Two Balloons

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Two Balloons
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Film poster
Directed by Mark Smith
Written byMark Smith
CinematographyReijean Heringlake
Music by Peter Broderick
Distributed by Ouat Media [1]
Release date
  • October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)
Running time
9 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States

Two Balloons is a 2017 stop-motion animated short film written and directed by Mark Smith. [3] The film premiered at the 2017 Foyle Film Festival. [4]

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Summary

The film is about two adventurous lemurs that navigate their airships halfway around the world, to a place where happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion. [5]

Accolades

YearPresenter/FestivalAward/CategoryStatus
2018 Tribeca Film Festival Best Animated ShortNominated [6]
Toronto International Film Festival Adult Jury Award
Best Animated Short		Won [7]
Animafest Zagreb Jury Award
Special Mention		Won [8]
Ale Kino! Marcinek
Best Short Film		Won [9]
Flickerfest Best International Short FilmNominated [10]
Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Award
Best Animated Short		Won [11]
Austin Film Festival Animated ShortNominated [12]
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival International CompetitionNominated [13]
Hamptons International Film Festival Best ShortNominated [14]
Rhode Island International Film Festival First Prize
Best Short Animation		Won [15]
Port Townsend Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Animation Short Narrative		Won [16]
Fantasia International Film Festival Best Short FilmNominated [17]
2019 Long Island International Film Expo Best Animation - Stop MotionWon [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Catalogue". Ouat Media. Ouat Media. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Two Balloons". Fantasia Festival. Fantasia International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ↑ LePire, Bobby. "Two Balloons". Film Threat. Film Threat. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "A Stop-Motion Team Effort Brings 'Two Balloons' to Life". Animation Magazine. Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Two Balloons (Short 2017_". IMDb. IMDb. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Cox, Gordon. "Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2018 Short Film Slate (Full List)". Variety. Variety. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Toronto International Film Festival". VIMOOZ. VIMOOZ. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "The winners of the 28th World Festival of Animated Film - AnimafestZagreb 2018". Animafest Zagreb. Animafest Zagreb. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Pogrzebny, Rafał. "The 36th International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! has been decided". Dzieje. Dzieje Portal Historyczny. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "FLICKERFEST 2018 Full Program" (PDF). Flickerfest. Flickerfest. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Maverick Award Winners Announced". Woodstock Film Festival. Woodstock Film Festival. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "2018 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule". Austin Film Festival. Austin Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Two Balloons: A stop-motion short between love and travel". drm.am. drm.am. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "Film Guide". Hamptons International Film Festival. Hamptons International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "RIIFF Awards: 2018 Film Festival Award Winners Announced on Sunday, August 12th". Film-Festival org. Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  16. ↑ Urbani de la Paz, Diane. "Port Townsend Film Festival audiences shower love on 'Mount Kennedy,' 'Last Suit'". Peninsula Daily News. Peninsula Daily News + Sound Publishing, Inc. + Black Press Media. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "Fantasia International Film Festival 2018". eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com. Eye For Film. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "Long Island International Film Expo Announces Award Winners at Closing Event". BroadwayWorld. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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