Birdsong

Screening Schedule

Nov 24 (Fri.) 20:30 at Yokogawa Cinema

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Details

The Three Wise Kings travel in search of the Messiah who has just been born.

Director: Albert Serra
Cast: Lluís Carbó, Lluís Serrat Batlle, Lluís Serrat Masanellas, Montse Triola, Mark Peranson, Victòria Aragonés
Scritpt: Albert Serra
Image: Jimmy Gimferrer, Neus Ollé
Edit: Àngel Martín, Albert Serra

Year of production: 2008
Running time: 98’
Country: Spain
Capricci Films

Director

Albert Serra
Director, producer and script-writer born in Banyoles.
PhD in Literary Theory & Comparative Literature and BA in Spanish Philology.
He writes and directs Honour of the Knights and Birdsong both premiered at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. He directs the The Names of Christ for MACBA and Lord Worked Wonders in Me for CCCB. He receives the LUMA Award, granted by the LUMA Foundation, Recontres d'Arles 2011. He takes part in dOCUMENTA (13) with the project The Three Little Pigs, especially conceived for the venue. He writes and directs Story of My Death, premiered at Locarno Film Festival Festival, awarded the Golden Leopard for the Best Film. Centre Pompidou (Paris), Bozar Center (Brussels), Arsenal Institut (Berlin) and Indie Festival (Sao Paulo), Tate Modern (London), Filmforumfestival (Undine) entrust him with a carte blanche and a retrospective of all his films. The government of Catalonia awarded Andergraun Films in 2014 for its career. He is selected to represent the Catalan pavilion for the Venice Biennale of Art 2015, with the piece Singularity. His last feature film Last Days of Louis XIV, with Jean-Pierre Léaud staring the King in his deathbed, was premiered in Cannes Film Festival, official selection.