The Martyr (2018)

Sweden, 30 min
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Basic facts

Media (1)

Original title Martyren
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • Swedish
  • Somali
Swedish release 2018-03-21

Plot summary

Asia lives in a suburb of Stockholm with her two children, Omar and Sara. Sara, the youngest, is trying to live a normal teenage life, while Omar has been in trouble with the law. Just as...

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Read more about this film in our article "Salad Hilowle – regissören som ger afro-svenskar en spegel" (in Swedish)
Download the study guide for this film (in Swedish)

Titles

Original title
  • Martyren
Swedish release title
  • Martyren
International title
  • The Martyr
Working title
  • Det heliga folket
  • Bödeln (andra arbetstitel)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Film Commissioner

Companies

Production Company Bob Film Sweden AB
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Folkets Bio AB 2018

Plot summary

Asia lives in a suburb of Stockholm with her two children, Omar and Sara. Sara, the youngest, is trying to live a normal teenage life, while Omar has been in trouble with the law. Just as Asia finally feels he's on the right track, she begins to suspect that he may have been radicalised. In despair, she tries to find out what's going on in his life and looks for help.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 205222
Date 2018-03-02
Classification Allowed from age 11
Grounds for decision Framställningen innehåller inslag av oroväckande och starkt uppslitande stämning när en mamma hugger sig i magen med en kniv och faller blödande ihop vilket kan medföra stark rädsla och oro och bedöms kunna vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn under 11 år.


Technical specifications

Length in minutes 30 min
Dialogue
  • Swedish
  • Somali


Release dates

Festival showing 2018-02-01 Göta 1 Gothenburg Sweden Göteborg Festival 2018
Release in Sweden 2018-03-21 Sweden
TV showing 2018-07-24 SVT2 Sweden
Festival showing 2018-10-24 Slottsbiografen Uppsala Sweden Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2018
2018-11-14 Bio Mauritz Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Filmfestival 2018

Awards

The Guldbagge Award Stockholm 2019 Best Short Film

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

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Carrier type EXTRAS


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Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


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Holdings Scripts

Script type För- och eftertexter
Extent 3 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 14 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 13 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Musiklista
Extent 1 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Martyren. Regiversion 2. By Marioan Hosseini. Ahmed Abdullahi.
Extent 28 s.
Language Swedish


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


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