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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. 

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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 

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