2020, this was supposed to be my year. Finally, for the first time in my life, I had a plan. I saw my future and it looked glorious. What I didn’t expect, which in hindsight was quite naive, was a pandemic that would change not only my entire life but the lives of everyone on this lovely round planet. Back in January, it was a virus far away. Nobody worried or imagined it would invade the Weste...

Student Film by Brent Ramos and Jonathan Ojeda

Art has always been my mode of coping and expression, and this piece confronts the corporate/monopolistic greed and the powers that be, of which are manipulating and mutating our sense of  reality while ravaging our environment, and orchestrating our future towards assured oblivion. Or so I fear!

“Noah, an insecure middle schooler suffers a momentary blackout which she struggles to explain to her mother, who has already made her own assumption of the incident.”I developed Tiptoe throughout my senior year at Pratt Institute as my BFA thesis film. 

THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS. (48hr film challenge) Film Bio:Bass Reeves, the greatest lawman to have ever lived is invited by the Devil to play black jack in the darkness of purgatory with some notorious criminals. If he wins, the Devil will grant his wish to think like the scum he chases but if he doesn't, he loses his badge and his soul. Reasons:I'd made two films at this point and required more ch...

BAD-ASS DIVA (short film)Film Bio:She's Bad, she's determined and when she asks for 76182 you better give it. She's "BAD-ASS DIVA". A young woman enters a vintage video store with one request. When denied and locked in the store she must fight for her survival with everything she's got. Though two things are clear, she's not going down without a fight and she's not leaving without 76182!Reasons...

The Mind Museum (short film)Film Bio:Luna, a young girl falls deeply in love with the Sandman and does whatever she can to stay with him. Within the confines of slumber. The Sandman then takes her on a whimsical journey through her Mind Museum, a collection of all the facets that make up her consciousness. Reasons:I made this film as an art final in high school (The National School of the Arts)...

ANATHI (short film)Film Bio:Anathi, a young school girl plagued by a presence only she can hear and see. Who is this ghost, why does he follow her, and why wont he leave? Will Anathi confront her demon or will she end up just like him.Reasons:I made this film as an art final in high school (The National School of the Arts), It was made as part of the multi-media curriculum. I wanted to bring m...

Ritual (short film)Film Bio:An eye opening, true to life tale showing the difficulties experienced in modern day relationships. Basic neglect of a partner for a cellphone and the crippling effects it can have on human interaction. We follow the routine of a young man set out to achieve his daily tasks. While constantly glued to his mobile phone and neglecting his partner. His partner (a young ...

This is a film I made for my high school film festival. As someone who feels like they're pretty much the only person who knows how to create special effects and use CGI in the whole school (my public school has a little over 5,000 students), and believe me I've gotta be the only one cause I've started the animation club in hopes of finding more people who want to work on animations with other ...

time after time I failwhat the fuck is it like to succeed?I try and I trybut each timeI fall back down on my kneesso well acquainted with defeatIt’s hard to be too little too lateI guess sub-par is now a character traitnever won a prizenever looked in my eyesnever pinned my work to the kitchen wallsjust a few marks from a firstto me, that’s almost worstcause the best loser still loses in the end

Do we have any idea what is going around us?/My  second term's film project at the Arts University Bournemouth/Dir./Cinematography: Peter Engelmann (@engelmannp)https://filmfreeway.com/NothingHappened816