Circus & Film

Lähde (Fontäne)

Lähde is a coming-of-age documentary filmed over twelve years on a bridge in Helsinki. When the story begins, Hugo is still a baby and Arsi is eleven years old. By the end, one has become a teenager and the other a young adult. Over the years, the boys share their thoughts and hopes for the future, while juggling balls mark the steady flow of time and the new cityscape of Helsinki develops in the background.

Les fleurs éclosent à l'ombre

A man who feels lonely tries to rediscover sensations and emotions by putting himself in danger. Between country romance and cowboy melancholy, dark danger lurks around every corner. Our protagonist seeks out the thrill of danger with almost calculated precision and care. Time passes and one poetically staged knife throw and balancing act follows another. The game with his own vulnerability takes its course and danger becomes our lonely hero's companion.

Content Note: Scenes of danger, risky stunts

Branché

“Branché” is a unique exploration of circus and movement arts with a female drive. The short film traverses time and natural landscapes in Quebec. It is a poetic exploration of the beauty and potential of people working in harmony with nature, as well as the more threatening and chaotic conflicts of the climate crisis. As dwindling resources and habitable land bring about an existential collapse, the daring acrobatic formations and breathtaking falls remind us that the unity of nature and humanity is truly worth preserving.

Affairs of the cities

This short movie is based on a scene from the performance Kulovalkea. The durational, repetitive juggling choreography with coffee cups was created to depict authoritative figures occupying themselves in apparent activity – yet accomplishing very little. The title draws on the old saying affairs of the cities, historically used to refer to politics. Nuua Company is a Finnish contemporary circus and visual theater group founded in 2013. With its experimental works, Nuua has carved out its position in the international performing arts scene.

Vertical Feeling

Vertical feeling is a dream-like short film about what it’s like to grow up climbing the aerial silk. How does vertical suspension feel like in the body? How does it affect one’s body image and maybe even an identity that’s still developing? In the film memories, experiences and imagination blend together. The outlines of the body blur, the silks flood and the inner child has something to say.

NITRO

Nitro is a road movie far away from highways and roads. It´s the story of three batshit bonkers friends and their pink convertible half-built house. Nitro is a caffeine-packed frenzy of non-verbal performance re-imagining the role of a classic form of storytelling. This joyful chaotic clownkenstein of a film celebrates the utter splendidness of throwing yourself into a task with so much commitment it destroys any hope of completing it.

Urban Club Art

The film Urban Club Art is an experimental image/sound montage that works with objects and places, reassembling them into new visual constellations. Inspired by Fluxus ideas, a series of subtle image compositions, absurd installations and witty montages unfold. A juggling club moves through public space, always on the jump from one GPS coordinate to the next. It’s a special kind of sightseeing tour of Cologne. The finale presents a visionary reimagining of the Cologne skyline — from a circus perspective.