The Martyr

34 Min. 
2024
Queer, Coming of Age

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

  • Nominated for the First Steps Awards Germany 2023 in the categories middle length Featurefilm and Michael- Ballhaus Camera Prize 


  • Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis Germany, 2024


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


  • Granada Lorca Awards International Film Festival 2024 (Winner: Best Granada Photography) 


  • Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund + Köln 2025 (Winner: "Female Gaze – CineOne & sPOTTlight Young Talent Award for Women Directors of Photography in NRW")