Albert Serra
Albert SERRA (1975, Spain) is a Catalan artist and filmmaker, he holds a degree in Spanish Philology and Literary Theory from the University of Barcelona. He writes, directs and produces both films and plays. His films usually depict European myths and literature. In 2001, Serra co-founded the production company Andergraun Films. His film Honor de cavalleria (2006) was selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the ten best films of 2007. In 2013, a retrospective of Serra’s work was screened at the Centre Pompidou. For Història de la meva mort (2013), Serra was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2013. For La mort de Louis XIV, Serra received the Prix Jean Vigo in 2016. Liberté (2019) received the Un Certain Regard in Cannes Film Festival in 2019. Selected for IFFR 2023, Pacifiction (2022) was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2022.
Filmography
Crespià: The Film Not the Village (2003), Honor de cavalleria/Honour of the Knights (2006), Super 8 (co-dir. 2006, short), Sant Pere de Rodes (2006, short), Rússia (2007, short), El cant dels ocells/Birdsong (2008), L’alto arrigo (2008, short), Baucà (2009, short), Lectura d’un poema (2010, short), Els noms de Crist/The Names of Christ (2011), 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (co-dir. 2011), El Senyor ha fet en mi meravelles/The Lord Has Worked Wonders in Me (2011), Cubalibre (2013, short), Història de la meva mort/Story of My Death (2013), La mort de Louis XIV/The Death of Louis XIV (2016), Roi Soleil (2018), Liberté/Freedom (2019), Tourment sur les îles/Pacification (2022), Tardes de soledad/Afternoons of Solitude (2024, doc)
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Albert Serra at IFFR
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Tardes de soledad
Albert Serra | 125' | Spain | Dutch Premiere
Albert Serra offers us Andrés Roca Rey, star matador of this violent performance: Tauromaquia – bullfighting. -
Pacifiction
Albert Serra | 165' | France | Dutch Premiere
Albert Serra’s latest film is a dreamlike tale of decadent colonial power in Polynesia, starring Benoît Magimel. -
Honor de cavalleria
Albert Serra | 110' | Spain | None
A Don Quixote without windmills. Without much action of any kind. Serene, moving and enchanting, painterly and gentle, that’s how the knight and his s -
El cant dels ocells
Albert Serra | 98' | Spain | None
Young maestro Serra excels himself in this black & white film with a very dry yet evocative representation of the journey made by the three… -
Crespià: The Film Not the Village
Albert Serra | 84' | Spain | None
Loving cult film and idiosyncratic musical portrait of summer festivities in the Catalan village of Crespià, with early performances by the well-known -
Liberté
Albert Serra | 132' | France | None
Bewigged French libertines indulge in De Sadean excesses in the woods at night. Much-discussed provocation from film auteur Serra. -
Story of My Death
Albert Serra | 148' | France | None
Serra won a Golden Leopard in Locarno with this peculiar, at times amusing, always painterly and philosophical film. In his latter days, rationalist a -
La mort de Louis XIV
Albert Serra | 115' | France | None
On 1 September 1715, King Louis XVI of France dies of gangrene in his palace at Versailles. In his darkened bedroom, confidants and doctors come… -
Els noms de Crist
Albert Serra | 193' | Spain | None
Serra freely interpreted a ‘television series’ for an exhibition at the MACBA in Barcelona. His series deals with the problems involved in funding ‘di