Human-interest documentaries from Montréal, since 1989.
Artesian Films
An artesian well needs no pump. Water, pressed upward from far below, rises to the surface on its own. We make films the same way: slowly, from the deep, giving form to human stories that have been pressing toward the light.
Artesian Films was founded in 1989 by Tamás Wormser. We often explore simple but universal subjects across time and culture to reveal their physical, emotional, spiritual and social dimensions: Faces of the Hand is a visual journey that looks at the hand as a mirror to human nature, and Touched by Water is a documentary on water rituals around the world.
The paths of active idealists also fascinate us. Extraordinary individuals have inspired several films, such as Step Up!, about a young dancer’s journey from losing a foot to dancing with Baryshnikov, and the theatrically released Travelling Light, following five nomadic artists’ remarkable lives.
- 1989Founded in Montréal
- 70+Countries where our films have screened
- 50+Countries where they were broadcast
- 13Countries filmed for Touched by Water
In production
Canada / Hungary
Images
Between Us
A feature documentary by Tamás Wormser
For forty years, photojournalist Antal Wormser documented everyday life in socialist Hungary, leaving behind approximately 70,000 negatives. Decades later, his son turned the camera toward his parents in their final years. Images Between Us follows images across three generations, exploring what they preserve, transform and transmit of those we love.
Our films
The HatA Fellini-esque fiction film about a hat mysteriously lost in cinema.
PrometheusA short experimental film based on the myth of Prometheus.
Lama Geshe KenrabA short documentary about a Buddhist monk from Tibet sent to Montreal by the Dalai Lama to found a temple.
Hippo SapiensA short experimental documentary on racing horses.
What they said
A testament to our insatiable human desire to chase beauty around every corner.
Fascinating eye-opener… filled to the brim with good songs.
Wormser has a way of showing us the beauty beyond what is ostensibly ordinary, while illuminating our intricate relationship to H₂O.
An extraordinarily moving work that reveals poetry and wonder in the everyday world.
The filmmaker
Tamás Wormser
Tamás Wormser was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. In 1986 he moved to Canada, where he completed the Film Production program at Concordia University. He began his career as a theatre director.
In 1989 Wormser founded Artesian Films. His first professional work was The Three Marias, a series of seven feminist-themed dance films shown on Canadian and Hungarian television. His documentary Faces of the Hand was broadcast in over 40 countries and received widespread critical acclaim.
Contact
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