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Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts film image; zoomed out view of a man using a metal detector over rocky terrain

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts

In the aftermath of a devastating eruption, Ramón walks the island of La Palma with his microphone, listening for ghosts.

Director
Featuring

Pedro Moisés Herrera Concepción, Ida Joá Langer López, Tamara Batista Moreno, Tiziana Maio

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

In Spanish with English subtitles

18+
8 min
Documentary Experimental & Avant Garde Shorts
The Third Film Accelerator

Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Liliana Díaz Castillo, Paulina Martínez, Marc Vila Bosch

Producer

Shervin Kermani, Karla Reyes

Cinematography

Karla Reyes

Editor

Shervin Kermani, Karla Reyes

Shervin Kermani headshot

Shervin Kermani

Shervin Kermani is an Iranian–Canadian filmmaker whose previous short, Bibi’s Dog is Dead (2024), screened at five Oscar-qualifying festivals and won Best Performance in a Live Action Short at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards. In 2024, Kermani was one of two Canadians selected for a film accelerator led by legendary director Werner Herzog, where he directed Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts, which will have its world premiere at TIFF in 2025.

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