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JONAS AND THE BACKYARD CIRCUS

JONAS E O CIRCO SEM LONA

By Paula GOMES

Documentary - Completed 2015

Jonas is 13 years old and his life’s dream is to
maintain the circus he created in his backyard.
While he faces this challenge, he will live the
adventure of growing up.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2015

Official Selection - First Appearance

É Tudo Verdade / It's All True 2016

Official Competition

Cinelatino, Rencontres de Toulouse 2016

Audience Award - Official Competition

Doxa Documentary Film Festival 2016

DocsBarcelona 2016

International Competition

DocMontevideo 2016

Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival 2016

Ireland

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival 2016

Macedonia

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- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- BRAZIL
- Languages
- BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, SPANISH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 83 mn
- Director(s)
- Paula GOMES
- Writer(s)
- Paula GOMES, Haroldo BORGES
- Cast
- Jonas LABORDA
- Producer(s)
- Marcos BAUTISTA (PLANO 3 FILMES), Ernesto MOLINERO (PLANO 3 FILMES)
- Synopsis
- Jonas is a 13 years old boy and the dream of his life is maintain the circus who he created in his backyard. He was born in a travelling circus. But some years ago his family decided to leave behind the circus and settled down in a violent neighborhood on the outskirts of Salvador, in the North of Brazil. Jonas never was adjusted to the new lifestyle, so he created his own circus, a real circus, in his backyard. But, to maintain the circus is getting harder and harder. Jonas is growing up and adolescence imposes upon him mercilessly with thousands of new challenges. So, while Jonas’ circus goes crumbling he realizes his powerlessness to change the end of this film, leading us to a journey where we’ll at least find a great question : What do we do with our dreams when we grow up ?

JONAS AND THE BACKYARD CIRCUS

JONAS E O CIRCO SEM LONA

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