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- DirectorMeg PinsonneaultStarsAllison DanielsJon DelineEve DiamondAn intimate look at the extraordinary life of Master Lu Yi, hailed as the father of modern acrobatics, and the vast community of big-top lovers who share his dream of a thriving US circus industry.
- DirectorPhilip WeylandStarsPaul BinderArmando Farfan Jr.Renanto FernandesThe greatest trapeze performer of all time reflects on his illustrious circus career and reveals why he unexpectedly quit flying.
- DirectorWill YappThe Darnell family run Paulo's Circus - one of the last remaining family circuses in Europe. Business is bad but spirits are high, and the film documents a family holding the show - and the business - together in an attempt to preserve 200 years of tradition.
- DirectorM.J. LoheedStarsFrancisco MonroyStephanie MonseuKeith Nelson"The Bindlestiffs" documents a year in the travails and triumphs of The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Sixteen years ago, Stephanie Monseu and Keith Nelson created the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, one of the last true touring vaudeville shows in America. Their shows combine traditional circus high wire aerialists, clowns, and juggling with sideshow denizens like swords swallowers, fire-eaters, and burlesque dancers. With these basic ingredients, The Bindlestiffs cook up an alchemical brew that promises to enthrall audiences. But their showbiz dream does not come easy. It takes hard work, dedication, time and more than just standard juggling. The company is precariously balanced and fighting off bankruptcy. Without a patron of any sort, and a national economy in tatters, Stephanie and Keith must find the will to make it happen. The show must go on. The path they find, and the heart and strength it takes to get there, involves gunning a motorcycle across a wire twenty-feet in the air, cracking whips, eating fire, and their clown Kinko's audacious real-life bid for the presidency of the USA. Prepare yourselves for a rare peek behind the curtain into the lives of true modern circus vagabonds as they live their lives, and run their business without a net.
- StarsBarry LubinPaul BinderIn a world that offers a dizzying array of amusements and entertainments, there is none quite so enduring or so universal as the circus. Now, over the course of six dramatic and mesmerizing hours, Show of Force will take us away to the circus - not just under the big top, but far beyond it: into what circus folk call "the backyard," the place where the trailers are parked and the real heart of the circus beats. With unprecedented access granted by the Big Apple Circus, the filmmaking team followed this traveling company over the course of an entire season. The series will immerse viewers in a rich collection of human stories, simultaneously compelling our fascination, and appealing to our shared humanity.
- DirectorMatt SkinnerCircus Born is a documentary on a year in the life of Fossetts family Circus, Ireland's national circus. Fossetts is the oldest continuously touring circus in the world. The year of the film is their 120th season without missing one year. The 5th generation is coming to the fore, some of them perform for the biggest shows in the world. But are they especially blessed or particularly cursed to be Circus Born.
- DirectorScott GallowayBrent PiersonCHILDREN OF ALL AGES is an amazing three-ringed documentary showcasing the most storied entertainment form in American history: the circus. Ring 1 is Sailor Circus the longest running children's circus in the country. Ring 2 is the world's LARGEST miniature circus an astonishing 3,800 square feet tabletop tableau showcasing more than a million pieces. Ring 3 is an exclusive talk with the greatest living circus performers ever to work under the tented Big Top.
- StarsRichard Dimbleby
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsDon AmecheRudy CárdenasSonny FrankelloWhile writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people. He recalls the solo trapeze act of La Mara; Tarzan, Sahib, and their elephant; Marco's sword-balancing act; an archery act in which Grey Arrow shoots an apple off the head of Zuni, his wife; the Mascott Sisters' head-to-head balancing act on a high ladder; the juggling of Rudy Cardenas; high bar specialists, the Tongas; Gunther Gebel Williams with his tiger; the flying bar act of the Laribles; Carl Sembach-Krone's trained horses; lion tamer Pablo Noel; the Gaonas and the Four Titos on the trampoline; the Flying Armors on the flying trapeze; Frieda Krone and her elephants; Fredy Knie, Sr., and his Lippizaner; the Francesco Clowns; Lilly Yokoi on her bicycle; Mendez and Seitz on the tightrope; and Pauline Schumann on the trick horse.
- DirectorNick SchlyerStarsDavid CarlyonThe Chiodo BrothersHappy DaveThis film will trace the emergence of the Killer Clown from historical roots in Italian Opera, to contemporary prominence in mass media. Down with Clowns will explore the relationship between the violence of society, the mission of the clown and the way humans deal with their fear of both.
