英文片名：Circus School

    中文片名：马戏学校

　　制片国和地区：中国

    制片公司：上海文广新闻传

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　　提名奖项：最佳社会类纪录片

　　片介：

　　这是一个有关竞争和生存的故事。马戏是中国的国粹。它在中国存在了上千年。本片讲述了一群孩子在成为职业马戏演员前的艰苦经历。飞人组和倒立组的孩子为了参加全国比赛，正在经历艰苦的训练。然而，在巨大的压力下他们却有完全不同的结局。飞人组的孩子们在经历种种麻烦后英雄般地获得冠军。倒立组却因为厌倦而放弃比赛。同时十三岁的蔡勇正在同自己的体重艰难地竞争。屡次退缩后，他惊人地完成了第一次完美演出。

　　This is a story about competition and survival. Acrobatics is considered as the national quintessence of China. It has existed on this land for over a thousand years. This film relates the hard experiences of a group of children before they become acrobats. The Flying Trapeze Group and Handstand Group are training hard for the national contest. Under the same immense pressure, however, they end up differently. Children of the trapeze group win the championship heroically after conquering a number of difficulties. The handstand group gives up the contest because of the training fatigue. Meanwhile thirteen-year-old Cai Yong is engaged in a life and death battle against his own weight. After a few shrinks, to everybody’s surprise, he gives a perfect first performance..