General Information
Completed On: 16 Jun, 2021
Duration: 17 min 49 sec
Genres: Short
Language: English
Country: United States
Submitted By: Alberto Ramirez
Festival Rating 8.0
It's 2029 in New America. Dissident writer Victoria Paz (Brianna Mason) engages in a life or death political debate with her assassin Colocho Perez (Anthony Ramirez).
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DirectorAlberto RamirezUnder the Tumtum Tree
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ProducerAlberto RamirezPunch Box (2019), Penology (2019), The Tent (2020), Under the Tumtum Tree (2021)
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WriterAlberto RamirezPunch Box (2019), Penology (2019), The Tent (2020), Under the Tumtum Tree (2021)
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Film TypeShort
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GenresDrama, Thriller, Sci-Fi/Speculative
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Runtime17 minutes 49 seconds
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Completion Date16 Jun, 2021
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Production Budget5000 USD
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Country of OriginUnited States
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Country of FilmingUnited States
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Film LanguageEnglish
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Shooting FormatDigital
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Aspect Ratio16:9
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Stockholm City Film Festival
Sweden
Stockholm
07/06/2021
European Premiere
Semi-Finalist
Director's Biography
Alberto Ramirez is a Los Angeles based author, screenwriter, director, film producer and co-founder of Punch Box Productions. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature. His works include the novel, Everything That Could Not Happen Will Happen Now (Floricanto & Berkeley Presses 2016), a Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club Selection, and five short films: Punch Box (Finalist Prague International Film Festival 2021), Penology (Winner Amsterdam International Film Festival 2021), The Tent (Finalist Best Director Award Film Festival London 2021), Under the Tumtum Tree (Official Selection Wallachia International Film Festival 2021) and Liberty Beat Your Drum! (Semi-Finalist Stockholm City Film Festival 2021).
Director's Statement
My mission as a screenwriter, director and filmmaker is to champion equity and diversity in the creative process of filmmaking. I'm dedicated to writing and producing highly entertaining, thought provoking, socially conscious films by and for historically silenced and underrepresented voices.
