Runaway Train Films LLC

Runaway Train Films LLC Production Company founded by
Award Winning Filmmaker Michael Weinstein
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Michael Weinstein is an acclaimed, international award winning filmmaker. His first film"Runaway Wallet" won Grand Prize in a citywide contest, aired on Showtime and is
featured at the Museum of Television & Radio. His other films have won over thirty awards including "White Knuckle" and his latest 'supernatural' Holocaust picture "If The Trees Could Talk." This 2015 Cannes Short Corner Selectio

n premiered globally to acclaimed reviews and was the recipient of
twenty-nine awards. Weinstein has also directed several music videos, promos, and spec commercials. The mini-doc "Journey Through Darkness" was donated to the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Currently, Weinstein is a television director for a major news network and People Entertainment. He is in development for his first feature film.

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AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER MICHAEL WEINSTEIN

Michael Weinstein is a international award winning independent filmmaker who has won over thirty awards. He graduated from Adelphi University in 2006 as a Communications Production major where he received departmental honors and an award for Best Creativity in Film & Video. While attending high school, Weinstein made his first film, entitled "Runaway Wallet." Out of thousands of applicants, it won Grand Prize at the 2002 Showtime Youth Video Festival and was featured at the Museum of Television & Radio. He received the Hudson Guild Award for this short as well. Shortly thereafter, Michael told there story of a WWII veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder in his narrative dramatic 16mm short, "Heart At war." This won Second Best Film at the 2004 Adelphi Film & Video Festival and screened at the New York International Film & Video Festival. His thesis film "Erie Road" premiered at the Big Apple Film Festival and the Hoboken International Film Festival. After graduating college, he produced a music video and a promo. Weinstein's slapstick short "White Knuckle" has won numerous awards and nominations. The movie premiered at the 2010 NY Indie Short Film Festival. It won Best Short Film at Indie Fest USA and the Royal Reel Award at the Canada International Film Festival. It also won the Diamond Award at the California Film Awards and Best Screenplay at the Mexico International Film Festival. It earned a Merit Award at the 2010 Los Angeles Reel Independent Film Festival and at the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood. The film won Best Romantic Film at the Aphrodite Cinefest in Texas. The short also screened at the Independents' Film Festival, New York Hell's Kitchen Film Festival, Love Unlimited Film Festival, Atlanta Shortfest, Long Island Film Festival, the Independent Film Quarterly and New Media Film Festival and the New York City International Film Festival. The film is now available on Amazon, Roku, indieflix, HolaTV and the XBOX! His new 'supernatural' Holocaust film, "If The Trees Could Talk" has been accepted to the Cannes Film Short Corner, Short Film Awards (Best Long Short), California Film Award (Special Jury Award), International Independent Film Awards (Platinum Award for Directing & Narrative Short), International Filmmakers Festival of World Cinema (Jury Award), Best Shorts Competition (Award of Excellence), Accolade Film Awards (Award of Excellence), IndieFest (Award of Excellence) Widescreen Film & Music Video Festival (Best Director & Best Narrative Short), North Carolina Film Awards (Founders Award) and Cinema at the Edge Film Festival (Jury Award-Best Short), Average Superstar Short Films (Best Director, Best Film, Best Acted), WorldFest Houston (Gold Remi Award), and the Festival of Cinematics (Best Short Film), the Honolulu Film Awards (Jury Award), the Indie Gathering (Best Drama Short), the Austin Revolution Film Festival (Best Dramatic Short) the Yosemite International Film Festival (Best Short), the Average Superstar Short Film Festival (Best Director, Best Short, Best Acted) and the Oregon International Film Festival (Special Jury Award). The film has also been accepted to the Los Angeles Film Review, Madrid International Film Festival , the Big Island Film Festival, the Eastern North Carolina Film Festival, and the Festival of the Cinematics, the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, and Hollyshorts Film Festival where it played in the TCL Chinese Theater. The film played in the Laemmle Noho 7 Theater and was considered by the Academy! The mini-doc "Journey Through Darkness" was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.

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