"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. 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.
No. 1 Frisian Charts On March 16, 2013, Traveller was voted No.1 by the viewers in the Klipkar+ TV Programme, Frisland, the Netherlands.Klipkar+ March 16, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0NPCxruyg
PBS On May 22, 2014, Traveller was voted the best short of the week on REEL13 programme, WNET, PBS.
Screening International Noordfolk Festival – August 25, 2012 – Veenhuizen, Netherlands Aria Gallery – September 9, 2012 – Tehran, Iran Kinofest Digital Films Festival – October 26, 2012 – Bucharest, Romania Mowlana theatre, November 14, 2012 – Qazvin, Iran Libélula International Animation Festival, Lloret de Mar, Spain, November 22, 2012 Dishman Art Museum, Texas, February 22, 2013 Los Angeles – CinemaRtini – March 21, 2013 Toronto Music Video Festival, March 22, 2013 – Toronto, Canada Roxy bar and Screen, April 7, 2013 – London, UK Lethbridge Alberta Motion Picture Showcase (LAMPS), April 11, 2013 – Alberta, Canada 2nd Free State Film Festival, April 26–28, 2013 – Lawrence, Kansas, United States Norman Music Festival Music Video Picks, April 27, 2013 – Norman, Oklahoma, United States cIneMAGINE 2013 – May 24, 2013 – Lethbridge, Alberta Cinemagine 2013, http://www.cinemagine.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=59&Itemid=205&lang=fr BAYMN FEST 2013 – June 1, 2013 – San Francisco, California, USA Baymn Fest, Sprockets Music Video Festival 2013 – June 15, 2013 – Athens, Georgia, USA The Co-operative International Film Festival – July 2013 – Bradford, UK Co-operative Film Festival 2013 Films, http://www.co-operative.coop/filmfestival/About-the-Festival/This-years-films/ Walthamstow International Film Festival – July 14, 2013 – London, UK Portobello International Film Festival – August 30, 2013 – London, UK Portobello International Film Festival website, http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2013/aug30-pop.html Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults – September 19, 2013 – Sydney, Australia Auburn Film Festival website, http://cinewest.org/welcome/?page_id=325 Iranian Film Festival San Francisco – September 29, 2013 – San Francisco, California, USA Iranian Film Festival San Francisco Website, Indiana Short Film Festival – October 12, 2013 – Danville, Indiana, USA Indiana Short Film Festival website, Yerevan, Armenia – Yerevan Animation Festival – October 2013 Sydney, Australia – Short Soup International Film Festival – January 19, 2014 Qazvin, Iran – Qazvin Art Center – March 8, 2014
Awards The Royal Reel Award – Canada International Film Festival (2013) 1st Place – 9th Annual MY HERO International Film Festival in Music Video Category (2013) 2nd Place – The 6th Annual Boomtown Film and Music Festival in Experimental/Music Video Category (2013)
References
External links Linde Nijland's official website Traveller official website Traveller official music video