Jimmy Ferguson's Reel

Trailer for the film, 'Mon Rêve Familier', a 15 min short shot on 2-perf 35mm. Premiered at The Newport Beach Film Festival, 2009; receiving highest ratings of all films on the festival website. A circus performer recalls a doomed passion in this stunningly captivating visual piece. The images and words of the woman he loved haunt him as she eludes him in a sensual dance. - The film, like Verlaine’s poem, becomes a subtle study evoking the mystery of love and of loss.

His truth? His fiction? ... In this exciting new hybrid docu-fiction feature, a legendary circus performer stars in his own fantastical story. - Carlos' reality is shattered when he loses the woman he loves along with his world-famous circus act. ... Can he, from his despair, rediscover himself as the fabled knight Don Quixote?