- DirectorDaniel EspeutStarsJoey ThurmondJamie ThurmondTyler ThurmondGreasePaint is a documentary film by Daniel Espeut that follows Joey Thurmond and his family as they travel around the country performing the art of American circus clowning. The movie resurrects the dying art of clowning demonstrated by Joey's love for the craft and makes sure that people see the human side of clowning. While the over-arching story focuses on Joey and his ability to balance the business and family life, the viewer also hears from circus performers, old and new, discussing the positive and negative connotations that people have of clowns. Having started the clowning full time, Joey Thurmond has put his life savings and police pension into his ultimate passion. He overhauls the new show completely with a new background, traveling set, and living quarters. The family starts the year not knowing whether they will have enough money to make it back home from the road. His wife, Jamie, manages a lot of the day to day affairs and keeps the peace in the family. Joey's son, Tyler, weighs his options of staying with the business or pursuing his own dreams. Hernan Colonia, a late-comer to the show works on adjusting to his new surroundings and unfortunate immigration situation. The movie is a glimpse into a year of traveling in the most significant and dynamic year in the business' history while examining the clowning world as a whole. The audience sees the backstories of quite a few of the characters including Joey's rise from professional wrestler, to police officer, to clown. It is about the love of a family and how they manage to live and work together 24 hours a day while following their circus dreams.
- DirectorBrian Rodríguez WoodStarsAlfonso AragónLeo BassiOriol Boixader'New Shoes: Today's Clowns in Europe' is a documentary about Clowns of the turn of the century, from Carlo Colombaioni, who worked with and inspired Fellini, up to the present. It offers a vision of the contemporary stage clown, from the point of view of the most renowned figures of the genre, who show us how they think and act onstage and off. Through the play of two young woman clowns, we discover how these actors and the clowns they incarnate face the different aspects of life. Because of their sense of humor and the editing rhythm the documentary makes you cry and laugh like a good theater clown show would do. Is not only about clowns but about life and death, about humanity and aging. Interviewed clowns are some of the most important and popular theater clowns that work in Europe. Jango Edwards, Carlo Colombaioni, Leo Bassi, Peter Shub, Buffo, Peter Ercolano, Laura Herts, Philippe Gaulier, Johnny Melville, Slava Polunin, Gardi Hutter, Tortell Poltrona, Joan Montanyes 'Monti', Oriol Boixader 'Oriolo', Alfonso Aragón 'Fofito', Pepa Plana, Faemino & Cansado,Virginia Imaz.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsRiccardo BilliGigi RederTino ScottiA ragout of real memories and mockumentary, as Fellini explores a childhood obsession: circus clowns.
- DirectorClinton StarkStarsLoni StarkDiane PaulusMark PawseyLive recording of a Cirgue du Soleil's 32nd production combining story telling acrobatics with opera, inspired by William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
- DirectorPierre-Étienne LessardHATCHING-A Documentary on the Creation of OVO, by Cirque du Solei, is an intimate observation of artists and the supporting cast hard at work building an original show, inspired by the beauty and movement found in the world of insects.
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonStarsErica LinzIgor ZaripovLutz HalbhubnerA young woman is entranced by an aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.
- StarsJames G. Fain
- DirectorDavid MalletMichel LemieuxVictor PilonStarsElyanne BretonGwen S. JacksonDea NorbergDelirium was a touring multimedia stage show by Cirque du Soleil featuring live music, video projections, and performances by acrobats and other circus performers. The production featured remixes of existing Cirque du Soleil music.
- DirectorLewis CohenStarsLaetitia RayPetra MasseyJoey AriasDare to enter the sensual world of LOVESICK, an adult-themed, reality-based drama that explores the eccentric lives lead by Sin City's most provocative performers.
- DirectorMario JanelleDavid ShinerStarsSeth StachowskiTara BaswaniChristopher BaileyCirque du Soleil presents KOOZA, the story of an innocent and charming clown who strives to find his own place in the world. The Innocent's journey introduces him to a panoply of comic characters. Between strength and fragility, laughter and chills, and turmoil and harmony, KOOZA, the 20th creation from Cirque du Soleil, explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, audacity and total involvement. KOOZA, created and directed by David Shiner and filmed by Mario Janelle, combines two circus traditions - acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful "mélange" that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.
- DirectorJocelyn BarnabéDanielle Finzi PascaJacques MéthéStarsMauro MozzaniIgor IssakovSean LomaxA grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
- DirectorMario RouleauMichel LemieuxVictor PilonStarsPaul AhmaraniGuy DubucMarc LessardThe celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Cirque Du Soleil at the 25th anniversary of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.