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December 07 2011
Recently a video we made for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Tourism Calgary has been doing the rounds, including Global, CBC and CNN.

Here is the segment from CNN. You can see the full video in the COMMERCIAL section of Nurfilms.net

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October 2011
Nur Films Just finished a series of documentation and support material workshops across Alberta for the Canada Council for the Arts. We documented Calgary and Edmonton, check out these short clips.

Calgary

Edmonton

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Nur Films Creative Director Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi was voted second best filmmaker in the FastForward Best of Calgary peoples choice 2011. Second to Gary Burns, not bad.

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We are showing ‘Haunted’ the Ghostkeeper Music Video in Israel, in Tel Aviv. TLV Icon Film Festival is happening July 8-9th. Cool.

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CHECK OUT THE SPEC SPOT FOR LIPTON TEA MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH WORKERS UNION COLLECTIVE

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THIS YEAR HAS BEEN AMAZING

Fully moved into our first full functioning creative studio.
Our Ghostkeeper video was very successful at the film festivals most recently having won best music video at Imaginative in Toronto.
Completed our second feature length documentary ‘One Problem’
Currently finishing a short format narrative film
In development on our third feature documentary, a slew of music videos, and a feature prodcution.
More to come.

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THE NEW GHOSTKEEPER VIDEO IS AN OFFICAL SELECTION AT THIS YEARS MISSISSAUGA INDEPENDENT FILM FEST 2010

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FILMED AND EDITED MY NUR FILMS CONTRIBUTOR MICHEAL WELCHMAN

ERIC LOUIE ‘ANOTHER LIFE’

Nur Films and Hot Yoga on 17th would like to thank everyone who came out to and or made donations for the Nur Films Showcase. At the end of it all we will have raised $2700.00 to help the relief effort in Haiti. You are good people with good hearts and thanks for sitting through the films.

Hot Yoga On !7th

Haiti Fundraiser. Nur Films Showcase.
Nur films and Hot Yoga On 17th have teamed up for a night of film and fundraising. Nur films has put together a showcase of works that will be screened this Sunday the 24th at the Em Media Screening room located at 351 11th Ave SW, entrance through the parking lot. Entry is by donation and all proceeds will be matched by Hot Yoga On 17th and then matched again by the Canadian Government in support of the Haiti relief effort.

Doors open at 6:30 and the show will start at 7 with a selection of short films followed by the feature documentary Street Sounds NY.
7-735 shorts package
745- 845 feature documentary ‘Street Sounds NY’

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Nur Film’s Ramin Eshraghi- Yazdi and Calgary’s local rock greats Keys To the City teamed up this year for the High Performance Rodeo’s opening night Grand Stand to provide a collage of sound and film.

http://www.hprodeo.ca/2010/grandstand

Some of the video’s produced for the show can be found in the Music Video section of this site.

ABOUT
Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi

NUR FILMS IS A FULL SERVICE CREATIVE AGENCY SPECIALIZING IN FILM AND VIDEO FOR ALL APPLICATIONS FROM WEB CONTENT MARKETING TO NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC VIDEO. HEADED BY CREATIVE DIRECTOR RAMIN ESHRAGHI-YAZDI AND A ROSTER OF SOME OF CALGARY’S FINEST DESIGNERS, ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND MUSICIANS, NUR FILMS STRIVES TO MAKE INSPIRING CONTENT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT.

NARRATIVE FILM

BREAK OUT
SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION SPRING 2010

DOCUMENTARY

CALGARY 2012
VIDEOS FOR CALGARY ARTS DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERS FOR CALGARY’S BID FOR CULTURAL CAPITAL OF CANADA IN 2012.

CALGARY 2012 SYMPOSIUM

THE GALLERY
NUR FILMS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING ARTISTS AND SHOWS AT THE GALLERY

ERIC LOUIE ‘ANOTHER LIFE’

DARCY OBOKATA ‘RUNNING IN CIRCLES’

DANIEL KIRK

MATT LUCKHURST

CURTIS SORENSEN

THE KID BELO

CHAD VANGAALEN

SHORT DOC EPK

WILLOW TREE LIVE AT THE UPTOWN

DSW

NUR FILMS PRODUCED 10 SHORT TRAILERS FOR DANCERS’ STUDIO WEST’S 2008/09 SEASON

DANCERS’ STUDIO WEST PRESENTS

TWINED BY JASON STROH

BATA BY ROSANNA TERRACCIANO

TWILIGHT BY HELEN HUSAK

ARTS CHAMPION
ELEVATOR PITCH’S FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL ARTS CHAMPION CONGRESS

SUMMER FESTIVALS
SUMMER FESTIVALS
Calgary Arts Development and Calgary’s Nur Films have teamed up to capture highlights from some of the city’s most-loved festivals, as well as interviews with the people who make them happen.

