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The Black Balloon

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Short Films

2011 | 21 min | Short Narrative

Directed by: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie

USA
http://www.redbucketfilms.com/Black%20Balloon.html

Cast & Credits

Screenwriters: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
Producers: Sam Lisenco, Andy Spade
Cast: Larry Sloman, Eleonore Hendricks, Mustafa Bekiroglu, Kennon Bltut, William Skinner, Francesca Laprelle

Program Notes

When one hundred balloons are accidentally released into the wild New York City sky, one lone black balloon manages to escape. Keeping company with the city’s complicated humans, it longs for its own kind. Winner of Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Jury Prize.

About the Director

Josh and Benny Safdie were born and raised in New York, under the eye of their father’s Super 8 camera, with which he persisted in filming them. Their films have played in festivals around the world. They have recently collaborated on writing this bio.



Fri, Oct 05, 11:15AM
UA East Hampton Theater 6
Sun, Oct 07, 3:15PM
UA East Hampton Theater 6