Jonathan Roumie

who had like a lazy eye, and it reminded him of the image, which actually is on this little medallion, of Christ the Pantocrator. Basically, it's that figure of Christ that it's got both sides of his face. One side of him represents the divinity of Christ. One side represents the humanity of Christ.

who had like a lazy eye, and it reminded him of the image, which actually is on this little medallion, of Christ the Pantocrator. Basically, it's that figure of Christ that it's got both sides of his face. One side of him represents the divinity of Christ. One side represents the humanity of Christ.

And one of the sides, his eye on one side is kind of drooped, and it reminded him of this image of Christ. And he got this idea to create this animated short film about the martyrs and their story. And it turned out to be stunning. 21film.com, people want to see it. It's an extraordinary short film. Beautiful, beautiful. That implements Coptic iconography into the animation.

And one of the sides, his eye on one side is kind of drooped, and it reminded him of this image of Christ. And he got this idea to create this animated short film about the martyrs and their story. And it turned out to be stunning. 21film.com, people want to see it. It's an extraordinary short film. Beautiful, beautiful. That implements Coptic iconography into the animation.

And one of the sides, his eye on one side is kind of drooped, and it reminded him of this image of Christ. And he got this idea to create this animated short film about the martyrs and their story. And it turned out to be stunning. 21film.com, people want to see it. It's an extraordinary short film. Beautiful, beautiful. That implements Coptic iconography into the animation.

It was actually on the Oscar shortlist. It didn't get nominated, but it found its way onto this shortlist of 15 selections. And then they whittle it down to the top five. It had no marketing, had no advertisement, nothing. But somehow I think enough people saw this like, no, this is amazing. And it tells their story.

It was actually on the Oscar shortlist. It didn't get nominated, but it found its way onto this shortlist of 15 selections. And then they whittle it down to the top five. It had no marketing, had no advertisement, nothing. But somehow I think enough people saw this like, no, this is amazing. And it tells their story.

It was actually on the Oscar shortlist. It didn't get nominated, but it found its way onto this shortlist of 15 selections. And then they whittle it down to the top five. It had no marketing, had no advertisement, nothing. But somehow I think enough people saw this like, no, this is amazing. And it tells their story.

and the mystical nature of their experience and of actually their captors, what they experienced with these, you know, while they had these guys in captivity and like the divinely mystical experiences that they had. Are captures? Yeah, yeah, are represented in the short film. In fact, if you haven't seen it, I'll send you a link, but it's gorgeous.

and the mystical nature of their experience and of actually their captors, what they experienced with these, you know, while they had these guys in captivity and like the divinely mystical experiences that they had. Are captures? Yeah, yeah, are represented in the short film. In fact, if you haven't seen it, I'll send you a link, but it's gorgeous.

and the mystical nature of their experience and of actually their captors, what they experienced with these, you know, while they had these guys in captivity and like the divinely mystical experiences that they had. Are captures? Yeah, yeah, are represented in the short film. In fact, if you haven't seen it, I'll send you a link, but it's gorgeous.

And at the end of the day, what people walk away with is that these guys had the opportunity to say... No, no, I'm not Christian. And then live. But none of them did it. They went to their graves, literally.

And at the end of the day, what people walk away with is that these guys had the opportunity to say... No, no, I'm not Christian. And then live. But none of them did it. They went to their graves, literally.

And at the end of the day, what people walk away with is that these guys had the opportunity to say... No, no, I'm not Christian. And then live. But none of them did it. They went to their graves, literally.

Migrant workers. Not evangelists, just people? Christian migrant workers, poor migrant workers, I think construction or farming or something. And they wouldn't deny their faith. And so I got a chance to screen this film for the first time with the families of the martyrs 10 years later. Oh my gosh. Which was amazing.

Migrant workers. Not evangelists, just people? Christian migrant workers, poor migrant workers, I think construction or farming or something. And they wouldn't deny their faith. And so I got a chance to screen this film for the first time with the families of the martyrs 10 years later. Oh my gosh. Which was amazing.

Migrant workers. Not evangelists, just people? Christian migrant workers, poor migrant workers, I think construction or farming or something. And they wouldn't deny their faith. And so I got a chance to screen this film for the first time with the families of the martyrs 10 years later. Oh my gosh. Which was amazing.

Words fail me because it was such an overwhelmingly powerful experience to be there with them and kind of have them sort of reliving this experience. But when you talk to them, full of joy, full of joy. And they, more than one of them, thanked God.

Words fail me because it was such an overwhelmingly powerful experience to be there with them and kind of have them sort of reliving this experience. But when you talk to them, full of joy, full of joy. And they, more than one of them, thanked God.

Words fail me because it was such an overwhelmingly powerful experience to be there with them and kind of have them sort of reliving this experience. But when you talk to them, full of joy, full of joy. And they, more than one of them, thanked God.