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Almost Ghosts

Ana Ramón Rubio
Spain, 2018, 70 min.

In English with Spanish subtitles.
This film is family friendly.

AIFF Award Winner:
Best Documentary

Harley relies solely on the tips he receives from international visitors to his Mediocre Music Program in Erick, Oklahoma. Angel Delgadillo is the last barber of Seligman, Arizona, who still shaves those who escape now and then from the Interstate-40 to visit his antique-style town. Lowell Davis has rebuilt his old ghost town of Red Oak, Missouri, after complete death so people can discover how it was life back in the forties in his grandfather's blacksmith shop. Three stories of fights and perseverance among a road that has died a couple of times. A story of almost ghosts in the most iconic Highway of the world.

Director's Statement

Valencian audiovisual award Levante-EMV and nominated for the Academy of Web TV (USA) in the categories of script and direction in 2018, Ana Ramón Rubio is the director and author of the digital series We all wanted to kill the president, premiered on Amazon Prime, the short film El Camerino with Luis Bermejo and the web series Sin Vida Propia, the best non-English comedy at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival. She has co-directed 13 episodes of the thriller La Vall, (Mediterráneo Media) the first fiction produced by the new autonomous Valencian television and Almost Ghosts is her first documentary feature film. She was co-founder of the webseries section of the International Film Festival of Valencia Cinema Jove and teaches fiction format for the network in the IORTVe of RTVE.

Category: Documentary, Award Winner.
Themes: Culture, Music, Road Trip, World Cinema.

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