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Science Fiction Short Film. English subtitles. 25 years into the future, civilization has been destroyed by nuclear war. Andres, one of the few survivors, searches for a mythical place called The Oasis, the only hope for mankind.

Cortometraje de ciencia ficción. 25 años en el futuro, el mundo ha sido devastado por la guerra nuclear. Andrés, uno de los pocos sobrevivientes, busca el Oasis, la fuente de toda esperanza para la humanidad.

Camera: Krasnogorsk K-3, Aaton LTR
Film: Kodak Vision 200T and 500T 16mm negative.

Written and Directed by: Ruben Fernandez
Country: Colombia
Length: 15 minutes
Year: 2007
Cast: Andres Sandoval, Ruben Di Pietro, Rey Vazques, Catalina Navas, Julian Caballero
Executive Producers: Veronica Echeverri, Lucrecia Villa
Cinematography: Dario Colmenares
Production Design: Carolina Zuluaga, Katerine Mendoza
Wardrobe: Carolina Rodriguez
Sound Design: German Ricaurte
Music: German Ricaurte
Visual Effects: Luciano Millan, Andrei Delgado, Jaime Guzman

Honors and awards
In Vitro Visual Film Festival, Nominee in art direction and editing, 2007
La Otra Mirada Film Festival, Winner, 2nd place, Bogota, 2008
El Espejo Film Festival, Best Sound Design, Bogota, 2009

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Juan Camilo Villarreal 2 years ago

Rockea el corto man!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

gracias Juan Ca!!!
KnowFearFilms 2 years ago

Beautiful photography, haunting score, compelling story. What a great piece of cinema!!!! Keep up the fantastic work, looking forward to seeing more.
Cheers from Canada!!!!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Thanks man, it was a very difficult proyect to make. I am glad the film is being watched all the way up in Canada, very cool. very thankful for the compliments!!!!
Jose Sanchez 2 years ago

excellent script, i remember me "total recall" but with a different message... Fernandez la pusite dura, my buen trabajo... where is columbia is this? or else...keep up the good work...

neonveloz @ NYC
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Thanks Jose, a lot of work was invested into this proyect. I am very happy people find it entertaining!
Marco Asbach 2 years ago

Impressive !
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks man!
Hamza Koya 2 years ago

Cheers from Dubai... a bunch of us loved it.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Thanks a lot Hamza!
Tabique Malévolo 2 years ago

buenísimo. de donde te vino la inspiración? por que si tuviera que adivinar, tiene mucho del universo Stalker y sobrela idea del oasis habia visto algo similar en una novela grafica aparecida en la revista heavy metal llamada "Rage" solo que esta fue publicada en 2008. lo unico que no me gusta tanto es la música, algo de dark ambient hubiese qeudado perfecto. como sea 5*
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

bueno realmente, mucha de la inspiración viene de cuentos de sci fi de JG Ballard que tienen que ver con mundos postapocalipticos. Stalker la vi años despues de filmar, y me hubiera encantado verla antes, junto con el ultimo combate de luc besson, que trata un tema parecido. yo pensaba inicialmente algo dark ambient, como me dijiste, pero el musico propuso, y yo acepte, realmente cualquiera de las dos funciona en mi opinion. En todo caso, muchisimas gracias por los comentarios. A ver si me voy a demandar a los de heavy metal, jejejeje.
Tabique Malévolo 2 years ago

es cierto tienes mucha razón olvidé a le dernier combat muy buena. además de la pelicula de stalker me referia al videojuego S.T.A.L.K.E.R. shadow of chernobyl, si te gustan los juegos, enserio te recomiendo jugarlo. un saludod desde mexico
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

se cual es aunque no lo he jugado. aunque siempre he tenido la curiosidad. voy a buscarlo!!!
Anton Christenson 2 years ago

Nice work! The end was great =)
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks anton, really glad you liked it.
Kristian Kettner 2 years ago

Yahhh nice movie! Complete story, nicely edited and excellent graded!
Keep up the good work!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks a lot kristian, a lot of effort was put into it!!!
Cheers
Thom Spierenburg 2 years ago

thanks for putting this up,, lot of metafors for me in here...
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

very glad you liked it thom!!!
Jackson Miller 2 years ago

I liked the cinematography and editing a lot.

