Adrián Saba Explained

Birth Name:Adrián Bernardo Saba De Muinck
Birth Date:31 December 1988
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Othername:Chaplin
Occupation:Film director
Screenwriter
Notable Works:The Cleaner
The Dreamer
The Erection of Toribio Bardelli
Relatives:Edgar Saba (father)
Els De Muinck (mother)
Nuria Saba (sister)

Adrián Saba (born December 31, 1988) is a Peruvian-Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the films The Cleaner and The Erection of Toribio Bardelli, both were selected as the Peruvian entry in the Best International Feature Film at the 86th Academy Awards[1] and the 96th Academy Awards[2] respectively. He also wrote and directed the film The Dreamer which premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

Biography

Adrián Saba was born in Madrid, Spain on December 31, 1988, son of the Peruvian playwright Edgar Saba and the Dutch director Els De Muinck.[4] At the age of five, the family moved to Lima, his father's hometown. He spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence in the Peruvian capital, where he began to show interest in the world of cinema and theater. He lived in New York for several years, currently residing in Madrid.[5] His sister is the singer-songwriter Nuria Saba.[6]

Career

At the age of 18, he received a Fulbright scholarship to train as a film director at Hofstra University in New York.[7] [8] His graduation thesis, the short film El Río (2010) (based on a story by Julio Cortázar),[9] by which won the first prize at the 11th Martil Film Festival.[10] [11]

In 2011, he founded the production company Flamingo Films. In 2012, he released his first film The Cleaner, which received a special mention in the New Directors category at the San Sebastián International Film Festival[12] and also triumphed in the New Voices/New Visions category at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.[13]

In 2013, the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Festival selected Adrián as one of the six chosen to be part of its artistic residency program La Résidence in Paris.[14] In that space he developed the script for his second feature film The Dreamer (2016), premiering at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival[15] and winning the award for Best Peruvian Film at the 20th Lima Film Festival.[16]

In 2023, he premiered his third film The Erection of Toribio Bardelli at the 27th Lima Film Festival where it competed for Best Picture.[17]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerOtherNotes
2010El RíoShort film
2012The Cleaner
2014PochoShort film, composer
2016The Dreamer
2023The Erection of Toribio Bardelli

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-09-28 . El limpiador es el largometraje peruano seleccionado para competir en la categoria de Mejor película de lengua extranjera en los 86th Academy Awards . 2023-09-18 . Dirección del Audiovisual, la Fonografía y los Nuevos Medios.
  2. Web site: 2023-08-26 . Oscars: Peru's Candidate Is the THE ERECTION OF TORIBIO BARDELLI . 2023-09-18 . Cinema Tropical . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2016-02-15 . Festival de Berlín 2016: Conversamos con el director y los actores de "El soñador" en la Berlinale . 2023-09-18 . Cinencuentro . es.
  4. Web site: Els Vandell - Trivia . 2023-09-18 . IMDb . en-US.
  5. Web site: Entrevista a Adrián Saba - Cine sin cancha - Podcast en iVoox . 2023-09-18 . iVoox . es.
  6. Web site: Malqui . Sonia . 2022-04-12 . Nuria Saba lanza videoclip de “ANIMALES EXTRAÑOS” desde España . 2023-09-18 . Nteve . es.
  7. Web site: Alum of the Month: March 2013: Adrian Saba . 2023-09-18 . Hofstra University . en.
  8. Web site: Adrián Saba . 2023-09-18 . Cineuropa . en.
  9. Web site: 2018-03-11 . Biofilmografía de Adrián Saba . 2023-09-18 . Ibermedia Digital . es.
  10. Web site: Entrevista a Adrián Saba, director de "El Rio" . 2023-09-18 . redaccion.lamula.pe . es.
  11. Web site: 2011-06-07 . Corto peruano gana festival de cine en Marruecos . 2023-09-18 . RPP Noticias . es.
  12. Web site: 2012-09-30 . Película peruana "El Limpiador" recibe mención especial en San Sebastián ENTRETENIMIENTO . 2023-09-18 . Peru.com . es.
  13. Web site: El Limpiador, de Adrían Saba premiado en el Festival de Cine de Palm Springs y seleccionado en Guadalajara (FICG28) . 2023-09-18 . Dirección del Audiovisual, la Fonografía y los Nuevos Medios . es-ES.
  14. Web site: Rojas . Laslo . 2013-01-30 . El peruano Adrián Saba es seleccionado para la Residencia de Cannes 2013 . 2023-09-18 . Cinencuentro . es.
  15. Web site: Rojas . Laslo . 2016-01-13 . La película peruana "El soñador" tendrá su estreno mundial en el Festival de Berlín 2016 . 2023-09-18 . Cinencuentro . es.
  16. Web site: Ganadores del 20 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP . 2023-09-18 . es-PE.
  17. Web site: La erección de Toribio Bardelli . 2023-09-18 . 27° Festival de Cine de Lima.