Train Station (film)

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| director = 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

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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, Alejandro Leon, Senen Selim

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| music = David Alonso Garzón, Martin Thornton

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| language = English, Persian, Indonesian, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, Romanian, Filipino, Malay

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Train Station is a multi-director feature film from CollabFeature, the filmmaking team that created The Owner.{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130428/OPINION03/304280306/1460/OPINION0307/Detroit-duo-collaborates-United-Nations-filmmaking|title=Detroit News|website=Detroit News}}{{cite web|url=http://michiganradio.org/post/making-one-film-40-directors-23-countries#stream/0|title=Making one film with 40 directors in 23 countries|first=Stateside|last=Staff|publisher=}}

Plot

Train 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==

The film has received a generally positive response from critics. For instance, PopCultureBeast described the film as "the definition of collaborative experimentation in cinema".{{cite web|title=Film Review: "Train Station" is an Experimental Success|url=http://www.popculturebeast.com/film-review-train-station-experimental-success/|website=PopCultureBeast|accessdate=February 21, 2017}}

Festivals

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).{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Cast

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[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6384126/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t40 Mahmoud Elsarraj: Train Station, Man in brown sedan segment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205183300/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6384126/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t40 |date=5 February 2020}}
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