Marc Serena (born 1983), is a Spanish filmmaker, journalist and author.[1] He is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed African documentaries such as Tchindas, Peixos d'aigua dolça and The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores.[2][3]
Marc Serena | |
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| Born | Marc Serena 1983 Manresa, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, writer, author |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Personal life
editHe was born in 1983 in Manresa, Spain and currently lives in Barcelona.[4]
Career
editIn 2011 at the age of 25, he wrote the book Trip to the 25 which had a great success in Asia.[5] It was later released in five languages including Chinese and Korean.[4] In 2014, Serena published Un-African love?, which compiling queer voices from 15 African countries.[6] Then he directed the web documentary Double Epidemic in 2015. In the same year, Serena wrote and directed the critically acclaimed film Tchindas, co-directed with Pablo García Pérez de Lara. The film later won Outfest's Grand Jury Award for Excellence in Filmmaking.[7]
With the success in the film, he made his next film Double Epidemic in the same year. In 2018, he directed the film Peixos d'aigua dolça and then The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores in 2019.[5] Meanwhile, in 2009, his blog was awarded by Lonely Planet as the best non-English travel blog.[4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | En realidad | Writer | TV series documentary | |
| 2008 | Passaport BCN | Writer | TV series | |
| 2012 | Nius | Writer | TV series | |
| 2013 | Valors | Writer | TV movie documentary | |
| 2015 | Tchindas | Director, writer, executive producer | Documentary | [8] |
| 2018 | Peixos d'aigua dolça | Director, writer, executive producer | Documentary | |
| 2019 | Un jour en .. | Producer | TV series documentary | |
| 2019 | The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores | Co-director | Documentary |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Startseite › Autoren › Marc Serena". newspanishbooks. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Marc Serena: Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Ausführender Produzent". filmstarts. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Marc Serena, film director: "In Equatorial Guinea they live a tropical type of Francoism"". ultimahora. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Marc Serena: Author, Journalist and Film-maker". UNAOC. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Marc Serena: Spain". African Filmny. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "This is not African". nuvol. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ staff (19 July 2015). "Outfest Announces 2015 Winners". Variety. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ Fox, Hayley (15 July 2015). "Outfest 2015: Tchindas, a fascinating trans doc from Cape Verde gets world premiere". Frontiers Media. Retrieved 25 January 2016.