Albert Serra
Albert Serra (* 1975 in Banyoles , Girona Province ) is a Catalan video artist .
life and work
Albert Serra studied literary theory and comparative literature at the University of Barcelona . He received his PhD in 2006 . Serra works in the fields of film , installation , theater and performance .
At the invitation of dOCUMENTA (13) Albert Serra made the film Els tres porquets / The three little pigs . He shot on each of the 100 days of the exhibition and edited in the afternoons . In the evening, the recordings of the day and the day before were shown. “The text is taken from three models: Goethe's conversations with his assistant, the writer Johann Peter Eckermann ; Hitler's “table talks,” a series of monologues and conversations at the Führer Headquarters between Hitler and members of his inner circle during the years 1941 to 1944; as well as various interviews with the filmmaker Fassbinder and articles by him. "
In 2013 Serra was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival for his film Història de la meva mort . In his film The Death of Louis XIV , released in 2016, he filmed the death of Louis XIV with Jean-Pierre Léaud in the title role, for which Serra also received positive reviews. On the other hand, his self-written piece Liberté , which premiered at the Volksbühne in Berlin in the spring of 2018 , with Ingrid Caven and Helmut Berger in the cast, received a moderate to negative reception . The release of the film version of Liberté took place of 2019.
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: Honor de cavalleria / Honor of the Knights , Cannes International Film Festival
- 2008: El cant dels ocells / Vogelgesang , Cannes International Film Festival
- 2011: Els Noms de Crist / The Names of Christ , Locarno Festival
- 2011: El senyor ha fet en mi meravelles / The Lord has worked miracles in me , Locarno Film Festival, Award: LUMA Award
- 2013: Història de la meva mort / History of my death , Locarno Festival, Award: Golden Leopard for the best film
- 2015: La singularitat / Die Singularität , 56th Biennale di Venezia
- 2016: La muerte de Luis XIV / The death of Louis XIV , Award: Special Feroz Award
- 2018: Roi Soleil / Der Sonnenkönig , FIDMarseille, Award: Best Film Award, (together with Dora García's Second Time Around )
- 2019: Liberté
Web links
- Andergraun Films
- Albert Serra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Reina Sofía Albert Serra Museum
Individual evidence
- ^ Viennale Albert Serra accessed on February 23, 2019
- ^ Volksbühne Albert Serra accessed on February 23, 2019
- ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 366, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
- ↑ Doris Meierhenrich: Disaster at the Volksbühne: Film director Albert Serra fails with “Liberté”. February 23, 2018, accessed May 7, 2019 (German).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Serra, Albert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan video artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Banyoles , Girona Province |