Miran Media

16/06/2023

"All the knowledge we have acquired in the oil industry must now be used to establish new solutions to give our future generations a good life. So, we have to adapt in order to use the sea sensibly into the future."

The third film in our new series, Powering Tomorrow, continues our commitment to telling ocean stories.

From our work on The Guardian's Age of Extinction Series to our award-winning short documentary in Greenland, Open Water, which was selected for dozens of international film festivals, and our recent series for Lloyds Register Foundation, we are passionate about giving voice to people who rely on the ocean for food or their livelihood, live in coastal communities, or those who work at sea.

This clip is from the third film in our new series, Powering Tomorrow, which was created for GE Vernova. You can watch this film in full here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow and our back catalogue here: https://linktr.ee/miranmedia

14/06/2023

Shot in Norway, the third film in our new series, Powering Tomorrow, is released today. The 10min film shares stories of the carbon capture industry through three peoples’ eyes.

Peder Kolbeinshavn, who first went to sea with his fishman father aged 5 or 6, and is now capturing carbon through kelp farming.

Ahmad Wakaa, a Syrian refugee who has made a new life in Norway, working in carbon capture innovation.

And Lisa Berry, who found a passion for engineering as a child being taken to science museums, and who now helps companies to understand the complexity of what’s involved in carbon capture.

Finding emotional and relevant human stories helps us to understand larger narratives.

Coupling those stories with rigorous research, data insights and our journalistic approach to storytelling is what makes our brand stories resonate.

This film also continues our commitment to telling ocean stories.

Powering Tomorrow has been produced for GE.Vernova to tell the stories of energy transition.

You can watch the full 10min film here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow

09/06/2023

“My grandfather was a truck driver. I’ve been around trucks from a very young age. I remember always sitting in the truck with him as a kid. They’re such vivid memories. And one night I was laying in bed and I was like, ‘I’m gonna go get my truck licence’…”

We founded Miran with the intention to straddle documentary journalism and social impact content, with the aim of helping the global organisations that we work with, to negotiate challenging storytelling.

This clip is from the second film in our new series, Powering Tomorrow, which has been produced for GE Vernova. You can watch the 10 min film, about Australia’s energy transition, here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow

06/06/2023

The second film in our new series, Powering Tomorrow, is released today and features Emily Coe, a young female truck driver in Australia.

“I saw a little girl the other day that was sitting in the car and she just looked up through the window of my truck and her eyes were lit up.

Seeing the change in this industry, it means a lot to me, because I did this to not only prove to myself, but to prove to not even females, but other young people that they can do it.”

At Miran we’re dedicated to creating films which challenge, surprise and feature unheard voices.

Powering Tomorrow has been produced for GE Vernova to tell the stories of energy transition.

You can watch the full 10min film here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow

02/06/2023

Branded storytelling shouldn't be dry and corporate.

This night market in Vietnam was a cinematographer’s dream. At Miran we use rigorous journalistic research into locations, real peoples’ stories and data insights to tell larger narratives. Coupled with our cinematic visuals, we create branded stories which motivate and inspire.

Our new series of short films, Powering Tomorrow, has been produced for GE Vernova to tell the stories of energy transition. You can watch this 10 min film, shot in Vietnam, in full here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow

01/06/2023

"There is no question that Vietnam is a very interesting country... My childhood memories are mostly of living on oil lamps when oil was scarce due to the war. We learned to use fireflies at night, which involved putting them in a jar to see..."

We live in a world of increasing complexity, but time and again we find that peoples' personal stories help us to understand larger narratives and challenging issues.

Our new series, Powering Tomorrow, has been produced for GE Vernova to tell the stories of energy transition. You can watch this 10 min film, shot in Vietnam, in full here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow

31/05/2023

Powering Tomorrow is one of the biggest challenges we face, our new series exploring energy for the future launches today.

The first film, shot in Vietnam, features this magical footage of a dragon fruit farm being illuminated at night.

Filmed across three continents these cinematic 10-minute shorts take a journalistic approach to storytelling, delivering insight and expertise in global locations.

Powering Tomorrow has been produced for GE Vernova to tell the stories of energy transition. You can watch this film in full here: https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-of-energy/powering-tomorrow

24/04/2023

Ekster designs next-gen everyday carry items for a simplified, sustainable future. A forward-thinking approach makes environmental responsibility one of their core values . We featured the young entrepreneurs behind the brand on our latest film for

Ekster designs next-gen everyday carry items for a simplified, sustainable future. A forward-thinking approach makes environmental responsibility one of thei...

13/02/2023

"...hunger is the most painful feeling that I think any human or living being can go through... It's absolutely our responsibility to ensure that everyone has an equal right to at least live with dignity. Hunger is a problem that is creating that disparity..."

Our short documentary focusing on the Robin Hood Army, whose mission is to eradicate hunger in India, tells the story of an organisation which has no funds, no offices and no full-time employees, yet which has served over 11 million meals across 118 cities.

It's a simple idea which has become a volunteering movement - to deliver leftover food to those in need.

Featuring Sonal Agarwal, founder of the Jaipur Chapter of the RHA, this documentary is one of a ten-part series "I Am The Engine", which was shot across ten countries and made for RedBull.

Red Bull Studios Commissioned Miran to create a concept, source stores in multiple languages and locations and shoot a global film series around a simple premise: Human empathy is a natural, infinitely renewable resource.

