High Grass Circus

197656 min 50 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Torben SchiolerTony Ianzelo

Production: William BrindColin Low

A ticket to entertainment at the Royal Brothers' Circus--the only Canadian tent circus. Filmed during a hectic summer season, with the Big Top up, in transit, or being erected, it vividly captures the 24-hour-a-day brand of circus magic and observes both the people and mechanics behind it. Like the circus itself, it hovers between comedy, sentimentality and the grotesque.

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Subject categories

  • Sports and Leisure > Circuses
  • Theater > Circuses
  • Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
  • Media Education > Popular Culture

Credits

director
Torben Schioler
Tony Ianzelo
producer
William Brind
executive producer
Colin Low
photography
Tony Ianzelo
sound
Hans Oomes
editing
Torben Schioler
sound editing
Donald Douglas
music
Donald Douglas
re-recording
Michel Descombes

Awards

  • Award of Excellence given by the Film Advisory BoardFilm Advisory Board Incorporated
  • Golden Sheaf Award for Best Film of the FestivalYorkton Film Festival