Railbound
Railbound is a poetic short film built from the work of Mike Brodie — the prolific American photographer who, in his early twenties, train-hopped across the country documenting a subculture of young drifters moving by freight rail. His images captured a raw, intimate portrait of youth on the edge: freedom, restlessness, and the families we find along the way. The film blurs the line between documentary and fiction, imagining the emotional stories inside those photographs — stories of movement, belonging, and letting go.
Credits
A Muybridge production.
In association with Google Labs.
Written & Directed by: Jonathan Perry
Original Photography: Mike Brodie
Visual Director & AI Artist: Alex Naghavi
Produced by: Jonathan Perry & Alex Naghavi
Edited by: Jake Bann
Original Score: Dan Michaelson
Sound Design: Jeffrey Reed
Starring as Garrett: Jeffrey Reed
Starring as Willow: Violet Geissler
Colorist: Dave Dixon
Sound Mixer: Matt Wymer
Casting: Jake Lyon
VFX Digital Artists: M. Shahrukh, Noman Davis, & Ali Khan
Title Design & Graphics: Alex Naghavi
Animation: Kris Cave
Production Assistant: Kemetrea Spearman
First place
Title Sponsor
Division
Sponsored
Category
Title Sponsor
Tools
Google (Veo, Flow, Cloud, Gemini, etc) and Adobe (Creative Cloud, Premiere, Photoshop, AfterEffects, etc)
Region
India, United Kingdom, and United States
Language
English