Traveller (2012 film)

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Traveller
Directed by Sam Chegini
Produced bySam Chegini
Edited bySam Chegini
Production
company
Sam Pictures Productions
Running time
3 minutes 30 seconds
CountriesIran, Netherlands
LanguageEnglish

"Traveller" was recorded for Linde Nijland's album, A Musical Journey, in 2010. The story of the video is based on her lyrics, which portrait a traveller who asks herself questions along the road. [1] Symbolically, the questions are about the meaning of life. The video is intended to convey the astral sense of the song. A 2D computer animation with watercolour paintings were designated for the background, to carry over the softness and pureness of Nijland's voice and music into the video. [2]

Contents

No. 1 Frisian Charts

On March 16, 2013, Traveller was voted No.1 by the viewers in the Klipkar+ TV Programme, Frisland, the Netherlands. [3]

PBS

On May 22, 2014, Traveller was voted the best short of the week on REEL13 programme, WNET, PBS. [4]

Screening

Awards

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