A small traveling circus from Hanoi arrives at a village struck down by famine, trying to sell magic and dreams.

Rolling into the village: Circus Hein. Angelika Andrees is interested in the individual acts presented in the ring, but even more in what happens before and afterwards. Or what the audience look like from below, when various bottoms are squashed on the wooden benches. Sometimes there’s clacking and knocking, or the pattering of rain, and in the end, Bob Dylan sings. “Travelling Circus” was made when Andrees was still at the Babelsberg Film Academy. She experiments with different elements, switches tones and thus captures the moods crystallising around the travelling attraction. A portrait emerges, without commentary and with very few, short interview sequences.

Seven year old Toby has a complete circus to run. While challenging, there's lots of fun involved.

Committed to the passion that as a child pushed him to flee home, Nigua is determined to carry out the project of his life: Creating his own circus.