Adrián Saba (born December 31, 1988) is a Peruvian-Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the films ''

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'' and '' The Erection of Toribio Bardelli'', both were selected as the Peruvian entry in the Best International Feature Film at the

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and the

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respectively. He also wrote and directed the film ''The Dreamer'' which premiered at the

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Biography

Adrián Saba was born in

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on December 31, 1988, son of the Peruvian playwright Edgar Saba and the Dutch director Els De Muinck. At the age of five, the family moved to

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, 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

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for several years, currently residing in Madrid. His sister is the singer-songwriter Nuria Saba.

Career

At the age of 18, he received a Fulbright scholarship to train as a film director at Hofstra University in New York. His graduation thesis, the short film ''El Río'' (2010) (based on a story by Julio Cortázar), by which won the first prize at the 11th Martil Film Festival. 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 and also triumphed in the New Voices/New Visions category at the

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. 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. In that space he developed the script for his second feature film ''The Dreamer'' (2016), premiering at the

and winning the award for Best Peruvian Film at the 20th

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. In 2023, he premiered his third film '' The Erection of Toribio Bardelli'' at the

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where it competed for Best Picture.

Filmography

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* 1988 births Living people Film directors from Madrid {{Spain-film-director-stub Writers from Madrid Peruvian film directors Peruvian screenwriters