LA NIÑA MÁRTIR

The Girl Martyr

España. 2022. Color. 11 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: María Pérez Sanz.
  • Scriptwriter: Cristina Morales; María Pérez.
  • Cast: Luna Pérez Peláez; Bruno Díez Sánchez; Jara Pérez Peláez; Luzia Videla Timón.
  • Cinematography: Ion de Sosa.
  • Editing: Sergio Jiménez.
  • Art director: Carmen Main.
  • Music: Eddi Circa.
  • Sound: Alberto Carlassare; Jamaica Ruiz.
  • Poster designer: Beatriz Lobo.
  • Producer: Tasio .; Carmen Bellas; Cristina Hergueta; María Pérez Sanz.

Ávila (Spain), March 28, 1526. Teresa de Jesús turns eleven surrounded by her cousins. With their help, she writes a letter to her mother asking to change her name to Cristina. That way, she’ll be more like her favorite Saint: Saint Christina, The Girl Martyr.

 


María Pérez Sanz

Filmmaker trained at the ECAM. She began her film career at a very young age, writing and directing short films. Among them, Robin & Robin, presented in Berlin and Cannes. Her debut feature, the documentary Malpartida Fluxus Village, won important awards, and with Karen he won the D'A's Un Impulso Colectivo award. Recently, Variety and Screen International magazines highlighted her as an emerging talent at Cannes and as one of the ten emerging talents with the greatest international projection, respectively.

 

Karen (2020), Malpartida Fluxus Village (2015), Ejercicio 2: Ficción (2015), Ejercicio 3: Documental (2013), Robin & Robin (2011), Androides (2010), Nombres propios (2010), Al final del corredor (2009), Discordia (2008)

Premio Un impulso colectivo, D'A Film Festival Barcelona (España) 2021 / Nominada a Best Feature Film por Malpartida Fluxus Village, IBAFF International Film Festival (España) 2016