Year of Production 2026
- Everyone's Sorry Nowadays, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, 2026
- Nelly Rapp – The Gate to the Underworld, Sweden, 2026
- Viva Carmen, France, 2026
Award WinnerCircusboy
English title: Circusboy
Original title: Zirkuskind
German title: Zirkuskind
Germany, 2025
Director: Lemke, Julia / Koch Anna
Production company: Flare Film
Co-producers: HR, SWR, MDR
Age recommendation: 8 years and up
Film genre: Documentary
Synopsis:
Eleven-year-old Santino is a child of the circus. He loves to spend time with his eighty-year-old great-grandfather, one of Europe‘s last great circus directors, who has become his best friend. Together, they share heartwarming stories: Stories of friendship with an elephant, of farewells, of new beginnings and life on the road. "Circusboy" chronicles the lives of these modern nomads, capturing a young boy‘s experience growing up among an extended family and animals - a life without a safety net, as free as a bird.
Festivals:
Berlin Generation 2025 (awarded), Kristiansand CFF 2025, Zlin CFF 2025 ( Award), Golden Sparrow CFF Erfurt/Gera 2025, Kinofest Lünen 2025, Munich CFF 2025, BIKY CFF Busan 2025, TIFF Junior CFF Tromsø 2025, Zurich IFF 2025, Michel CFF Hamburg 2025, Young Horizons IFF Warsaw 2025, Doxs Ruhr Bochum 2025 ( Award), DokFest Kassel 2025, Cinepaenz Cologne 2025, Kinolino CFF Dresden 2025, KIJUKO CFF Bremen 2025 (awarded), Osnabrück IFF 2025, Bielefeld CFF 2025, Riga IFF 2025, Münster CFF 2025, Filem'On CFF Brussels 2025, Doxs Ruhr 2025 ( Award), Augenblick FF Strasbourg 2025, Piccolo Grande Cinema CFF Milano 2025, Duesseldorf CFF 2025, Gijón IFF 2025, Vienna CFF 2025 (special mention), Steiermark CFF Graz 2025 (awarded)
Study guide: German
Website: Digital Film Analysis Tools (German)
World sales address/es:
Pluto (DE)
Sold to:
Across Nations (DE)
Bundesverband Jugend und Film (DE)