No Elephant in the Room

Poland, Romania2022documentary76'Konkurs polski (2023)

When a new law banning circus shows featuring animals enters into force, Adi and Mioara, animal trainers in a Bucharest circus, must come up with an idea of how to make their shows more attractive so that they do not lose their audience. A world-famous circus director arrives at Romania from as far as Las Vegas in order to help. Within a few months the troupe must adapt to the novel artistic vision, which will require them to learn new acrobatic tricks and tasks they have not performed so far. The ambition of the new troupe instructor, who collaborated with world-famous Cirque du Soleil among others, is to create the most remarkable circus performance in this part of Europe.