Hatching by Cirque du Soleil

Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the...

In this playful essay film, the filmmaker investigates our culture's discomfort with all things many-legged.

"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his story tied to controversy and confusion over...

A surreal look at the day-to-day life of American soldiers stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba through the eyes of a traveling circus troupe cleared to...

Tunahaki is the extraordinary story of nine gifted orphans who are acrobats. We follow their journey as an American volunteer takes them from Africa...

A story about survival, belief in the physical memory of things, as if still-life was always part of the scientific possibility or of the nightmare...

Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves and a dozen living members of his extended family suffer from the very rare condition of congenital hypertrichosis, meaning they...

One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract new type of filmmaking process creating color...

As Cirque du Soleil reboots its flagship production, O, more than a year after an abrupt shutdown, performers and crew members face uncertainty as...

A portrait of a traveling circus.

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and followed their lives for a year. The artists, from...