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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Alberto Gracia

Alberto GRACIA (1978, Spain) studied Fine Arts at the University of Vigo. His work spans a variety of forms including painting, drawing, performance, video and installations. Microfugas, a short film shot on 16mm in 2008, was his first venture into cinema. In 2010 he wrote Microfugas, teoría y juego de la profanación, a book that questions reality in contemporary art. His debut film The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser (2013) which received the FIPRESCI Award and his second feature The Wandering Star (2016), both had their world premiere at IFFR. Continuing this tradition, his third feature length film La Parra (2024) premieres at IFFR 2024.

 

Filmography

Microfugas (2008, short), O quinto evanxeo de Gaspar Hauser/The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser (2013), La estrella errante/The Wandering Star (2018), Let’s Be Careful Out There (2021, short), The Rim (2023, short), La Parra (2024)

Alberto Gracia at IFFR

  • La Parra

    Damián finds himself the subject of mistaken identity in this eerie portrait of smalltown life.

    • Tiger Competition
  • The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser

    The story of Kaspar Hauser, who grew up in dark isolation from humanity, it is provided by a Gallician artist with a radical experimental adaptation t

    • Bright Future
  • La estrella errante

    Rober, once the front man of a Galician underground punk band, is the wandering star from the title. In Alberto Gracia’s second film, after his debut

    • Bright Future