Cirque du Cambodia

05/08/2026

We are thrilled that the Ottawa Festival du Cirque will screen our film on May 23. If you know anyone in Ottawa, you don't want to miss the chance to see our award-winning documentary, with a perfect circus-loving crowd cheering and whooping it up from the seats.

Much of the film takes place in Canada, so this is a perfect venue for a great screening. Some of the people in the film are likely at this festival!

Although it's not the same, of course, you can also always watch it at home, here: https://linktr.ee/cirqueducambodia

https://www.ottawacircusfestival.com/

The Ottawa Circus Festival is a celebration of creativity, skill, and connection. Providing a diverse and inclusive environment, we offer a professional space for world-class performances, competitions, and workshops dedicated to the technical excellence and artistic growth of aerial and circus arti...

04/20/2026

Five years ago, Cirque du Cambodia won the Jury Prize at the inaugural Circus International Film Festival (CIFF) — and it meant the world to us. The film was finished right at the height of the pandemic, with festivals in flux everywhere, so CIFF was one of the first real opportunities for audiences to see it. After a decade of making it, that recognition from the circus community felt incredible. We thought the film came out great, but we were clearly biased.

This year's CIFF is now underway, and if you want to check out the latest crop of circus films, head over to their page! And in a lovely twist — Cirque du Cambodia director Joel Gershon is now one of the jurors for this year's festival. Full circle! 🎪

10/08/2025

Cirque du Cambodia sequel In the works?

Could be called: “Son of Cirque du Cambodia” 💓🙏😊

08/12/2025

We are honored that our film about two from who dreamed of performing with will be screened tomorrow in Melbourne, Australia to benefit ! The benefit will also feature a remote Q&A with director Joel Gershon.

Wateraid is looking to raise critical funds for water projects in rural communities in Cambodia, so this is a great cause that affects the kinds of communities featured in the film.

If you or anyone you know is , send them the QR code for more info. And if your organization or company wants to screen our award-winning inspirational documentary film, please get in touch!!

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04/02/2025

The Illinois college tour for the film continues tonight with a screening at the Spurlock Museum in Urbana-Champaign at 6 PM Tomorrow the screening will take place the Jaime Escalante Room at the Vrooman Center at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Hope some Normal people and not-so-normal people make it!

03/31/2025

Hey everyone, this is not an April Fools Day joke, we have three screenings this week on a mini-Illinois college tour. On April 1st we will show the film at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois, on April 2 at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) at the Spurlock Museum, and April 3 in Bloomington at Illinois State University ... with filmmaker Joel Gershon on hand for each. If you are in the middle of Illinois, come see our film this week!

03/29/2025

We have some super news! The film is embarking on a mini-midwest college tour on April 1-3, at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Illinois State University and Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois with filmmaker Joel Gershon on hand. If you are in the area or know anyone in Normal tell them to come see a movie that is anything but normal!


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03/29/2025

We have sone super news! The film is embarking on a mini-midwest college tour on April 1-3, at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Illinois State University and Heartland Community College with filmmaker Joel Gershon on hand. If you are in the area or know anyone in Normal, Illinois tell them to come see a movie that is anything but normal!

For more info check out www.cirqueducambodia.com
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12/27/2024

Seasons greetings and happy holidays from Cirque du Cambodia, and we have great news ... in 2024, WE GOT INTO COLLEGE!
(College libraries, that is)

That's right, after the film was shown at the annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies, it spurred a host of orders from college libraries wishing to procure the film for their collections! The film is now permanently available at the libraries of University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas, University of Hawaii, Indiana University, Rice University, American University, James Madison University, University of Wisconsin and more.

The academic circuit continues with a mini-midwest college tour in a few months on April 1-3, 2025, as the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Illinois State University and Heartland Community College have invited filmmaker Joel Gershon to speak at several on-campus screenings of the film. If you have a connection to the academic world, we would love to have the film procured in more university libraries and to set up more campus screenings.

If you’ve already seen the film, we hope you’ll recommend it to others and perhaps watch it again this holiday season! Here's the link for the streaming options, including Amazon Prime and a free (with ads) option on Tubi: https://linktr.ee/cirqueducambodia

Otherwise, we hope you flip into the new year with grace and style!!

Best to you,

Joel Gershon
Director, Cirque du Cambodia

The real life story of two dreamers who ran away to join the biggest circus in the world

07/24/2024

Film Screening Alert!! Our award-winning will be showing this Thursday, July 25 at 7 pm in the lovely area of Vermont and director (Joel Gershon)will be on hand for a Q&A afterwards. It will be at the beautiful in .
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It’s the third time our film will be shown in the . . . Maybe it’s the three songs on the soundtrack that makes our film so popular there!
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The film tells the real life story of two Cambodians from a rural village who went to a special school for the arts near their home and learned to become amazing circus performers. They got to be so good at circus they went on a multi-year quest around the world to Montreal to realize their : to be the first from their country to take the stage with .
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Shout out to the kind folks at who helped get this screening going. Hope to see you there on Thursday!!
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