Travelling Comments

$the press Trip the light fantastic Meg Hewings for The HOUR …You might feel like quitting your desk job, donating all your worldly possessions and hoping on the next plane, train or automobile to Barcelona or Berlin or Brazil or Japan - or anywhere for that matter - after watching Travelling Light, a new local doc by Tamás Wormser. … Travelling Light walks the walk, an itinerant film that follows five protagonists, nomads and artists all, as they tour the world and attempt to live their lives and art to the fullest. Delving into these worlds with them, the film travels the globe trying to uncover what dislocation and movement, risk and change do for the mind, body and spirit. Dynamic and in constant motion, Wormser's film intimately explores with each artist their rich relationship between freedom and attachment, creativity and travel. These are the humans who notice how a light refracts and beauty reigns; are willing to suffer pain and discomfort; see their body as their home; and who revel in the present flow. … They don't have easy lives either, but they somehow appear effortless in the frame, dedicated to the moment and attuned to that magical "something" that happens when our creative souls are allowed to stretch out and play. … although we hear and see little of the director himself, except for his occasional quiet questioning behind the camera, in a way his film is an intimate yet collaborative process all its own... a testament to our insatiable human desire to chase beauty around every corner. Hit the road, artists! – Travelling Light follows artists on the go Carolyn Gregoire The McGill Tribune … By probing the lives of individuals who hold living as the highest art form, Wormser's captivating film both blurs the distinction between art and life and examines the interplay of escape and attachment. From a Brazilian brothel to a traditional Japanese village to the streets of New York City, the film moves seamlessly though space and time, creating the sense of an increasingly postmodern society where the global becomes the local as time zones, oceans and continents are crossed in the blink of an eye. … The film offers many profound messages, but ultimately begs the question, can we ever truly "travel light"? Even these artists, for whom roaming the world is a means of fulfilling their insatiable urge to experience all that life has to offer, find that freedom is a double-edged sword. To be a free spirit is also to be a prisoner of freedom. The attachments of home and family provide security in a complex world, and to forgo these comforts for a life of wandering and solitude is to travel a path littered with trials and difficulties. …the artists seem to triumph in the true objective of nomadic life-being here now, and heightening one's consciousness so as to live entirely in the present moment. This noble striving, the film argues, is an art in itself. Destination monde Aleksi K. Lepage de La Presse …Le documentaire, avec de modestes moyens, nous donne, par les confidences de ces rêveurs pourtant très terriens et par les images puisées aux quatre coins du monde, l'envie de s'en aller (pas de la salle!). Voir ailleurs, voir d'autres visages, d'autres lieux, voir même ailleurs en soi. Avec ses personnages ésotériques et, probablement, gauchistes et écologistes, Travelling Light distille un petit parfum de patchouli et de vieux sac en cuir; un parfum charmant et enivrant, pour autant qu'on ne soit pas devenu complètement cynique ou ravalé par le système. Voici des rebelles doux, de purs pacifistes, des romantiques au sens noble, parfois maladroits au micro mais sincères, un peu fous mais attachants dans leur désir de fuite continuelle et de recommencement perpétuel. Voici de vrais artistes, connus ou pas, et voici de vrais globe-trotters.$ shapeimage_1_link_0

TRAVELLING LIGHT:

artists on the move

The Public

"A loving film."  Allison B.

"Using the camera like a paintbrush caressing the canvas of life, Tamás Wormser's film celebrates man's ability to be creative and keep searching for beauty..."   –  Paul Cox, filmmaker in Melbourne

“It's like a spiritual teaching, an invitation to dare living freely. A precious gift to offer to many people !” Virginie B.

"...fascinating and profound, it may be the best depiction of the relationship between artists and their creation that I have ever seen"   –  Kevin McMahon,  filmmaker in Toronto

“It's great!  I was totally engrossed. Wonderful portraits of everybody. Nice job. “  – Charles Faubert

“genuine, and intimate”  Pascaline

"Great Film.. great personnalities and it was nicely shot too.. Go and see it !!"  Murielle on Facebook

“a really exceptional movie, a work of art ...” Emily

“ I love it. Thanks for making it!”  Cate

“... tellement riche d'une énergie positive, chaleureuse et pleine de beauté ! Ils me font vraiment me sentir bien.”  – Catherine Forest

"Thanks for taking the public as adults, with intellect and sensitivity!"  – Someone walking up to tamás

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