Circus Movies

Experimental mash-up of circus and sideshow footage.

A mechanical machine displays a reel of objects with music box accompaniment.

Based on the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club.

Once a year, people from different marginalized communities meet together in the woods to delve into the art of circus and have this discipline...

A short film where circus performers entertain children.

A vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the Big Top, the Greatest Show on Earth as presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Seen from the...

"When I Grow Up" follows the imagination of a young boy's dreams for his future.

Based on the book by Maud and Miska Petersham about the story of the baby elephant in the circus, showing the futile attempts of his mother to train...

A young boy is taken by a train on a mysterious journey. BAFTA-winning 14 minute adaptation of H.R. Millar's 1927 book, Dreamland Express.

The Moșilor Fair is an exercise by a student director who used his film before he had managed to finalize the originally planned movie. The...

Because of a cruel ringmaster, Jolly the Clown and Ellsworth Elephant are both fired from the circus. Jolly tries to help the pink pygmy elephant's...

Impressionistic glimpses of London life from early morning to rush hour.

An extroverted, cheerful, dreamer, Rosetta was raised in the “Traveling Circus of Pitibiribas”. From a very young age, she dreamed of...

Tucked away in northern Indiana, the city of Peru, Indiana is the circus capitol of the world. Thousands of visitors and townspeople come to this...

Welcome to Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR, an eclectic lab of infinite creativity where a joyful troupe of acrobats, dancers and musicians craft an...

Documentary following the 1995 tour of the "Circus without talent" Circus Redickuless

Related to Clown and possibly a sequel. Also known as "Clown sans tabouret"

A clown recalls the days when he first joined the Cole Brothers circus and discusses how the Greatest Show on Earth has changed. He reminisces about...