Cirkus Syd Cinema
Spring 2021
A fine and diverse selection of circus film
Produced by Mie Jakobsen and in collaboration wtih Circus Talk
With a diverse programme of motivational and honest films of artisitc quality circulation around the many aspects and understandings of circus in the past, present and future. The diversity is within language, purpose, genre, length and emotion
The spring programme 2021 has ended, but it's still possible to watch the artist talks and read about each screening below.
Artist Talks
Both En Equilibré and HYLKY was accompagnied by artist talks
27-28th of February
En Equiilibre
Director/Antares Bassis & Pascal Auffray
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 mood : the show must go on! Until their bond is tested with the arrival of a child that throws them off balance.
Length/52 min.
Language/French with English subs
20-21th of March
HYLKY
Director/Pirjo Yli-Maunula
HYLKY is Finnish for shipwreck, an immersive, site-specific and multidisciplinary production by Flow Productions poses a fundamental question to its audience: What carries us forward as individuals and communities? A shipwreck takes us to questions of survival, reconsideration of values and hope. A disaster forces us to make new choices and re-examine our values. What do we base our hope on? What is the better tomorrow that we dream of?
Length/142 min.
Language/Finnish with English subs
24-25th of April
The Circus Director
Director/Helgi Felixson & Tilde Björfors
The Circus Director is a film about Tilde Björfors the director of a circus 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.
Length/75 min.
Language/Swedish and English with English subs
This project is produced by Cirkus Syd and supported by ticket sales, the City of Lund in collaboration with Circus Talk
