FRANK ELI MARTIN



I am  a London based documentary director and cinematographer. My films explore the boundaries of the documentary form, and I’m particularly interested in the hallucinogenic and the uncanny.

I am a graduate of the Documentary course at the National Film and Television School. 
frankelimartin@gmail.com


Documentary // Commercial



Promisedland™ / The Paradise Park Will Close on Fridays at Three (2023)

Nominated IDA Awards 2023

In an enormous silver dome, on the edge of an Israeli settlement and in the middle of the Palestinian desert, a new and fantastical Israeli theme park has recently emerged.

The film documents both the astonishing absurdity of this strange construction and the perception distorting, even psychotropic, effects it seems to have on its inhabitants. As the film progresses, we encounter a pervasive sense of delusion, and the tragedy behind a gaudy veneer.


Director—Frank Eli Martin
Producer—Tal Elkayam / Frank Eli Martin
Cinematographer—Tom Simington    
Editor—Tommaso Di Paola
Composer—Jean-Marc Eck
Sound Designer—Jean-Marc Eck
Productuion Manager—Sophie Outhwaite / Ciara McKenna
Colourist—Aiden Tobin
Location Sound—Jacopo Scutti




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