Ana Ramón Rubio

Ana Ramón Rubio (born 1985) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, and film producer from Valencia. She is a member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. Her first feature film Almost Ghosts was nominated for the Goya Awards, and her web series Todos queríamos matar al presidente received three nominations at the IAWTV Awards.

Early life and career beginnings

Between 2013 and 2016, she worked as writer and director of the web series Sin Vida Propia, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Web Festival, Best Foreign Series at the Vancouver Web Fest in Canada, and was nominated for Best Foreign Series at the Web TV Academy of the United States.

Career

Web series and early work (2013–2017)

Her short film El Camerino, starring Luis Bermejo, premiered at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.

Ramón Rubio co-founded the web series section of the Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, which has been active since 2016.

Feature films and television (2018–2022)

In 2018, she presented the miniseries Todos queríamos matar al presidente at the Marseille Web Fest. The series was later considered the most awarded Spanish web series of 2018 by the Web Series World Cup and subsequently premiered on Amazon Prime Video.

She co-directed La Vall, the first fiction series produced by À Punt, the Valencian public television network that replaced the defunct Canal Nou. The thriller series consisted of 13 episodes starring Marta Belenguer and Nazaret Aracil, with a budget of 100,000 euros per episode.

In October 2019, she premiered her first feature film, the documentary Almost Ghosts, at the Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI). The film won the Best Documentary award at the Arizona International Film Festival and was nominated for the Goya Awards 2020 in categories including Best Documentary, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Direction.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she premiered La Puerta, a fiction series on Instagram about mysterious disappearances told through Instagram Stories. The series was broadcast for five consecutive days, combining videos, photos, screenshots, audio notes, and television news through short 24-hour videos that told the mystery in real time.

On September 21, 2021, production companies The Immigrant and Cosabona Films announced they would produce her second feature film, Bull Run, financed in less than one day through cryptocurrency and tokenization of the project, integrating it into the blockchain. This documentary about the cryptocurrency craze completed production in late 2022 and premiered at DOC NYC in 2023, winning Best Documentary and Best Song at the Premios Berlanga that year.

Recent projects and producer role (2023–present)

In October 2024, Nadie Es Perfecto, the production company responsible for films such as El Bar, Pieles, Perfectos Desconocidos, and Disco, Ibiza, Locomía, announced her incorporation as a producer. She leads the development of new productions in the Valencian Community and manages local talent.

Her current projects include Looking For Michael, a road movie based on real events in Valencia that explores how music and Parkinson's disease intertwine in an inspiring story of struggle against adversity. She is also developing Buitres, winner of the DocsMX award for best pitch at the Docsvalencia documentary development laboratory, and is in production of her third documentary feature film, Ridículo.

Filmography

Year Title Format Role Notes 2013–2016 Sin Vida Propia Web series Director, writer Grand Jury Prize, Los Angeles Web Festival 2017 El Camerino Short film Director Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner 2018 Somewhere East Jesus Short film Director, writer 2018 Todos queríamos matar al presidente Web series Director, writer Amazon Prime Video 2019 La Vall Television series Co-director À Punt Mèdia 2019 Almost Ghosts Documentary feature Director, writer Goya Award nominee 2020 La Puerta Web series Writer Instagram Stories format 2022 Bull Run Documentary feature Director, writer First tokenized film 2023 Una Terapia Fecomagnética Short film Co-writer 2024 El Pequeño Ladrón Documentary feature Co-writer

Awards and recognition

Year Award Category Work Result 2014 Los Angeles Web Festival Grand Jury Prize Sin Vida Propia 2014 Vancouver Web Fest Best Foreign Series Sin Vida Propia 2014 Austin Web Fest Best Screenplay Sin Vida Propia 2018 IAWTV Awards Best Direction Todos queríamos matar al presidente 2018 IAWTV Awards Best Screenplay Todos queríamos matar al presidente 2018 IAWTV Awards Best Foreign Series Todos queríamos matar al presidente 2019 Arizona International Film Festival Best Documentary Almost Ghosts 2019 Festival de Cine de Madrid - PNR CIMA Award - Best Female Director Almost Ghosts 2020 Goya Awards Best Documentary Almost Ghosts 2020 Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay Almost Ghosts 2020 Goya Awards Best Direction Almost Ghosts 2023 Berlanga Awards Best Documentary Bull Run 2023 Berlanga Awards Best Song Bull Run