DARE

TitleDARE
BrandNIKE CHINA
Product / ServiceSPORTS APPAREL
CategoryA04. TV - Best Use of Film Direction
EntrantWIEDEN+KENNEDY Shanghai, CHINA
Entrant Company:WIEDEN+KENNEDY Shanghai, CHINA
Advertising Agency:WIEDEN+KENNEDY Shanghai, CHINA
Production Company:@radical.media New York, USA

Credits

Chief Creative OfficerFrank Hahn
Executive Creative DirectorFrank Hahn
Creative DirectorFrank Hahn
CopywriterDean Wei/Achilles Li
Agency ProducerBill Davenport/Kerli Teo/Xiao Lin
Advertiser's SupervisorKerri Hoyt-pack
PlannerNick Barham
Account ManagerRaino Cao
Account SupervisorJason White
DirectorRalf Schmerberg
ProducerJon Kamen/Justin Wilkes/Ben Schneider
EditorMartin Swann/Ting Poo
Music Artist/TitleRudolf Moser
LightingSandra Schaede/Ralf Schmerberg
Post ProductionGung Ho

Brief Explanation

"DARE" tells a timeless story of the 84 Olympic Games when China sent a National team to the Olympics for the first time. World Record holder in the high jump, Zhu JianHua was faced with the difficult decision to sacrifice silver in order to go for gold. Defeat is a controversial subject at a time when everyone else is talking victory. Even today, the fear of failure is still a huge hurdle for participation in sport in China. DARE documentary challenge this by showing athletes who could talk about defeat and reveal their emotions. It unfolded in a time when many of today's young generation were not yet born.