By RONNIE SCHEIB “Nostalgia pervades “Carny,” Alison Murray’s panoramic study of a small-time traveling carnival and its motley denizens. By turns lyrically impressionistic and casually scruffy, the docu evokes the many moods of the midway while limning the marginal existences of those who call it home. Long attracted to misfits on the fringes of “normal” society, be they rail-hopping hobos (”Train on the Brain”) or street kids (”Mouth to Mouth”), director Murray accords her subjects their full measure of dignity, pathos and absurdity. Evocative winner of the Brooklyn fest’s docu prize could prove a sideshow attraction on cable.”

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On June 8, CARNY was presented with the Diane Seligman Award for Best Documentary at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Cinematographer Virginia Lee Hunter was on hand to accept the award at the closing festivities of the 11th edition of the Brooklyn International Film Festival. The award includes a $5000 cash prize, a Lowel portable film lighting kit and … a coveted Chameleon statuette!

Tell your NYC friends. CARNY has it’s New York premiere at BIFF coming up in June. The last Alison Murray film to play Brooklyn (Mouth to Mouth in 2005) took home an award for Best Feature and the Grand Chameleon Award for Best Film in the Fest. CARNY plays twice at the…

Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215  

10:00 pm | Sunday June 1 | Brooklyn Lyceum
2:00 pm | Sunday June 8 | Brooklyn Lyceum

Check www.wbff.org for venue and ticket details. 

Train on the Brain, May 13 at 7 pm
Carny, May 13 at 9:30 pm w live music from Don Kerr’s Carnival Orchestra
Mouth to Mouth, May 14 at 7 pm
Carny - Repeat screening, May 15 at 7 pm

The Royal is at 608 College in Toronto’s Little Italy