GlobalFest from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Calgary Jazz Festival from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Sled Island from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Calgary Folk Music Festival from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Calgary International Fringe Festival from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Afrikadey! from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Calgary International Blues Festival from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

Calgary International Reggae Festival from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

GlobalFest from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

HOT YOGA
WEB CONTENT DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS FOR A VIRAL CAMPAIGN FOR HOT YOGA ON 17TH AND HOT YOGA ON CROWFOOT.

ONE PROBLEM TRAILER
A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ABOUT A CROSS CANADA UNDERWEAR DRIVE

STREET SOUNDS NY
STREET SOUNDS NY
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: A DOCUMENTARY ADVENTURE THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE BIG APPLE IN SEARCH OF MUSIC. FROM THE MAZE OF TUNNELS UNDER THE STREET, TO THE CORNER OF TIME SQUARE, TO THE MIDDLE OF CENTRAL PARK, PERFORMERS THAT HAVE ADOPTED NEW YORK CITY AS THEIR STAGE BLEED THEIR TALENTS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE TRANSITTING MASSES.
PART 1 OF 7

COMMERCIAL

LIPTON TEA
SPEC SPOT FOR LIPTON TEA YELLOW LABEL. DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THOSE FINE FOLKS AT WORKERS UNION COLLECTIVE

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A VIDEO WE MADE FOR THE CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WITH TOURISM CALGARY

MEALS ON WHEELS
BROADCAST COMMERCIAL FOR MEALS ON WHEELS

Music by:
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

CALGARY2012
BROADCAST COMMERCIAL FOR CALGARY2012 ARTS CAPITAL OF CANADA

NEW BALANCE
NEW BALANCE AD FOR THE GALLERY

PF FLYER
PF FLYER AD FOR THE GALLERY

KISER 1
KISER BBOY

A SERIES OF WEB CONTENT VIDEOS FOR CLOTHING GREAT KISER NY

KISER 2
KISER KUNG FU

KISER 3
KISER ROCKET


KISER 4
KISER FLAMCO

JAZZ FEST
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST 08 BROADCAST AD

HOBBY SHOP
DONS HOBBY SHOP AD

MUSIC VIDEO

WE/OR/ME

‘ACROSS THE COUNTRY’ BY WE/OR/ME

‘SUN COME UP’ WE/OR/ME

GHOSTKEEPER

‘HAUNTED’ GHOSTKEEPER

DFE

‘OUTSIDE INN’ DRAGON FLI EMPIRE FT. CADENCE WEAPON

WOMEN

SCRATCH ON FILM FEATURING THE MUSIC OF WOMEN
“GROUP TRANSPORT HALL”

KEY TO THE CITY
THIS IS TWO OF 15 VIDEO’S MADE FOR THE OPENING NIGHT AT THE HIGH PERFORMANCE RODEO GRANDSTAND WHERE RAMIN ESHRAGHI-YAZDI TEAMED WITH KEYS TO THE CITY TO COLLABORATE ON A NIGHT OF MUSIC AND FILM

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SAD WOLFMAN or SILVER BULLET ft. MICHEAL WELCHMAN AND DAVE KELLY

NOTE ONE: YES THIS NEXT VIDEO IS IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE DRAGON FLI EMPIRE VIDEO… WHEN YOU FIND A CREEPY HALLWAY THAT GOES ON FOR MILES YOU HAVE TO USE IT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
NOTE TWO: THIS VIDEO IS PG13

U CAST A SPELL ft. LAURNA GERMSCHEID

THERE IS A FIRE ft. CLIP

WOODPIGEON

Woodpigeon
“Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever”

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LUCID 44 ‘CHEWING CHICKENS’

CONTACT

 

RAMIN@NURFILMS.NET

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KISER NY – CLOTHING COMPANY
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