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Train Station is a multi-director feature film from CollabFeature, the filmmaking team that created The Owner.[2][3]
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Directed by | 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 Shea Nitye Sood Wilson Stiner Amirah M. Tajdin Dzenan Tarakcija Adrian Tudor John Versical Kresna D. Wicaksana Kevin Rumley Bruno Zakarewicz Rafael Yoshida |
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, Alejandro Leon, Senen Selim |
Music by | David Alonso Garzón, Martin Thornton |
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Languages | English, Persian, Indonesian, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, Romanian, Filipino, Malay |
Plot
editTrain Station follows a single character, referred to as "The Person in Brown," portrayed by 40 different actors varying in age, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Throughout the character's journey, they encounter a series of choices, ranging from minor to life-altering. With each decision made, the film transitions to a new cast and location, continuing the narrative under the direction of a new filmmaker. The cities featured include Berlin, Bogota, Dubai, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tehran and several others across five continents. The film explores themes of cultural diversity, decision-making, and the shared human experience.
Reception
editThe film has received a generally positive response from critics. For instance, PopCultureBeast described the film as "the definition of collaborative experimentation in cinema".[4]
Festivals
edit- The film premiered at the 2015 East Lansing Film Festival on November 7, in East Lansing, Michigan, US.[1]
- 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).[citation needed]
Cast
edit- Xavier Agudo
- Lance Alan
- 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
- Mahmoud Elsarraj[5]
- Giovanni Esposito
- Todd Felderstein
- Ingrid Franchi
- Yango Gonzalez
- Patrick Gorman
- Vania Ivanova
- Yosef Khouwes
- George Korgianitis
- Chris Korte
- Joycelyn Lee
- Craig Lines
- Alan Madlane
- Michael Vincent Mercado
- Athanasia Michopoulou
- Daniel Montoya
- Omer Moutasim
- Patrick O'Connor Cronin
- Marc Oberdorfer
- Aditya Powar
- Tony Pietra
- Kevin Rumley
- Adam Ruszkowski
- Andrés Sandoval
- Guillem Serrano
- Marty Shea
- Robert Skrok
- Gustavo Valezzi
- Patrícia Zakarewicz
- Ronaldo L'Costa
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hinds, Julie (17 January 2013). "'The Owner' sets Guinness record for most directors". USA Today. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Detroit News". Detroit News.
- ^ Staff, Stateside. "Making one film with 40 directors in 23 countries".
- ^ "Film Review: "Train Station" is an Experimental Success". PopCultureBeast. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Mahmoud Elsarraj: Train Station, Man in brown sedan segment Archived 5 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine