Filmmaker Statement

Like me, Henry loves trains. As the title implies, it is related to Henry’s love of trains and when he feels all these changes in his life happening. I feel the main reason autistic children love trains is that they are familiar with and stick to one pattern the whole time. He is about to experience something different when he figuratively goes off the rails by meeting Olivia. While she too has certain quirks, she enjoys buses. In essence, they are both opposites but I wanted to create a feeling where people would feel like they would indeed hang out with one another. Even though she doesn’t like trains I want her to take a huge chance and do something out of her comfort zone because that’s always the place to go. It premiered at film school's film festival where it won second place. The lead actor in my film is Elias D'Onofrio, the son of Vincent. Mr. D'Onofrio came to the festival and saw my film. He said I was a born storyteller and to never stop making movies.