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Ramfis Myrthil is a New York-based filmmaker who is committed to producing and championing POC and LGBTQ+ stories. Ramfis has produced over 20 films of varying lengths, some of which have been featured at top-tier film festivals such as Cannes and Sundance. In addition, Ramfis is a regular speaker at SXSW and Cannes Film Festival.

Ramfis is a proud board member of The Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS), the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) for the Five Towns College Film/Video division, and the advisory board of the Long Island Film/TV Foundation. Ramfis is a regular speaker and programmer with The Parity Project which advocates for fair economic and narrative inclusion and equity of black artists, executives and representatives in television and film. He is also a member of BAFTA NY, The Friars Club, and Toastmasters International. In 2018 he was awarded by the STAR Network and awarded the Stars under 40 honor for his work.

Ramfis’ passion for film is matched by his passion for giving back to the community. He does this through participation with non-profits Mythic Bridge, the I Can Still Do That Foundation, Teach for America, Schools That Can, and Blacks on Wall Street.

Some of his recent work includes Unidentified Objects, where he was a producer. The film follows a woman convinced she's made contact with an advanced alien society, free-spirited sex worker Winona pays sharp-witted curmudgeon Peter to share his car on a border-defying road trip bound for her abduction. The film ran at Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival (Winner of Honorable Mention for Outstanding First Feature) L.A. Outfest (Winner of Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature) Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (Nominated for New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture)

He was also a producer on Cicada, which follows Ben, a young bisexual man, who comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a closeted man struggling with deep wounds of his own. As summer progresses and their intimacy grows, secrets from the past come to light. The film played at the Independent Spirit Award (Nominated for Best First Screenplay), The Queries (Nominated Best Indie) Kingston Reelout Film Festival (Winner of Betty Berghout Memorial Award for Best Love Story, Winner of Kim Renders Outstanding Performance Award for Outstanding Performance for Matthew Fifer, Won Kim Renders Outstanding Performance Award for Outstanding Performance for Sheldon D. Brown) Sarasota Film Festival (Nominated for Jury Prize in Narrative Feature Film Competition) Chéries-Chéris (Nominated for Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris for Feature Film) Image + Nation Festival Cinema LGBT Montreal Film Festival (Winner of Jury Award for Audience Award) LesGaiCineMad, Madrid International LGBT Film Festival (Winner of Jury Prize for Best Director for Matthew Fifer & Kieran Mulcare) NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival (Winner of Honorable Mention for U.S. Narrative Feature) OUTshine Film Festival (2nd place of Jury Prize for Best Feature) Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival (Winner of Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature) Out Film CT (Winner of Jury Award for Best Feature Film)

Currently, he is a co-producer, on the film Treatment, which follows a troubled, gay millennial who moves back to his childhood home after a disastrous break-up, only to discover that his town is shrouded in a history of violent homophobic terror, still in development.