In the aftermath of a devastating eruption, Ramón walks the island of La Palma with his microphone, listening for ghosts.
Pedro Moisés Herrera Concepción, Ida Joá Langer López, Tamara Batista Moreno, Tiziana Maio
Canada
2025
In Spanish with English subtitles
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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
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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