The film (with english subtitles)
Animated short film
2004, 9 minutes
Produced by:
Produced by: The National
Produced by: Filmschool
Produced by: of Denmark
Director: Thomas Pors
Sound Design: Nicolai Linck
Producer: Anna-Maria Kantarius
Stop motion puppet animation
Model sets & props
Compositing / Greenscreen
Matte painting
The film (with english subtitles)
Awards:
Best Short Animation film
Sitges film festival, Spain 2005

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Shown at 24 film festivals worldwide:
Odense film festival, Denmark, 2004
Buster film festival, Denmark, 2004
Nord Kap film festival, Norway, 2004
Uppsala Int. Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2004
Etiuda & Anima Int. Film Festival, Poland, 2004
Officinema,Italy, 2004
BUFF, Sweden, 2005
Rencontres Henri Langlois: Int. Film Schools Festival, France, 2005
Cambridge Film Festival, England, 2005
Anima Mundi, Brazil, 2005
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, Spain, 2005
Flip Animation Festival, England, 2005
Bradford Animation Festival, England, 2005
Cardiff Screen festival, Wales, 2005
Anifest 3, Hungary, 2005
Short? moviefest, Russia, 2006
Sousse Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Tunesia, 2006
MIT Short Film Festival, USA, 2006
Stuttgart Animated Film Festival, Germany, 2006
Dok Leipzig, Gemany, 2006
Animated Dreams, Estonia, 2006
Animateka, Slovenia, 2006
Calaveras Film Festival, USA, 2009
Zagreb Cirkuska srijeda #25, Croatia, 2015
Fabrika.space 4th Festival, Ukraine, 2019
Poster for Cirkus
Voice Cast:
Clown Nicolaj Kopernikus
Ballerina Helle Dolleris
Circus Manager Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
Crew:
Director Thomas Pors
Producer Anna-Maria Kantarius
Film editor Henrik Thiesen
Supervising sound editor Nicolai Linck
Screenplay Thomas Pors
Rum Malmros
Animator Erik Winther
Original music by Jørgen Lauritsen
Cinematographer Kasper Tuxen
Magnus Jønck
Production manager Rasmus Valentin
Storyboard artist Jan Christensen
Character design Kim Frederiksen
Production design
& visual effects Simulakrum
Designer Martha Cecilia Lassen
Key puppet maker Per Kapper
Armature builder Lars Kirchoff
Sculptor Magnus Miselli
Model maker Rosalina W Torgard
Andreas Østerbye
Gustav Szymala
Mie Gudborg
Sara Buhl Bjelke
Marcel Schwarz
Filip Juhl
Lars Lorenzen
Additional Animator Anders Nejsum
Foley artist Thomas Jæger
Assistant sound editor Sille Boel
Score recordist Torsten Jessen
Ingeborg Holten
Jesper Andersen
Jonas Jensen
Musicians David M.A.P. Palmquist
Peter Fuglsang
Carsten Smith-Nielsen
Lars Skov
Colourist Dorthe Bankwell
Laboratory Nordisk Film Lab
Character designs
Puppet armature
Clay sculpt in progress
Ballerina head in clay
Ballerina dress in clay
Painting the ringmaster foam puppet (Per Kapper)
Ringmaster puppet on set
Circus tent model set
Animating on the hill set (Erik Winther)
Horse in parts for cutout animation