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Railfan is a heartwarming and quirky documentary feature that follows a photographer as he makes a portrait series of autistic kids who love subways in New York City. And it’s almost done! We're a team of filmmakers from New York and Toronto who have come together to tell their story because we believe it can create more empathy in the world, one subway car at a time.
And we need YOUR help to do it.
We wrapped filming in August 2025. Along the way we met a cast of sweet, curious kids; made a pop-up gallery for their families at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn and explored the many aspects of their phenomenal interest in transit. And we're almost ready to go.
There's NO doubt about whether we're going to finish -- the film is complete! What we need is more funding to cover the expenses that help us get to all the families who need to see this:
* Film Festival Submission Fees
* Editing an Amazing Trailer
* Hiring a Publicist
* Building an Official Website
* Insurance and Accounting
* Poster and Postcard Design and Printing
* Travel Costs to bring Railfan to a city near you!
These materials will help us reach the many families for whom autism is part of their daily life. People who want stories like their own reflected on the screen. It will also bring our film to autism organizations, institutions or educators who can make Railfan's message of tolerance and empathy part of their programming.
Supporting our campaign doesn't just help us get our film completed - it gives us the resources to find those resilient and courageous kids with autism, their families and friends - wherever they happen to be!
There's NO doubt about whether we're going to finish -- the film is complete! What we need is more funding to cover the expenses that help us get to all the families who need to see this:
* Film Festival Submission Fees
* Editing an Amazing Trailer
* Hiring a Publicist
* Building an Official Website
* Insurance and Accounting
* Poster and Postcard Design and Printing
* Travel Costs to bring Railfan to a city near you!
These materials will help us reach the many families for whom autism is part of their daily life. People who want stories like their own reflected on the screen. It will also bring our film to autism organizations, institutions or educators who can make Railfan's message of tolerance and empathy part of their programming.
Supporting our campaign doesn't just help us get our film completed - it gives us the resources to find those resilient and courageous kids with autism, their families and friends - wherever they happen to be!
Share your email and you'll be the FIRST to know when our campaign launches. You'll be part of a team that celebrates life in cities, shares a love for everything on that moves on rails, and who believe in a message of tolerance for anyone who is a little bit different in our varied world.
And isn't that something you want to be part of?
And isn't that something you want to be part of?
Railfan was inspired by the photography of Travis Huggett. To find out more: read this!
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