanish, French, and English).
• Albert Serra on Facebook
• Undergraun Films on Facebook
• Albert Serra at IMDb
• , Harvard Film Archives. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
• , Tate Modern. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
• "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.