News - HarryAmir

When Tremolo Productions, the producers of Morgan Neville's Grammy Award Winning documentary were looking for exquisite aerial footage from Iran, it was HarryAmir who delivered.

Congratulations to the team both on the Grammy and Critics Choice awards for Best Musical Documentary.

When Photographer and CGI Director Hans-Peter Schroeder needed access permissions and location support for the Tehran leg of Daimler Benz's global truck campaign, HarryAmir delivered.

The outcome? A host of exclusive digital content shot at the iconic Dome of Mina Planetarium, the largest planetarium in the Middle East, in Tehran, Iran.

Mehran Gharleghi and Amin Sadeghy, founders of architecture company StudioINTEGRATE asked HarryAmir to create a new film for their multi-disciplinary exhibition entitled Evolution.

The exhibition, sponsored by the Iran Heritage Foundation, Asia House and the British Council, showcased the wealth of creativity in Iranian art, architecture, film, music and design. It featured installations, commissioned films and symposia held over the summer in London. For more info about StudioIntegrate and their exciting work see here Studio Integrate Website

HarryAmir have been busy collaborating with Hinged Dance Company in London in the development of a new contemporary dance production about the 27 year imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and the ending of apartheid in South Africa.

The production which will feature original music, stageplay and choreography, with film and visuals by HarryAmir, is being developed with support from Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery. You can find out more here! - Prisoner 466 Website

Harry & Amir were asked to present on a panel discussion about today's film industry in Iran - its potential and opportunities, at the Open City Docs Fesitval in London, as part of the festival's Iran focus "Cinemadoosti" strand.

We had a fantastic time! There was great feedback from the audience, and some really valuable discussions raised. More about the session here - Open City Docs Fest Event

HarryAmir has created a partnership with Eshragh Animation in Tehran to support current production At The Heaven's Gate and to represent the studio in Europe.

Outsourcing animation and CGI can often just mean shifting off some number-crunching, but with creative as strong as Eshragh is producing, you may want to just in-source the number-crunching.

Need to lift an Arri 235 from zero to 2000 feet? With Faradid's RC Helicopter with giro-stabilised 35mm camera mount, that's not a problem - giving some fantastically steady and breathtaking shots of some of the worlds most dramatic locations.

But don't take our word for it, after using it on the new $50m film about the Prophet Mohammed's early life, shot recently in Iran, this one's had the seal of approval from Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now. "Beats dangling yourself out of the side of a Huey at 2000 feet" he said apparently.

With it's first film for UK dance company Hinged HarryAmir has seen it's work selected at two of America's biggest dance film festivals - The San Francisco Dance Festival and the New York Dance on Camera festival.

With our newly minted business cards we took a stand at the Fajr International Film Market in Tehran in February.

This was a chance to catch up with friends and colleagues, build on relationships we'd already established as well as meet a host of new people and companies in the business.

This was a hugely positive event, it confirmed to us that there was work to be done in the Iranian film business and lots of film-makers and technicians well up for it.



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