Main programme  

Against the backdrop of faded circus materials, tatty caravans and the Chilean mountains, we see the joyous group preparing for shows, eating together and sharing problems – we are introduced to their family through their everyday lives. The ordinariness of life in caravans, putting up tents and rehearsals sits nicely beside the glamour of performance. However, this great motivating factor, this purpose, could soon no longer be available. The health of the creator of this circus, the legendary comedian Timoteo, is deteriorating; and to make things even more complicated, each time less people come to see the show, society is seeking other forms of entertainment. Times are changing which makes the future uncertain. Full of joy and threaded through with melancholy, “El Gran Circo Pobre de Timoteo” documents a wonderful way of life that is approaching its end.

Festivals

Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival, Switzerland (2013)

Lorena Giachino Torréns

Chilean journalist Lorena Giachino Torréns has a degree in scriptwriting from the Complutense University of Madrid. She worked as an audiovisual director for Chilean television and also on several cultural series; she has collaborated with People & Arts/BBC, La Sette in Italy, and Discovery Channel. She teaches in the areas of film directing and documentary scriptwriting. Since 2005, she has worked as a content and project development consultant for television channels and independent audiovisual producers.

Filmography

Reinalda del Carmen, My Mother and Me / Reinalda del Carmen, mi mamá y yo (2006)