AAS will not promote film festivals like the Vancouver International Film Festival. To describe the business of animals as entertainment as anything but indefensible is, thank goodness, itself becoming indefensible.

"Harris Fishman's singular documentary chronicles the lives of Ron and Joy Holiday, a pioneering exotic-cat entertainment act, who invited Chuck Lizza into their circle in 1988. An intriguing, heartbreaking and frequently funny look at expressions of love, family, identity and the glory of large felines. Buy Tickets

For nine generations the Rosaire family has fascinated audiences around the world with their legendary animal acts. But changing mores towards animals and competition for the entertainment dollar has led to a drastic downturn for the animal-friendly circus... Robin Bliley's documentary is intimate, heartbreaking and often hilarious. Director will be in attendance. Buy Tickets"