Giant Little Ones

Keith
Behrman

Keith Behrman’s acclaimed and award-winning first feature Flower & Garnet premiered at TIFF and subsequently screened at international festivals including Berlin and Karlovy Vary. Behrman was awarded the Canadian Academy’s Claude Jutra Award for Best First Feature, where the film was also nominated for Best Actor. The film went on to receive the VFCC’s awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actor and was named one of Canada’s Top Ten films of the year. After directing TV for several years Behrman put his career on hold in order to delve into his fascination with meditation and yoga. After living and studying at ashrams and monasteries in Asia and Canada over three years, Behrman returned home, inspired to make another film. His sophomore feature, Giant Little Ones, made its world premiere at TIFF ’18 as a Special Presentation to both critical and audience acclaim. The film has screened at film festivals around the world, received three Directors Guild of Canada Award nominations, the VFCC’s Best Screenplay for a Canadian film, has been named one of Canada’s Top Ten Films of the year and recently was awarded the Göteborg Film Festival’s Audience Dragon Award for Best International Film. Behrman began his film career with several notable shorts, all of which premiered at TIFF, including his award-winning, Ernest. Behrman is an alumnus of the Director’s Residency program of the Canadian Film Centre and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Simon Fraser University. Behrman is currently developing a series for television and his next feature film

A story about friendship, self-discovery and the power of love without labels. Adolescents face enormous pressure to make life-defining decisions every day wanting to lock in their identities sooner than later. Franky is under more pressure than most. His life was altered when his father left his mother for a man. Franky is feeling confused and angry. And when his wild birthday party ends in an unexpected sexual encounter, his world crumbles. He and his friends need to decide what kind of people they want to be.