2025 Iris Prize

The Passion according to Karim

A Scout patrol arrives to give a performance of the Crucifixion of Christ in a remote village. Nothing can stop 17-year-old Karim, the Scout who has been assigned the role of Christ, from his obsessive goal: to find the ecstasy to perform the martyr on the cross.

DIRECTOR:

Axel Würsten (He/Him/His)

PRODUCER:

Axel Würsten

WRITER:

Thierry Lounas

RELEASE YEAR:

2024, Language: French

France, 24 mins

Mae patrôl Sgowtiaid yn cyrraedd i roi perfformiad o Groeshoeliad Crist mewn pentref anghysbell. Ni all dim atal Karim, 17 oed, y Sgowt sydd wedi cael rôl Crist, rhag ei nod obsesiynol: dod o hyd i’r ecstasi i gyflawni’r merthyr ar y groes.


In parallel to his career as an actor, notably on the Canal + french series, Hard, Axel Würsten studied philosophy and cinema at the Sorbonne. In 2014, he joined La Fémis (National Institute for Professional Image and Sound ) in the screenwriting department from which he graduated in 2018.

Ochr yn ochr â’i yrfa fel actor, yn enwedig ar y gyfres Ffrangeg Hard ar Canal +, astudiodd Axel Würsten athroniaeth a sinema yn y Sorbonne. Yn 2014, ymunodd â La Fémis (Sefydliad Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Delwedd a Sain Proffesiynol) yn yr adran sgriptio lle graddiodd yn 2018.

2025 Iris Prize Shortlist