Circus Cinema
Experience circus wonders in our cozy, tiny festival cinema. Circus films at DYNAMO CIRCUS FESTIVAL. See the films from the 60seconds circus films competition, as well as circus films from Denmark and abroad. On the programme: PURGATORIO, dir. Auden Lincoln-VogelA circus short film exploring urban life and space from unexpected angles. More about the film. WALLS BENEATH […]
SAIL IN CIRCUS CINEMA
Welcome to a unique film-screening event set on unchartered territory: At sea. 60secondscircusfilm is a brand-new international competition for circus films with the duration of only one minute, initiated by DYNAMO and OFF – Odense International Film Festival. The participating film will be projected onto a huge outdoors screen, that you can view from the […]
SMÄLTANDE
ART FILM A multidisciplinary project by Isak Stockås, Luuk Brantjes and Joel Roxendal, with a focus to bring awareness on the rapid disappearance of snow in the winter. What used to be the season of complete white, impeccable minimalistic scenery, will turn into a grey oblivion of rain and darkness. See the film programme at […]
INVISIBLE CIRCUS: NO DRESS REHEARSAL
DOCUMENTARY A group of underground actors, musicians, entertainers, acrobats, painters and activists were caught on camera by filmmaker Naomi Smyth, who followed them for four years in order to capture the secrets of the crew who squat empty buildings. See the film programme at the Festival Site VENUE Cinema Camper DIRECTOR Naomi SmythLANGUAGE English– No […]
THE LAST CIRCUS PRINCESS
DOCUMENTARY Her entire life Simona has been traveling with the family circus. But slowly the circus life is declining, and she will have to make a choice. Either she continues to carry the legacy of the circus by becoming a seventh-generation artist, or she breaks the family tradition and steps into an unknown life outside […]
MAD IN FINLAND
DOCUMENTARY What happens when one Finnish circus artist decides to make a film with her six Finnish co-stars? They re-create Finland in a show, they tour the world and film in the same way they create a circus show… with a Finnish cell phone or a camera. See the film programme at the Festival Site […]
THE CIRCUS DIRECTOR
DOCUMENTARY A film about the director of a circus, Tilde Björfors, who faced her fears and threw herself into the unknown. She brought contemporary circus to Sweden twenty years ago and has since built up one of the world’s most successful contemporary circus companies: Circus Cirkör. See the film programme at the Festival Site VENUE […]
THE ARCTIC CIRCUS
The documentary film The Arctic Circus addresses issues such as society, identity, belonging, acceptance and prejudice. Through the film we experience the different personalities of the circus, the situations that occur in and around it, the society they travel through and the incredible landscape around them. See the film programme at the Festival Site AGE […]
INTO THE WATER
Seven newly-trained circus artists have formed the group Acting for Climate and are sailing out on an old two-masted schooner to change our view of the climate challenges. Into The Water is a documentary that follows young people at an important time in their lives where dreams and reality meet. See the film programme at […]
The art of working in pairs
Louise and Henrik are two aging professional circus acrobats who constantly search for new ways to perform their art form. They look upon their practice as a lifelong project, and they have no idea when or how it will end. But for how long can they keep it up, as they grow older and have […]
Fish
The Swedish production, FISH, is the story of a young woman and her goldfish. A love story about loss and finding strength again, told with the help of circus elements such as the the “Chinese pole” and the “slack line.” Director: Åsa JohannissonDuration: 11 min Language: Non-verbal
Circus Rwanda
Rosťa Novák, the principal of Cirk La Putyka ensemble, artistic workaholic and perfectionist, agrees to make a joint project with a group of acrobats from Rwanda. He heads to Africa for the first time in his life, to make a circus show about the clash of cultures. How will he cope with the hit of […]
En Équilibre
Amid sweat and dust, Kati and Victor have crisscrossed France and Europe for 15 years, performing with the Aital circus. She is an acrobat, and he is her catcher. Despite the pressure of living and working together, Kati and Victor remain steadfast partners in work and in life, for the better or worse. Whatever their […]
Petit Bus Rouge – Flying Frenchies
Petit Bus Rouge – Flying Frenchie is first and foremost a documented tour de force in the wild world of circus stunts. The film is the circus-world equivalent to a skate movie and a tribute to the training spaces and the circus tricks done for no other reason but for the sake of the artists […]