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Christian's Blog:
Duration: 12 Minutes, Shot on Film
Written and Directed by Christian Santiago
Produced by Alex Kopnick and KOPCORP
 
Ramiel is with his girlfriend, Ruth, en route to one of her music gigs in Manhattan. He sees a homeless man that reminds him of a figure from his past. An emotional odyssey follows as Ramiel confronts his past and learns to look forward.






Christian Santiago (Writer and Director)
Christian Santiago is a Borinquen-Salvadorian writer, director, and producer based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Telling grounded stories with themes of familial trauma, his work includes his senior thesis, the short film “SACERDOTISA" (NoBudge Audience Award Winner) and the psychological teen drama "EMPATHY (Or: The Girl with The Pearled Hair)" [San Francisco Short Film Festival].
Film and Television credits: Challengers (MGM), The Crowded Room (Apple TV), Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz).
You can find him everywhere @thecateyedboy
Alex Kopnick (Lead Producer) 
Alex Kopnick is an ambitious, kinetic, and meticulous creative leader in New York City. He is an award-winning director, producer, VFX editor, SAFD Certified Advanced Actor-Combatant, projection designer, and arts administrator. Based in New York City, Alex has worked with Seaview Productions, Adventureland LLC, Ars Nova, XYZ Films, the Off-Broadway League, and other industry organizations.
Alex is an alum of Indiana University’s Individualized Major Program, an advanced actor-combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors and is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society as a director. He is the artistic director for KOPCORP and a freelance arts business consultant.
Tyler Bey (Cast, Ramiel) Tyler Bey is an actor from Atlanta currently living in Brooklyn New York. He is a recent graduate of Fordham University where he received the Denzel Washington Theatre Scholarship. His TV credits include: FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) and American Sports Story (FX). He is a graduate of the Hangar Theatre apprenticeship program, the LINK program and The Shakespeare and Co Intensive. This summer he performed in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
Cascina Caradonna (Cast, Ruth) Cascina Caradonna is an actor and musician known for modeling Dina in the Last of Us Part 2. They graduated the William Esper Studio, and a semester of classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. They can be seen in the indie electronic duo Enter Sceptre regularly performing around Brooklyn.
Donald Brooks (Cast, Man on the Train) Chicago native based in New York. Brooks is a versatile actor known Productions, 5 Guys A Week , Reality TV Lifetime and Short films “Adieu." “What We Remember”and “DeadLine”
With a passion for acting since childhood, he skillfully portrays complex characters.
Jon Warfield Harrison (Director of Photography) Jon Warfield Harrison is Director of Photography born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jon has a background in both documentary and narrative work, He brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach to capturing images that center human connection and environment. His practice blends technical precision with emotional resonance, using lighting and camera techniques, including digital or on film, to support and elevate each story’s unique tone and texture.
FULL PRODUCTION CREDITS
Written and Directed by - Christian Santiago
Produced by KOPCORP
CAST
Tyler Bey - Ramiel
Donald Brooks - Man on The Train
Cascina Caradonna - Ruth
PRODUCTION
Lead Producer - Alex Kopnick
Executive Producers - Anthony Pavone and Nell Warden
Associate Producer - Keith Ismael
1st AD - Ryan Alan Dearth
Director of Photography - Jon Warfield Harrison
1st AC - Maduma Mihindukulasuriya
2nd AC - Royee Weng
Sound Mixer - Sunny Liu
Gaffer - Colegrove Heller
Key Grip - Alec Maskell
Grip - Ruben Frischeisen
Production Assistant - Johnathan Morrison
Locations: Nelly Llanos & Julian Santiago
POST
Composer - Max Hunt
Saxophone - Dan McFadden
Music Mastered by Henry Hodder
Editor - Abby Byrne
Colorist - Dmitry Kuztnov
Sound Editor - Ira Spiegel
Sound Mixer - Jairo Garcia
Mixed at Postworks
DONORS
Akosua Mtambuzi
Alec Uy
Alexia Avina
Alexis Maciel
Alexis Picache
Allen Hirsch
Alyssa Rodriguez
Amarachi Ugonabo
Amber Monteleone
Ana Herrera
Anastasia Samodina
Annika Annika
Anthony Worden pavone
Anthony Jackson
Ariana Smith
Arianne Hirsch
Ashton Maxey
Benjamin Darmanin
Bridey Caramagno
Caitlyn Richtman
Carter Fife
Catherine Simakaski
Chandler Balli
Chiara Marley
Claire Pulkownik
Claire Manrique
Conor Sullivan
David Ocampo
Declan Lang-Backe
Elliott de Bruin
Emily Santiago
Enes Kandic
Gabriel Moran
Giovanna Trujillo
Ira Spiegal
Isabelle Smith
Ivan Ariza
James Horn
Janette Duharte
Janine Buchanan
Jessie Musacchio
Jill Schuck
Joanna Pauline Pingol
Jocelyn Hernandez
Jonathan Martinez
Jules Reed
Julia Alfonso
Justin Giuffrida
Kaiya Shunyata
Kayla DeMartini
Kayla Shanks
Kaylie Parr
Keith Ismael
Kennisa Ragland
Kenzie Marks
Kristine Rakic
Kyrah Quilan
Larissa Grunow
Leah Getz
Long Vo
Madeleine Bohn
Madelyn Rodriguez
Madison Berrios
Margaret Rae
Marissa Miksad
Martin Moran
Matt Laverty
Matthew Singh
Maya Mastin
Maya Simon
Meagan Cherry
Mia Lyons
Mikayla Sanchez
Miranda Escobar
Miriam A Jordan
Mirjam Maier
Morgan Fernandez
Natasha McCullough
Nelson Llanos Medrano
Nick Bavaro
Nina Stefanelli
NoBudge
Oliver Schilling
Olivia Grondy
Pietra Ibrisimovic
Quentin Husbands
Robert Escobar
Ryan John
Sabrina Zuniga
Sabrina Moqadam
Sabrina Ramkissoon
Sabyne Santiago
Sahara Crawford
Samantha Sheehy
Samuel Santiago
Sara Roth
saverio dimino
Sol Rey
Sommar Veverka
Sonia Santiago
Sydney Mays
Sylvia Herrera
Tia Dewey
Tris Macklin
William H Carson
PROJECT POWERED BY PRODUCERHUB
 
SPECIAL THANKS
Miranda Escobar
Michael P Brown
Jesse Boukusa
Anna Giacalone
Erik Ferrari
Ira Spiegal
Lucy Urbano
Evelyn Retcher
Madelyn Rodriguez
Every Santiago and Ariza






