Two Balloons | |
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Directed by | Mark Smith |
Written by | Mark Smith |
Cinematography | Reijean Heringlake |
Music by | Peter Broderick |
Distributed by | Ouat Media [1] |
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Running time | 9 minutes [2] |
Country | United 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]
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]
Year | Presenter/Festival | Award/Category | Status |
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2018 | Tribeca Film Festival | Best Animated Short | Nominated [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 Film | Nominated [10] | |
Woodstock Film Festival | Maverick Award Best Animated Short | Won [11] | |
Austin Film Festival | Animated Short | Nominated [12] | |
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | International Competition | Nominated [13] | |
Hamptons International Film Festival | Best Short | Nominated [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 Film | Nominated [17] | |
2019 | Long Island International Film Expo | Best Animation - Stop Motion | Won [18] |