Projects: Children of the Chinese Circus

Children of the Chinese Circus (2007)

Drive Thru Pictures
BBC Four "Storyville" (May 2007)
Titanic International Film Presence Festival (April 2008)
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (March 2009)

Synopsis

A fascinating documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the grueling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the world.

Children as young as eight have their unformed bodies stretched and tested to breaking point as they learn to master the most taxing feats of acrobatic grace and daring. Harsh demands are also made of teachers and parents as their proteges strive to be number one in the circus, the Chinese way.

Credits

Filmed, Edited, Produced and Directed by GUO  JING, KE  DINGDING
Producer: LAWRENCE ELMAN
Editor: GIGI WONG
Translation: DING  JUN, ALLEN MA
So und Mixer: ZHANG XIN
Colourist: XU  WEIDA
Equipment supplied by: SONG BANGYU, JIN JUN STUDIO, HUANG HUI
Technical Support: ZHANG  LIN, CHEN LIANG, FU BIN, SHI JINCHUN
Online Editors: ZHANG  LIANG, JACK  JONES
Post Production: TVC SOHO
Production Manager: JODY COLLINS
Production Assistants: LOUISE SIMPSON, OLIVIA KEETCH
Story Consultant: JEAN TSIEN
With thanks to: WANG LIN, MIN PEILIE, YAN LIN, SUN YUFENG, JIA GUANGHUA, VASHTI ARMIT
Executive Producers: NICK FRASER for BBC, METTE HOFFMANN MEYER for DR, SALLY JO FIFER for ITVS, RYOTA KOTANI for NHK, JOHN LLOYD for Drive Thru Pictures

CHILDREN OF THE CHINESE CIRCUS is a co-production of GUO  JING,  KE  DINGDING and THE ITVS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT FUND

The ITVS International Media Development Fund is made possible by The Ford Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and ther The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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