• The Martyr

    Short, Queer Coming of Age Drama, 30 Min.

    dir. Alejandro Mathé

    2024

A young man’s obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies.

CREW

Director: Alejandro Mathé
1st Assistant director: Lú Paredes

Producer: Anna Weber
Production Manager: Anna Weber & Jiniris Correa
Production: ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln
Casting director: María José Fernández
Filmfounding: Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Script: Jose Alberto Arias Pereira & Alejandro Mathé

Director of Photography: Zoe Dumas
1st AC: Kim Sophie Hausner
2nd AC: Luis Mayr Nin & Óscar Castillo
Gaffer: Zoe Dumas
Lighting Assistance: Luis Mayr Nin & Óscar Castillo
Helping Hand: Marcel Reiter

Soundmixer: Leo Muheim
Sound Assistant: Gloria Campos

Art Design: Luca Wirtz
Prop Master: Wiebke Lyß
Art Department Assistance: Anna Wolf

Costume Design: Mar Moreno
Hair & Make-Up: Mar Moreno & Sara Pérez
SFX Make-Up: Edu Pérez & Víctor Alcalá (Barbatos FX)

Editing and Sound Design: Leo Muheim
Assistant Editor: Jannik Urlaub
Foleys: Leo Muheim & Joo Fürst

Colorist: Moritz Bastian

With the assistance of Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Film in Granada Office, Parque natural de Sierra Nevada and Ayuntamiento de Bubión.

CAST

Rafa Sambruno
Junior Mbengani
Ana Ruiz
Lena Rodríguez
Elena Pla Hidalgo
Antonio Delosantos
Alberto López Ballesteros
Adrián López
Marisa Refoyo
Javier Pérez

FESTIVALS

  • First Steps Awards, Germany, 2023 (Nominated for the categories middle length film & Michael-Ballhaus-Prize for Camera)

  • Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany, 2024

  • SHORTS Trinational film festival for student films, Germany, 2024 (Winner Best middle length film)

“How does it feel to hear people’s confessions? Has it ever happened that you haven’t been able to look at someone the same way after?”

— Elías (The Martyr, 2023)

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