The story didn't quite do it for me though. I think I like a little bit more explanation and details so you don't have to fill everything in yourself.

Was that a pomegranate? Why was it in the jar?
And the girl and the guy were friends at a young age? Why did it look like she was mean to him even as children? What was with the bread?

Sorry for all the questions.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

as you said, you have to fill in everything yourself. not very cool a movie that can´t stand by itself. I could answer all the questions you posted, but i think it would take the fun of your own personal experience with the film. the only thing i am going to say is that it was a mango, not a pomegranate, and it was in a jar because it was part of the DNA collection inside the Oasis.
Eric Jackson 2 years ago

Very awesome, keep up the good work!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks eric!!!
Fredrik Limi 2 years ago

Great film! I really liked the locations you found for your post-apocalyptic universe! Did you do a lot of location scouting, or were you lucky to find an abandoned area that looked that cool? Also, I was wondering what kind of equipment you used to edit it? Did you do it old-school, or did you import the footage digitally and edit it on FCP or Avid?
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

actually, i knew of the location since i was in high school and had always thought they would be cool to shoot a movie in. So when i wrote the script i knew i had the location to shoot in. Even though i am a fan of film origination, i believe the way to go in post is fully digital. So i made a transfer from the 16mm negative to DigiBeta, did an offline on premier, and then an online edit on Final Cut. Nowadays i have final cut pro in my computer, but back then, i still used pc.
Nik Skavinsky 2 years ago

Oh my god! This is so old-school looking and so great!
Love it.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks Nik!!!
Vit Jurek 2 years ago

Beautiful film. Ruben in my opinion you show a spectacular deep screen of post-apocaliptic world. Only 3D secuense isn't as rest of your film. But it's only detail.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

I know about the 3D sequence, we worked as hard as we could, but at the time i think it was the best we could come up with, with the knowledge and equipment we had.
Tomas Hache 2 years ago

Maravillosa!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

muchas gracias Tomas!!!
ritz gomez 2 years ago

This is completely engrossing, amazing storyline, and unforeseen ending. Awesome job!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Glad you liked it ritz, thanks a lot for the comment!!!
citrik 2 years ago

Incredible Film! Bravo!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

gracias citrik!!!
Vit Jurek 2 years ago

Don't understand me wrong! I know how hard work is making a movies. You do exellent film! (no less no more :))
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

no vit, no problem, i understand and believe, i know more than anybody the errors of this films!!! jejeje.

Cheers
Tyler Hughes 2 years ago

I Know imma little late from the date of creation, but spectacular piece of work. I would put this up against any over the budget film to today; of course except those with a better camera, lol =]. But absolutely great work keep it goin, wouldnt mind seein the previews for this movie one day. [hint!]
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

I am glad you liked the short film tyler!!!
Dominik Hadwiger 2 years ago

thanks for this absolutly great movie, cheers from austria.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

glad you liked it hadi!!!
Tarkanyi Janos 2 years ago

Wow! I'm speechless...

John
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks tarkanyi!!!
Tom 2 years ago

This was fantastic! So well done! Bravo!
Might I ask, how did you make your costumes?! I want to make a post apocalyptic film but am not too talented when it comes to costume design, but yours just look so gritty and awesome. Were they done on a budget, or did you have someone specially design them? And how much? Any tips on how to make cool costumes like that?

Keep up the great work. :)
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Hi Tom, well, the costumes where done on a budget, I did a lot of research first though, and I knew that the gas masks, and rubber gloves and boots where a must, you always see 'em near radioactive or chemically sensitive sites. Next, I looked at a variety of army references, and a tailor copied for us the Israeli Defense Forces bulletproof vests, just the look. For the women I always knew I wanted the whole desert Tuareg look from morocco. And the old man with the red turban is a tribute to the flemish artist Jan van Eyck. So I think the key is not so how much money you spend but how much time you invest on careful research. In all I think we probably spent around 500 dollars on all the costumes, except the masks, which where loaned to us by a chemical industry(the mask used by the main character is actually expensive, around 2000 dollars).

