The Film Is Finished. The Journey Is Just Beginning.
Join us May 27 to bring it to the silver screen.

El Tonto Por Cristo is complete. Shot in black-and-white, told with reverence, and crafted as a cinematic meditation on the holy and the human—it’s ready. But its story isn’t over. Now, you’re part of what comes next. This May 27, we’re launching a Kickstarter campaign to take El Tonto Por Cristo to the world. Your support will fund its national theatrical release, digital premiere, and community screenings across the globe. Because this isn’t just a film to watch—it’s one to experience. Set in a remote Texas monastery and inspired by the ancient tradition of the Holy Fool, El Tonto Por Cristo invites you into a world of silence, mystery, and sacred presence. It’s a film that doesn’t rush, doesn’t explain, and doesn’t preach. Instead, it makes space—for stillness, for memory, for meaning.

And now, we’re asking: Will you help us share it? This is more than a campaign. It’s a cinematic pilgrimage.

And you are invited to walk with us.

Launch

Jonathan Pageau

THIS IS A DANGEROUS MOVIE IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE

Director David Lowery

Tarkovsky by way of texas

El Tonto Por Cristo is the tale of an unlikely saint

A monk in a monastery on the coast of Texas embraces the life of a Holy Fool.

Phenomenal. Truly a work of art. And utterly faithful to Orthodoxy.

FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN

KICKSTART THEATRICAL

KICKSTART THEATRICAL

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