Train Station is a multi-director feature film from CollabFeature, the filmmaking team that created The Owner.
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".
Festivals The film premiered at the 2015 East Lansing Film Festival on November 7, in East Lansing, Michigan, US. 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 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 ElsarrajMahmoud Elsarraj: Train Station, Man in brown sedan segment 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 Reno Pratama 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 List of films shot over three or more years
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20151223040119/http://elff.com/Films/train-station/