Hope it helps. Cheers.
Brandon Brooksby 2 years ago

Amazing music and cinematography. And the direction for the film must of been great because it looks great.

Though "the oasis" really didn't come into the story other than as motization for the main character. I wish it went on to see the oasis, or see the lack of the oasis.

But overall, great job!
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Thanks a lot Brandon, glad you like it!!!
NaViTo 2 years ago

Fantástico trabajo! Me ha gustado mucho. Saludos desde España.
Dan Farrell 2 years ago

amazingly good! even the credits at the end where well thought out! 10/10
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

thanks Daniel!!!
xac branch 2 years ago

i loved it excet for the music.. a lil too cheesy (maybe some musci like from the movie gladiator? lol
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

a matter of taste.
Simon Packman 2 years ago

This was a fantastic short. You really achieved a unique look. Very Jealous. Its Epic.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Thanks for the comments Simon. Not sure if it is "epic" but I am flattered by the comment anyway. thanks for watching.
Alonso Marcucci 2 years ago

Me gusta mucho la calidad del film, los rayones, las quemadas de cigarrillos...le aporta un clima excelente.
El vestuario esta muy muy bien logrado, y la direccion de arte en general es muy buena.
La musica me parecio grandilocuente en algunas partes, pero acompaña el dramtismo de la historia.
Mas que una pelicula de ciencia ficcion del futuro, me parece un analisis del presente. Muchas felicitaciones al equipo y al director, se nota que hubo mucho trabajo duro ahi.
Saludos desde Argentina.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

Muchas gracias Alonso!
Lonnie Booth 2 years ago

Hey dude, have watched this video a few times and really like it. Wasnt going to sign up to Vimeo until I had some videos of my own uploaded but what the hell. Thought I'd drop by and say hi.
Ruben Fernández 2 years ago

hey lonnie thanks man. i think this is my penultimate project shot on film. from now on i think i´ll go digital.

cheers!
Matthew Richard Harris 1 year ago

Fantastic, there's just not enough post-apoc stuff out there. I loved this film, particularly the 16mm look and almost early 80's sort of a feel. Good work.
Alladdin 1 year ago

I liked it and enjoyed every bit of it!
Subterrain Films 1 year ago

Que chimba de corto y de locación parce, donde fue filmado?
Ruben Fernández 1 year ago

Zona industrial de Cartagena, antigua planta de Alcalis Colombia.
ant 1 year ago

Very beautiful film hats off!
Marko Tursunovic 1 year ago

Nice work. Greetings from Serbia :)
Peter Parker 1 year ago

Excelent piece of work. i loved it. The editing, the cinematography, the post-apocaliptic Future, the location, the costumes, was great; the script was geat too, you don't have to fill the holes in it, that's our job. Good work with Premiere and Final Cut.

I was surffing in the web for short films, and i faced with this awsome work. When i was watching it, i noticed the guy had a colombian accent, but i was like... mmmm... but then when i looked at him, i realized that i think i've seen him in some telenovela. I dind't now the film was from Colombia.

I'm from Cartagena but i live in Bogota. I din't now in la zona industrial was a location like that, but i think your crew put things in its place so the place looked like that.

I really like the way you were doing this. With some dark ambient music, i think it would have been a little better, but like you said, the two of them just work.

I'm proud of you, guys. Keep going. Did you studied in Cartagena's bellas artes?
Ruben Fernández 1 year ago

hola peter, muchas gracias por tus comentarios!!
Matthyus Anachrony 1 year ago

Rock on from the Philippines!
Ruben Fernández 1 year ago

thanks!!!
Matthyus Anachrony 1 year ago

:D:D It was a good clip! :D
Mike Kobal 1 year ago

Ruben, amazing work, respect!
Ruben Fernández 1 year ago

hey Mike, thanks a lot, I appreciate it!
Diego Jimenez 1 year ago

Very Nice! Bueno Saber que En Colombia Hay Ideas Diferentes. Muy Bueno.
Ruben Fernández 10 months ago

Gracias Diego!