72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Show of Shows: 100 years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals

Benedikt Erlingsson
Iceland - UK      73 m.
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Benedikt Erlingsson, winner of the Kutxa-New Directors Award in 2013 for Of Horse and Men, takes us back to the days when the most outlandish, skillful and breathtaking acts traveled the world. In this film, rarities and never-before seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, freak shows, variety performances, music hall and seaside entertainment are chronicled from the 19th and 20th century with an original score by Sigur Rós.

Director
Benedikt Erlingsson
Production
Sagafilm (Iceland)
Margret Jonasdottir
Crossover Labs (United Kingdom)
Heather Croall, Mark Atkin
Edition
David Alexander Corno
Music
Georg Holm, Orri Páll Dýrason (Sigur Rós), Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Kjartan Dagur Holm
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Sales
Dogwoof
19-23 Ironmonger Row, London
EC1V 3QN
United Kingdom
Running Time
73 m.
Country
Iceland - UK
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