In the ten films which make up "I am The Engine" we hear the stories of ten individuals and the social innovation organisations they represent.

You can watch the documentaries in full on the Red Bull website here: https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/episodes/i-am-the-engine-s1-e4

08/02/2023

"In some instances being a woman can make it more dangerous, like if something were to go wrong I can't pull so hard as a man might be able to... What I lack in strength I make up for in other abilities."

Fifth generation "lobsterman", single mother and former attorney, Captain Brittany Dunbar is nothing short of an inspiration, having chosen to haul lobster traps for a living in what is still largely a man’s world.

"I think women are extremely good at multitasking and keeping perspective of multiple things. I think that's kind of been passed down generationally from women to women, as they're mothers..."

"I think the men in this community definitely come off as tough and strong... It's kind of the sailor mentality. It's traditionally been a man's job to be out on the boat... Most of these guys, if you took away fishing, they would have nothing. They don't have an education to fall back on, they've never done anything else..."

Featured in our third documentary film for Lloyd's Register Foundation, and officially released last week, Salt Lines tells Brittany's uplifting story of being a "fisherman" as well as a highly educated single mother, in a New England community with fishing in its blood.

Two million women around the world bring in their own catch in nearshore coastal fisheries every day. Women make up nearly half of the people employed in fisheries around the world. Salt Lines continues our commitment to telling unheard stories.

Our three part documentary series for LRG is part of their Safer Oceans campaign, raising awareness of ocean safety issues faced around the world.

Watch the film in full here: https://vimeo.com/696069047

14/11/2022

There are more than a hundred Scottish words for rain…”

Spindrift… a lovely melodic word.
Spray… whipped up by the wind.
Dreich… a miserable day.

Our recent documentary, Searchlight, highlights the critical role that women play in saving lives at sea. It is also a love letter to his Scottish homeland by Exec Producer McDougall. And no love letter to Scotland would be complete without mention of a little rain...

The film focuses on three young women who volunteer for the in Oban, West Scotland, which has some of the most treacherous waters off the British coast.

Oban takes its name from the Gaelic meaning ‘little bay’ and is the gateway to the Hebridean Isles.

The RNLI crew in Oban cover one of the largest rescue areas in the UK and while the coastline is stunningly beautiful, the waters are highly changeable, suddenly turning from tranquil to stormy. The RNLI and the incredible commitment of volunteers like Lawrie, Leonie and Jasmin, are a vital service to the community.

Searchlight was made for Lloyd's Register Foundation to help raise awareness of ocean safety issues faced around the world.

Watch the film in full here: https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/en/searchlight/

The first in a new series of films commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, focusing on three young women who volunteer for the RNLI in Oban, West Scotland.

14/11/2022

Fishing is a way of life. It's woven into communities and families. As a fifth generation fisher, fishing represents a powerful connection with the past for Captain Brittany Dunbar, one of two million women around the world who bring in their own catch in nearshore coastal fisheries every day.

Featured in our third documentary film for Lloyds Register Foundation raising awareness of ocean safety issues faced around the world, Salt Lines tells Brittany's story as a captain and fifth generation fisher in a community with fishing in its blood. As a highly educated single mother, she grapples with the potential dangers of life at sea, knowing that there's no other parent at home should something ever happen to her.

Women constitute close to half of all those employed in fisheries around the world. Salt Lines continues our commitment to telling unheard stories.

You can watch the film in full here:

This is "SALT LINES RELEASE" by Miran Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

03/11/2022

We’re honored to have received the Award for Best Environmental Film and Best Cinematography at the this week for our recent film Two Kinds Of Water.
The film is part of a triptych made for to highlight the issues of safety at sea, raising the important question: Given the increasing demands we are placing on ocean space and the risk of working in ever more extreme environments, how can we better protect people from harm?

The Byron Bay Film Festival judges reported that “This compassionate snapshot by British Foreign Correspondent of the Year, McDougall is a textbook example of excellence in journalism, bringing a hidden corner of the world closer. But it goes beyond mere reportage, relying upon gorgeous, slow-motion photography, much of it drone footage, to create a lyrical portrait of one family whose challenges exemplify those of the entire community. Its poetic and visual beauty goes some way to soften the grim message, but the reality of an uncertain future shines through clearly in the couple’s separate narrative strands.”
Two Kinds of Water tells the story of an individual family of small-scale fishers in Senegal who fish the coastline of West Africa, which is home to some of the most diverse and dangerous waters in the world. It continues our commitment to ocean storytelling.

https://vimeo.com/miranstorytelling/tkow

This is "TWO KINDS OF WATER RELEASE" by Miran Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/07/2022

Our new documentary launched today by Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) highlights the critical role of young women in saving lives at sea.

'Searchlight' is the first in a series of documentary films commissioned by Lloyd's Register Foundation raising awareness of issues faced around the world.

Watch the full film: https://lnkd.in/e7CnkHU6

12/07/2022

Our new documentary launched today by Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) highlights the critical role of young women in saving lives at sea.

'Searchlight' is the first in a series of documentary films commissioned by Lloyd's Register Foundation raising awareness of issues faced around the world.

Watch the full film: https://lnkd.in/e7CnkHU6

The first in a new series of films commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, focusing on three young women who volunteer for the RNLI in Oban, West Scotland.

05/04/2022

24/02/2022