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Martin Elia

Martin Elia

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Biography

Martin Elia is a filmmaker, writer, and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between the individual and the urban space through a philosophical and political lens. His practice is rooted in existential and social inquiries, with a particular interest in the intersections of theology and philosophy in shaping both personal and collective identities.

Known For

Angst
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A surreal depiction of anxiety.

Angst

2022
And there was evening and there was morning. The first day
10.0

With the lack of personal video archive, Youhanna (the filmmaker) creates false memories using lost home videotapes shot between the 1990s and 2000s in Europe, Africa, and Asia, with the help of an Artificial intelligence programme, until a real, personal video archive surfaces, transporting him into the past to relive one more memory with his late mother.

And there was evening and there was morning. The first day

2025
Schizophrenia
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An episode of paranoid schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia

2022
Scrupulous
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Marwan a superstitious OCD patient knows that his grades will be out in an hour and tries to fight his obsessive thoughts.

Scrupulous

2022
Pictures From a Fall
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"After Adam was expelled from paradise, he lived searching for images of past moments, while he continued to fall."

Pictures From a Fall

2024
Birds Should Have Been Released
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Mourad, a taxi driver, is grappling with haunting visions of his wife and daughter who recently drowned. These harrowing images have driven him to escape from the confines of his home, taking refuge in the familiar setting of his trusty taxi. Along the way, he encounters an old man who regales him with a timeless tale of resurrection. This encounter prompts Mourad to embark on a journey to fulfill the legendary story, one that will ultimately force him to confront his own destiny in solitude.

Birds Should Have Been Released

2023
Forever Yours
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In a world full of technology manner to communicate with each other, D&A, hopeless lovers, have only the sea to send their letters through. Between the two countries they have the same fears,that their letters will never arrives, so they send another letter to express their fears.

Forever Yours

2022
The man of the sea
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An old man, whose name and origins are unknown, is consumed by a deep, abstract confusion devoid of any details. Yet, he is drawn to the sea—perhaps he seeks an answer or a sign.

The man of the sea

About a Picture Before it Dies
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Between two cities and two shores, and the journey in between. Images clash and intertwine in the photographer's mind, who wonders about the essence of the image.

About a Picture Before it Dies