Kharis Productions’ feature films combine creativity with the extensive organisational and production management skills involved in directing casts of hundreds - sometimes including children and animals – as well as scores of technical crew. Although creative and organisational skills are involved in every production, they are never more tested than…
Communication: it’s as natural as breathing. So why does it sometimes go so badly wrong? And, in any circumstances, how can it be improved? That is the remit of Kharis.Comms.
The ability to communicate, especially through language, is one of the great…
This highly effective communications style allows us to combine the immediacy of journalistic reportage with the stirring poignancy of drama. Outstanding examples include Stronger than Guns filmed in Mexico, Peru, Colombia exposing the terrible abuse of human rights; and, more recently, Inside Out, a powerful production produced to educate about the dangers of…
Kharis producers have made documentaries filmed in locations in over 50 countries. Many programmes have been for international audiences. More than 30 documentaries have been transmitted on Channel 2 in Moscow, broadcasting over 11 time zones in the Former Soviet Union.
A highly acclaimed documentary on the AIDS crisis was…
The drama productions in the Kharis portfolio have almost always had an educational purpose. Sometimes the cast has been exclusively children as in Let’s Do Democracy – productions for Scottish Parliament produced in English and Gaelic. The highly successful Handle with Care dramatised the communications challenges often faced by teachers and parents, with children…
Education and training for young people and for adults has been a major strand of programming for the Kharis production team and has involved many television genres. Clients have included BBC, Channel 4, The Department for Education in London, The Teacher Training Agency, The National College for School Leadership in…
Our producers’ documentaries have appeared on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 as well as on Channels 2 and 4 in Russia, SABC South Africa, NRK Norway, SVT Sweden.
Recently, Kharis programmes have also been acquired by broadcasters in Denmark, Thailand, Kenya, Poland, South Africa and the USA. We continue to build…