Ariel Neema Blake

After running around the city all day, Mandy finally realizes something a little too late.

For one night only, a raggedy group of circus performers are upended by a train crash and stranded in Walpole, Maine. In “Circus 196977,” a mysterious documentarian encounters the group in a large barn and tracks their medley of song and dance. The film features avant-garde dance sequences paired with varied pieces of pop music in-between spoken interludes from each of the performers. Filmed in the dead of the night, the film bridges elements of an eerie found-footage style horror film with a uniquely choreographed performance piece.

After her divisive debut feature, Anne, an up-and-coming filmmaker, sets out to make her sophomore film, In Memory of Anne Heche. But as scenes go awry, actors drop out, and her prickly friendship with her lead actress becomes increasingly toxic, Anne employs questionable tactics in an attempt to save her movie.