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)
Selected for the AG Kurzfilm Catalogue, Germany, 2024
WDR Short Film Night, Germany, 2024
Queer Film Festival Munich, Germany, 2024
Evolution Mallorca Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2024
Pink Panorama, Switzerland, 2024
LesGaiCineMad, Spain, 2024
Premios Lorca Film Festival, Spain, 2024 (Winner Best Cinematography Award & Nomination
for Best Granada Film)
Filmschoolfest Munich, Germany, 2024
KFFK Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany, 2024
Poitiers Film Festival, France, 2024 (Grand Prix du Jury)
Student Film Fest Angoulême, France, 2025
Leeds Queer Film Fest, United Kingdom, 2025
IFFF International Women’s Film Festival, Germany, 2025 (Winner Best Cinematography Award)
Articles
Film in Granada: Bubión hosts the shooting of “El Mártir”, a project by Cologne Film School
First Steps nomination for Alejandro Mathé in the category Middle Length Film
First Steps nomination for Zoe Dumas in the category Michael-Ballhaus-Prize for Camera
Saarbrücker Zeitung: „Mártir“ beim Ophüls-Festival: „Die Provokation war nie unser primäres Ziel“
ARD Mediathek: Interview mit Alejandro Mathé & Anna Weber zum mittellangen Film “El Mártir”
“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)