Adrián Saba

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]

Adrián Saba
Born
Adrián Bernardo Saba De Muinck

(1988-12-31) 31 December 1988
Madrid, Spain
Other namesChaplin
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Notable workThe Cleaner
The Dreamer
The Erection of Toribio Bardelli
RelativesEdgar Saba (father)
Els De Muinck (mother)
Nuria Saba (sister)

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.[7] 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
Year Title Director Writer Producer Other Notes
2010 El Río Yes Yes No No Short film
2012 The Cleaner Yes Yes Yes No
2014 Pocho Yes Yes No Yes Short film, composer
2016 The Dreamer Yes Yes Yes No
2023 The Erection of Toribio Bardelli Yes Yes No No

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