Scanorama

November 5 - 22

2026

Open My Festival
EFA Shorts

The Martyr

18 min. | Drama | N-16

Two Syrian brothers illegally cross a border to enter into a Western country. Their sister narrates this journey where present time, past or the oneiric all jumble together to become both a dream and nightmare of our current world.


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Fernando Pomares

Fernando Pomares

Fernando Pomares is a filmmaker and creative director who combines projects between live-action and animation. His first feature film, Death in La Alcarria (La Muerte en La Alcarria), was released at Visions Du Réel Festival. His animated short film Morning Cowboy was premiered at the Berlinale (2017) and was selected in almost a hundred international and national festivals. He is also a professor of documentaries and projects at ESCAC and a prof
Languages
Catalan, Arabic
Subtitles
English
Original title
El mártir
Produced
2021: Spain

Film information

Director
Fernando Pomares
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