The Train Station
Synopsis
In this beautifully animated documentary short, filmmaker Lyana Patrick narrates her family's powerful story of love and survival at Lejac Indian Residential School.
Short Film. 2020.
key creatives
writer, director Lyana Patrick
producers Jessica Hallenbeck, Dave Rodden-Shortt
illustrator Chloe Mustooch
artistic direction Dave Rodden-Short
animator Dan Brittain
Broadcaster
FESTIVALS and awards
2020
Vancouver International Film Festival
2021
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market - Not Short on Talent Program
Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival
Wairoa Māori Film Festival
AFI Docs Film Festival
POW Film Festival
Lunenburg Doc Festival
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
AFI FEST
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
American Indian Film Festival
Best Animated Short nomination
DOC NYC
International Short Film Festival Berlin
2022
ReFrame Film Festival
2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Video Tour
Big Read Shorts - Wichita Public Library (KS) and Fishtrap (Enterprise, OR)
Kingston Canadian Film Festival
Fargo Film Festival
Available Light Film Festival
Mountainfilm Festival
Smithsonian's National Museum Of The American Indian - Native Cinema Showcase
Broadview International Film Festival
Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film Festival
PRESS
POV Magazine The Train Station debuts atop Hot Docs Audience Award rankings
RDV Canada Closeness is Relative: Not Short on Talent at Clermont-Ferrand 2021
The Vancouver Sun Skoden Indigenous Film Festival returns for third year
Knowledge Network Knowledge Network is celebrating its 40th. Among the shorts are The Train Station, a personal, animated film that explores one family’s experience with residential schools in northern British Columbia