Brave Kids

Brave Kids

Giovanni Granada
“Brave kids” takes us to the world of ballet dancers preparing their final recital on stage. Through the story of five youngsters we discover what goes on both backstage and in their every day world. The classes, the long rehearsals, the pressure of their work and the sacrifices they must make, forge in their spirit and in their bodies their achievements, their dreams and the goals they reach. We see ordinary people transform into marvelous human beings. The way on which they face up to their physical and psychological shortcomings, the consequences of the sacrifices they make and the fulfillment of their duty draws with subtlety the valiant soul of our main protagonists: invisible in their daily toils, but wonderful and brilliant during the performance, when the audience enjoys the artistic miracle these brave kids build throughout the years, on the stage of a ballet work of art.
Director, Producer Giovanni studied photography in IED in Milan. He also studied Filmmaking in NYU and Media Maine and worked directing commercials for TV. Giovanni has mixed his work with commercials with filmmaking workshops with directors like Alan Myerson, Judith Weston, Bruce Surtees, Gordon Willis or Shane Hurlbut. In 2011-2012 he wrote and directed his first short film El Invento, awarded in film festivals like Milano lnternational Film Festival, Ajyal Youlh Film Festival, TIFF Kids Toronto lntemational Film Festival or International Film Festival Guadalajara. He directed the documentary short films Jóvenes Valientes and Un Corazón mil sonrisas. He is writing his first feature Máxima Altura.
  • Original title Jóvenes valientes
  • Director Giovanni Granada
  • Duration 15
  • Production year 2016
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Documentary
  • Nationality Colombia
  • Producer Metro Studio Films
  • Dialogue language Spanish
  • Subtitle language English