Albert Serra

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Serra and the second or maternal family name is Juanola.

Albert Serra
Serra at the 12th Gaudí Awards in 2020
Born	(1975-10-09) 9 October 1975 (age 49) Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	2003–present

Albert Serra Juanola (Catalan: [əlˈβɛrt ˈsɛrə]; 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), The Death of Louis XIV (2016), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud,^[4] and Pacifiction (2022).

Selected filmography

Feature films

Year	English title	Original title	Notes
2003	Crespià, the film not the village	Crespià
2006	Honour of the Knights	Honor de cavalleria	Premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
2008	Birdsong	El cant dels ocells
2011	The Lord Has Worked Wonders in Me	El senyor ha fet en mi meravelles
2013	Story of My Death	Història de la meva mort	Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival
2016	The Death of Louis XIV	La Mort de Louis XIV	Premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
2019	Liberté		Special Jury Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
2022	Pacifiction	Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles	Premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
2024	Afternoons of Solitude	Tardes de soledad	Golden Shell at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival

Short films

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

Year	Original title	English title	Premiere exhibition venue
2010	Els noms de Crist	The Names of Christ	Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain
2013	Els tres porquets	The Three Little Pigs	dOCUMENTA (13), Germany
2015	La singularitat	Singularity	56th Venice Biennale, Italy
2018	Roi Soleil	—	Galeria Graça Brandão, Portugal
2019	Personalien	—	Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
2022	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	Pacifiction	Nominated	[5]
2022	Louis Delluc Prize	Best Film of the Year	Pacifiction	Won	[6]
2023	César Awards	Best Film	Pacifiction	Nominated	[7]
		Best Director		Nominated
2023	Lumières Awards	Best Film	Pacifiction	Nominated	[8]
		Best Director		Won
2009	Gaudí Awards	Best Film in Catalan Language	Birdsong	Won	[9]
		Best Director		Won
2023		Best Non-Catalan Language Film	Pacifiction	Won	[10]
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated

Other awards:

• Honor of the Knights (2006)
  • 2006 Viennale Directors' Fortnight – FIPRESCI Prize^[11][12][13]
  • Best Feature Film, also Holden Award for Best Script – Special Mention, at the 2006 Torino Film Festival^[14]
  • Grand Prize at the 2006 Entrevues Belfort film festival^[15]
  • Best Emerging Director and Best Film in Catalan Language awards, 2006 Barcelona Cinema Awards^[16]
  • Selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best films of 2007.^[17][18][19]
• Birdsong (2008)
  • 2008 Cannes Directors' Fortnight^[20]
  • Grand Prize at the 2008 Split International Film Festival
  • Grand Prize at the 2008 Entrevues Belfort film festival^[21]
• Story of My Death (2013)
  • Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival^[22][23][24]
  • Silver Puma for Best Director at the 2014 UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM)^[25]
  • Best wardrobe at the 2014 Gaudí Awards^[26]
• The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
  • Toronto International Film Festival – Official Selection^[27]
  • New York Film Festival – Official Selection^[28]
  • Winner in feature film category, 2016 Prix Jean Vigo^[29]
  • Best International Film at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival^[30]
• Pacifiction (2022)
  • 10th Feroz Awards – Nomination for the Arrebato Award (Fiction)^[31]
  • Tromsø International Film Festival - Winner FIPRESCI Prize ^[32]
  • International Cinephile Society - Best Director (2022), Ex Aqueo with Laura Citadella (Trenque Lauquen) ^[33]
  • Selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as the best film of 2022 ^[34]

References

1. "Albert Serra: Radical Classicist" Archived 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. "PACIFICTION - Festival de Cannes 2023". www.festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
6. "Le Prix Delluc récompense ex aequo les films 'Saint Omer' d'Alice Diop et 'Pacifiction' d'Albert Serra". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
7. Vlessing, Scott Roxborough,Etan; Roxborough, Scott; Vlessing, Etan (24 February 2023). "César Awards: 'The Night of the 12th' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
8. "Lumières 2023 : "La Nuit du 12", "Pacifiction", "Saint Omer" et "Les Enfants des autres" en tête des nominations". Franceinfo (in French). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
9. "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.
10. Aller, Por María (23 January 2023). "Premios Gaudí 2023: 'Alcarràs' y 'Pacifiction', las películas ganadoras de la XV edición". Fotogramas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
11. 44th Viennale, FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
12. Fipresci 2006 Awards, FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
13. Festivalarchiv 06, Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival. (in German and English). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
14. "Honor de Cavalleria", Torino Film Festival. (in Italian and English). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
15. "2006. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: A look back at the awards", official festival site. (in English and French). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
16. "V Premis Barcelona de Cinema", news on VilaWeb TV, 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
17. "Story of My Death" Archived 2014-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, 40th Seattle International Film Festival, 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
18. Top Ten 2007. "Palmares 2007: Meilleurs films de l'année 2007" Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, Cahiers du Cinéma. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
19. "Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Lists 1951-2009" Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, from Caltech alumnus site. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
20. Quinzaine: 2008 Archived 6 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / Director's Fortnight. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
21. 2008 Edition, official festival site. (in English and French). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
22. "Albert Serra Film Wins Locarno Top Prize", by Scott Foundas, Variety.com, August 17, 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
23. "The Death of Louis XIV", by Albert Serra (2016) Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, Caprici Arthouse Cinema Label. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
24. "Story of My Death", New Zealand International Film Festival, with commentary by Chris Darke excerpted from Film Comment. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
25. "Ganadores del cuarto FICUNAM", Toma, Revista Mexicana de Cine, 11 March 2014. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
26. "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.
27. "The Death of Louis XIV". www.tiff.net. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
28. "The Death of Louis XIV | NYFF54". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
29. Albert Serra, at the Prix Jean Vigo site. (in French). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
30. "And the JFF 2016 Winners are...", Jerusalem Film Festival website. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
31. Cinemanía (29 January 2023). "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2023:". Cinemanía (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
32. "FIPRESCI". Tromsø International Film Festival (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
33. Stevens, Beth (12 February 2023). "2023 ICS Award Winners". International Cinephile Society. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
34. París, Pablo Sancho (2 December 2022). "'Pacifiction', de Albert Serra, es la mejor película de 2022 para Cahiers du Cinema". Industrias del Cine (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2024.

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
• "Albert Serra: Radical Classicist", Harvard Film Archives. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
• "Albert Serra: Divine Visionaries and Holy Fools", 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.