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Martyr

After a young man bears witness to a violent crime, the after affects ripple through his mind and the community at large, changing them forever.

  • Oscar Rosauer
    Director
  • Oscar Rosauer
    Writer
  • Ryan Hedges
    Writer
  • Zachary Connor
    Writer
  • Ryan Hedges
    Producer
  • Ryan Hedges
    Key Cast
    "Witness"
    Blaze (2022), An Eight Letter Word Starting with A (2020)
  • Bas Passos
    Editor
  • Bas Passos
    Cinematographer
  • Zachary Connor
    Musical Director
  • Oscar Rosauer
    Sound Designer
  • Zachary Connor
    Original Score
  • Project Type:
    Student
  • Genres:
    Crime, Drama, Expressionist
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 30, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    100 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Dickson College
  • Canberra Short Film Festival
    Canberra
    Australia
    November 9, 2024
    World Premiere
    Best Canberra Under 18's/Schools and Best Canberra Actor (Ryan Hedges)
Director Biography - Oscar Rosauer

Oscar has always held an insightful perspective on the world and, by extension, his art. He enjoys creating moving stories about human experiences that are not often explored - least of all in student films, which acts as the perfect foundation for an emotionally poignant film.

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Director Statement

Martyr follows a boy with an uncomfortability; an inability to properly process and understand a brutal crime which he witnessed by pure happenstance.

In the personal experience of myself and co-writers, young people are not personally or socially prepared to shed light on such moments of violence without the veil of humour, righteousness, or spectacle.

Violence - and the halo of silence surrounding it - lives on in the bowels of our culture within which shame is felt not by its perpetrators, but by its victims.

If the witness had felt capable of speaking honestly about what he had seen and felt, able to alleviate even a small part of the shame, anger and bitterness within himself, would he have gone down the same precipitous path?