El Mártir
The Martyr

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 30'10 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.66:1 sound format Dolby Atmos original-language Spanish subtitles German, English

In the summer heat of a small Andalusian village, a young man explores his sexuality through the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ. Elías does not only feel aroused by the images of Jesus Christ and other martyrs, he wants to be like them. As a result and in order to get closer to God, he begins to develop masochistic tendencies, which rapidly get out of hand. Elías soon realises that he has to make real physical sacrifices to receive the heavenly love of God.

director Alejandro Mathe Production Anna Weber Script Alejandro Mathé, Jose Alberto Arias Pereira Editing Leo Muheim Sound Design Leo Muheim DOP Zoe Dumas Szenenbild / Production Design Luca Wirtz Cast Rafa Sambruno, Junior Mbengani film school ifs internationale filmschule köln
Festivals
2024 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany (Nominiert in der Kategorie mittellanger Film)
2024 SHORTS Trinationales Filmfestival Offenburg, Germany (Nominiert in der Kategorie mittellanger Film)
Awards
2023 Nominiert in der Kategorie bester Mittellanger Film & beste Kamera FIRST STEPS - Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis 2023
School
Production
  • ifs internationale filmschule köln
  • Monika Bremen
  • +49 221 920188202
  • http://www.filmschule.de
Distribution
  • ifs internationale filmschule köln
  • Monika Bremen
  • +49 221 920188202
  • http://www.filmschule.de
Sales
  • ifs internationale filmschule köln
  • Monika Bremen
  • +49 221 920188202
  • http://www.filmschule.de

Alejandro Mathe

Alejandro Mathe, born and grew up in Ibiza, Spain. After graduating in translation and interpreting from the University of Granada, he moved to Germany. He graduated in directing from the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln film school in 2023. He is currently developing his debut film.

Filmography
2020 Unter den Lebenden
2021 Wir sind die Monster
2022 Phantasmagoria
2024 El Mártir