Year of Production 2025
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Circusboy
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: 7 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)
World sales address/es:
Pluto (DE)
Sold to:
Across Nations (DE)