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In a universe of absolute darkness, traces of a hospital emerge. A woman awakens, disoriented. She drags herself through minimalist settings, crossing paths with mysterious figures dressed in leather, silk, and tailoring. With each step, she moves closer to a new identity — strange and irresistible — until she is reborn as part of it

  • Gabriel Andreolli
    Director
  • Carolina Melgarejo
    Writer
  • Gustavo Baez
    Producer
  • Jae Chang
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Mártires
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Fashion Film
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 37 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 2, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Arri Alexa 35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Gabriel Andreolli

Gabriel Andreolli is a Brazilian film director and musician whose work moves between the symbolic and the sensorial. He explores dense, immersive atmospheres and non-linear narratives through a curatorial lens and refined visual language. As founder of Gopnik — a boutique production company rooted in fashion, experimental cinema, and music videos — he creates works that merge aesthetic exploration, emotional depth, and transformative intent.

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Director Statement

Mártires is a fashion film written by Brazilian designer Carolina Melgarejo and directed by me, Gabriel Andreolli.

This work exists at the intersection of fashion, cinema, and symbolic ritual. Built around Carolina’s debut collection, the film explores themes of faith, fragmentation, and rebirth through a visual language that blurs the line between spiritual pain and aesthetic construction.

We wanted to break away from the product-oriented logic of fashion film and move toward something slower, more ritualistic, where clothing is not decoration, but extension of the body’s fracture. In Mártires, each garment participates in the narrative as both scar and shelter, something that carries pain, but also protects it.

As a director, I approached Mártires not as a commercial piece, but as an emotional gesture. A silent procession through body, texture, and memory.