Amor Ti Vieta
SAAYEH (SHADOW)
Year of production: 2024
Running time: 4:55 min
Video by Mahi and Keyvan
Music by Siavash Vaziri
SAAYEH is a piece Shahrad wrote for the loss of his two grandmothers in the past few years. The song tells a story of a man remembering the joyful moments of his life with his mother/grandmother on the Persian New Year's Eve (Eid).
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This is Shahrad's first musical release in 8 years, and is his first collaboration with Iranian artists inside Iran.
HOLLOW ME (soundtrack)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 4:13 min
Directed by Shahrad
Music by Caleb Hannan
HOLLOW ME is a 23-minute short film about a young teenager who locks himself in a cabin and is isolated from the world. Whilst his isolation he dreams of success, false fame and power, and each dream ends horribly for him. The story is essentially a metaphor for being trapped inside of your phone/social media without realizing there is a real world out there.
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This film has been selected in ten national/international film festivals, and has won a number of awards.
AMOR TI VIETA
Year of production: 2016
Running time: 2:18 min
Directed by KAJART
Lyrics by Arturo Colautti
Music by Umberto Giordano
Conducted by Maziar Heidari
AMOR TI VIETA is Shahrad's fourth music video, and his third collaboration with KAJART studio. Amor Ti Vieta is a stop motion animation portraying the story of the Italian Opera, Fedora. Ipanov declares his love for Fedora. He confesses to Fedora that it was he who had killed her husband, Count Vladimir.
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This work was in production for nine months and was released on the 21st of October, 2016.
BANG BANG
Year of production: 2015
Running time: 3:25 min
Directed by KAJART
Lyrics by Shahrad
Music by Reza M. - Shahrad
BANG BANG is Shahrad's third music video, and his second collaboration with KAJART studio. Bang Bang is an animated mob story featuring Natasha Taylor, a famous Canadian actress/model and dancer.
This work was in production for several months and was released in October of 2015.
FREE THE PAIN
Year of production: 2014
Running time: 3:59 min
Directed by KAJART
Lyrics by Shahrad
Music by Reza M. - Shahrad
FREE THE PAIN is the story of a magician whose beloved has parted. He creates a machine that brings his beloved back to life, and at that moment he decides to fly away to the fantasy world with her.
Free The Pain won two prizes at the 12 Month Film Festival. It was also selected at the UK and Toronto Film Festivals, TBUFF and the National Screen Institute (NSI) - Canada.
NEVERMIND
Year of production: 2013
Running time: 4:30 min
Directed by Shahrad
Lyrics by Shahrad
Music by Maziar H. - Shahrad
NEVERMIND points out the pain and sorrows in life, the disappointments of life, the hard lessons that one come to learn. It also talks about the hope and a better tomorrow, and a shinier day over the horizon.
This video and song was the very first project that Shahrad wrote and worked on.
AMOR TI VIETA (recording session)
Year of production: 2012
Running time: 2:19 min
Cherry Beach Sound
AMOR TI VIETA is an Italian aria performed in act II of 'Fedora'. Fedora is an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play Fédora by Victorien Sardou.
A very unique video is in production for this magical track at the moment, and it will be released in 2016.
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