a film by
Tamás Wormser
A baby’s grasp, a dancer’s gesture, an athlete’s grip, a craftsman’s touch: hands shape our world. A sensuous visual odyssey following our ever-moving hands, HAND TO HAND is a poetic celebration of our quintessential tool. The film focuses on action rather than beliefs, on unity as opposed to separation, observing Humanity as an entity with many hands.
When director Tamás Wormser was asked how he would touch a vast audience from around the world, he did not hesitate: with hands. The fruit of Wormser’s long-time passion for hands, HAND TO HAND is a cultural and visual odyssey that was made with 66 people and filmed in just three days.
HAND TO HAND, a sensual and moving portrait of the human hand – and by extension of humanity itself – will be shown each night between February 13 and March 28 on towering giant screens at the Celebration Sites, on Air Canada flights (February 1-28), on the Internet, and more*.
Photos by Dominique Chartrand
Producer, Director - Tamás Wormser
Director of Photography- Patrick Antoniewicz
Editor- Catherine Legault
Composer - Bïa Krieger
Singing, Guitar- Bïa Krieger
Arrangement, Multi-instrumentalist- Erik West Millette, Olaf Gundel
Sound, Still Photographer- Dominique Chartrand
Production Manager- Ronald Guitard
LegalStéphane Moraille at Lussier & Khouzam
Online Editor- Franci- s Hanneman
Production AssistantDenniz Hout
Indian Dance - Odissi: Amrita Choudhury
Flamenco: DanceRae Bowhay, Diane Viau, Zoe Dominiak, Danaé Serinet
Flamenco Palmas:Rae Bowhay, Roderick Marshall, Martin Trudel
Choreography for Credit Sequence: Rae Bowhay
Performed with Zoe Dominiak
Ceramist, Sculptor- Éva Lapka
African Braids- Lucy Appiah, Beatrice Osei
Guitarist’ Hand - Bïa Krieger
Double-Bass Hand- Erik West Millette
Baby- Ouadane Pham-Kirby
Cat’s Craddle- Leela Shamash-Simard, Georgia Campbell-Irwin
Planting - Antonio Bono
Lovers- Éva Kyzirides, Tamás Wormser
Drawing Hand - Victor Wormser
Gymnast - Mei Wong Lévesque
Spinning Ball - Denniz Huot
Chess - Sándor Kerekes
Karate-Chanh Chow-Tran
Hand GreetingStephane Pierre-Dufour, Elzensky Gauthier
Kids in the Huddle:
Malik Zerroug, Eloïse L'Her, Sebastien Rhein, Medhi Attahi, Soufiane Boukhabrine, Lynda Bourennani, Arthur Dagenais, Isault Gibert, Ismael Zourhlal, Hantz-Daniel Moreau, Olivier Roy
THANKS to: Hanna Campbell-Irwin, Tallulah Dumont, Valery Shamash, Mary Martha Campbell, Patrice Lawrence, Ricardo Hewitt, Steve Finkelstein, Noemie Lavoie-Abdi, Ariane Fortin, Guy Parenteau, Mia Antoniewicz, Gymnix Club at Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Jennifer Venditoli, Plaza Underdog – Michel Moffat, École Saint-Germain – Durnick Jean; Amelie Rousseau-Balewicz, Patricia Bailey, Caroline Martel, Bronwyn Chester, Sergeo Kirby, Thanh Pham, Amir Gavriely, Eugene Lion, Jo Lechay, Éva Wormser, Antal Wormser, Éva Kyzirides, Léo Wormser, Victor Wormser
PUBLIC RESPONSE
•It gave me an emotional stirring. You can't help but feel a connection to humanity. - Sean
•Real artistry! - Elie.
•Fantastic work! I love the simplicity, universality and poetry of it all. Ezra
•Intimiste... Gisèle
•Congratulations, Very touching. - Helene
•It is unique, expressing a wide variety of feelings and wonderfully done. - Clara
•wow, nice film, i loved the pictures, well done - Drenpa
•What a beautiful image, & what a beautiful project. Thank you for doing it - Vicki
•Beautiful Tamas, beautiful, very inspiring! - Cecilia
•This is a lovely short film, I am totally impressed you could come up with this in three days..! Julie
•What a multicultural short, so Canadian. Katalin
•BRAVO BRAVO BRRRRRAVO ! - Marie-Dominique
•Woohoooooo!!!!! Beautiful!!! WOW très fière… - Stéphane x
•Très joli et bien rythmé !
•Oui, it's cute!!
•Touchant !
•c'est cool! bon job! la balle à la fin qui devient le plancher de basketball marche vraiment bien
•On en prendrait encore et encore... de ces images inspirantes. Félicitations!
•C'est vraiment super votre projet!
•Bravo pour ce court métrage monté avec une grande sensibilité.