OB3 Studios
The Creative Home of Oscar Bucher & Friends
Our current project: WAITING FOR A TRAIN, a multi-award winning short documentary, chronicles the humorous and heartfelt true story of Japanese emigrant and bluegrass musician, Toshio Hirano, whose life was forever transformed by the music of country legend Jimmie Rodgers.
Also intercut with some of his performances, Hirano speaks about novelty, authenticity and heritage—how the fact that he is Japanese both helps him—in that it attracts a crowd interested in the novelty aspect—and hinders in that his ethnicity has little to do with his love and passion of the music.
He also relates the moment he discovered Jimmie Rodgers—an amazing, transcendent epiphany that would forever change his life. It's an incredible singular moment of discovery and rebirth rendered here in an eloquent cinematic poem. Like Jimmie Rodgers and the song of the same name, in many ways, Toshio Hirano was 'Waiting for a Train', and when it arrived, it changed his life forever.
Winner of the IDA/David L. Wolper Award from the International Documentary Association and 10 other awards.
RECENT NEWS AND SCREENINGS
Waiting for a Train WINS the
“IDA/David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award”
from the International Documentary Association!
http://www.documentary.org/awards2010
“Waiting for a Train” makes IFC’s list of top non-fiction films of 2010 via the IDA Awards:
http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/10/ida-awards.php
“Waiting for a Train” is nominated for an award from the
International Documentary Association:
http://www.documentary.org/awards2010
“Waiting for a Train” screens at the Dever Starz Festival:
http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=23603&FID=54
“Waiting for a Train” wins Crystal Heart Award
from the Heartland Film Festival!
Screenings Oct. 15- 23 in Indianapolis:
http://www.trulymovingpictures.org/festival-years/2010/movie/award-winning-shorts-collection-2
Saturday, August 21st - 2010
Nevada Theatre - details here
“Waiting for a Train” wins both Best Doc Award and Audience Favorite!
RECENT SCREENINGS
Monday January 25th, Park City UT
Waiting for a Train which will screen with three award-winning shorts in the Windrider forum taking place during Sundance. The forum partners with the Angelus Film Festival which "honors future filmmakers as they explore and create works that respect the dignity of the human person.” The other three films are wonderful cinematic works and the directors will all be on hand to discuss them after the screening. The forum is free and open to the public.
http://windriderforum.org/festivals/sundance-2010/
Official Selection in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Director Oscar Bucher is thrilled to be invited to screen his film in his beautiful hometown Santa Barbara.
http://www.independent.com/movies/885/
Windrider Forum Milan, Italy, 2010
Windrider Forum, Bay Area, 2010
Guadalajara International Film Festival, 2010
Nashville Film Festival, 2010
Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, 2010
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2010
Salem Film Festival, 2010
Durango Independent Film Festival, CO, 2010
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. 2010
Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, VT, 2010
Coyote Film Festival, Lake County CA 2010
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Beautifully shot in historic locations, it follows Hirano’s epic journey from Tokyo to Texas to San Francisco, as his love of bluegrass takes him on a mission of discovery into the heartland of America. A man truly following his bliss, Toshio chases a passionate dream for over 40 years and is rewarded with a life well-lived, filled with music, song and dance.
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