Train Station (film)
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| Starring | Alan Madlane, Patrick O'Connor Cronin, Lance Alan, Chris Korte, Robert Skrok, Patrick Gorman, Judith Hoersch, Yoann Sover, Daymon Britton, Vivid Wang, Matt Broman, Bryan Carmody, Georg Anton, Paul Howard, Jim Kitson, Alessandro Luci, Alba Ferrara |
| Music by | David Alonso Garzón, Martin Thornton |
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| Language | English, Persian, Indonesian, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, Romanian, Filipino, Malay |
Train Station is a multi-director feature film from CollabFeature, the filmmaking team that created The Owner.[2][3]
Plot
Train Station follows a single character, known only as "The Person in Brown", played by 40 different actors who vary in age, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation. Along the character's journey, he/she is presented with a series of choices - some minor, some life-altering. Each time a choice is made, the film switches to a new cast in a new city, and the story continues, helmed by a new director. Cities include Berlin, Bogota, Dubai, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tehran and 20 others on five continents. Train Station unites cultures and breaks language barriers, reminding us that we all live in the same world full of diversity, options and consequences.[4][2][5][6]
Reception
Critical reception has been positive. PopCultureBeast called it "the definition of collaborative experimentation in cinema"[7]
Festivals
- The film premiered at the 2015 East Lansing Film Festival, on November 7 in East Lansing, Michigan, US.[4]
- East Lansing (MI) Film Festival; Sudan Independent Film Festival; Berlin Independent Film Festival; DC Independent Film Festival; Riverside (CA) International Film Festival; Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival (Winner, Best Feature); Cordoba Film Festival; Blackstar International Film Festival (Ghana); "The Goddess on the Throne" Film Festival (Kosovo; Winner, Best Feature); BALINALE International Film Festival (Bali); Kansas International Film Festival (Winner, Best Feature); Casa Asia Film Week (Barcelona); Miami International Film Festival (Winner, Best Feature Film for April, 2016); Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (Winner, Best Narrative Feature for November, 2016); Pune Independent Film Festival (India)
Cast
- Xavier Agudo
- Ryan Bajornas
- Surya Balakrishnan
- Nicola Barnaba
- Petras Baronas
- Juliane Block
- Leroux Botha
- Julia Caiuby
- Gregory Cattell
- Therese Cayaba
- David Cerqueiro
- Diane Cheklich
- Violetta D'Agata
- Felix A. Dausend
- Tiago P. de Carvalho
- Hesam Dehghani
- Giovanni Esposito
- Todd Felderstein
- Ingrid Franchi
- Yango Gonzalez
- Vania Ivanova
- Yosef Khouwes
- George Korgianitis
- Joycelyn Lee
- Craig Lines
- Michael Vincent Mercado
- Athanasia Michopoulou
- Daniel Montoya
- Omer Moutasim
- Marc Oberdorfer
- Aditya Powar
- Tony Pietra
- Adam Ruszkowski
- Andrés Sandoval
- Guillem Serrano
- Marty She
See also
References
- ↑ Hinds, Julie (17 January 2013). "'The Owner' sets Guinness record for most directors". USA Today. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- 1 2 "Detroit News". Detroit News.
- ↑ Staff, Stateside. "Making one film with 40 directors in 23 countries".
- 1 2 "'Train Station' merges 45 directors, 25 countries at Film Fest".
- ↑ Felderstein, Todd (21 December 2015). "Collaboration Now".
- ↑ eNCATechReport (21 June 2013). "Tech Report - CollabFeature" – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Film Review: "Train Station" is an Experimental Success". PopCultureBeast. Retrieved February 21, 2017.