Railbound
202610 minFHDDocufictionNR
Mike Brodie's photographs of young freight-train riders come to life in a story of movement and belonging.
In his early twenties, photographer Mike Brodie rode freight trains across the United States and photographed the young drifters he met along the way. Railbound sets those still images in motion and imagines the lives inside them, following Garrett and Willow, a father and daughter whose conversation connects pictures taken years apart. Part documentary and part fiction, it was made during the first Google Labs Flow Sessions residency, with every shot starting from one of Brodie's real photographs.
- Made with
- Google Flow, Google Veo 3, Google AI Studio
- Collection
- AI Film 3 Honorary Showcase
Artist
Jonathan PerryDirector / Screenwriter / Producer
Jonathan Perry is an American filmmaker and screenwriter who founded the production company Muybridge. He wrote and directed Railbound during the first Google Labs Flow Sessions residency, and his earlier film Subnivean was picked up by Amazon Prime Video when he was 17. He spoke about directing at AI Film 3's 2026 festival in Tempe.
Artist
Alex NaghaviCreative director / AI filmmaker
Alex Naghavi is a creative director with a background in digital product and brand work who now makes experimental short films with generative tools. She was visual director, AI artist and co-producer on Railbound, and she co-directed Le Drip with Ezra Li, which screened at AI Film 3 in 2026. She won Runway's Gen:48 and has served on the Webby, Awwwards and ADC Awards juries.
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