Clown Children

An ordinary day in the life of two brothers, earning their living by juggling oranges and throwing cartwheels between cars and heavy exhaust at a crossroads in Guatemala City.

Jannicke Systad-Jacobsen

Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (b.1975) has studied film directing with focus on documentaries at FAMU – The National Filmschool of the Czech Republic and London International Film School . She has also studied Dramaturgy/Drama and Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo .

Filmography:

1998: Nothing to Hide (graduation film LIFS)
2001: A Little Red Dot
2002: The Stamp and the Lighthouse
2003: War on Paranoia
2005: Sandman - The Story of a Socialist Superman (TV documentary);
The Clown Children



Photos: Norwegian Film Institute

Original title: Klovnebarna

Director: Jannicke Systad-Jacobsen

Length: 6 min.

Country: Norway / Guatemala