Two Balloons

{{Infobox film

| name = Two Balloons

| image = Two Balloons (2017 film) poster.jpg

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| caption = Film poster

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| director = Mark Smith

| producer =

| writer = Mark Smith

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| story =

| based_on =

| starring =

| narrator =

| music = Peter Broderick

| cinematography = Reijean Heringlake

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| distributor = Ouat Media{{cite web |title=Catalogue |url=http://www.ouatmedia.com/two-balloons/ |website=Ouat Media |publisher=Ouat Media |accessdate=23 December 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223175816/http://www.ouatmedia.com/two-balloons/ |archivedate=23 December 2018}}

| released = {{Film date|2017|10|30}}

| runtime = 9 minutes{{cite web |title=Two Balloons |url=https://fantasiafestival.com/en/films/two-balloons |website=Fantasia Festival |publisher=Fantasia International Film Festival |accessdate=23 December 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223174519/https://fantasiafestival.com/en/films/two-balloons |archivedate=23 December 2018}}

| country = United States

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Two Balloons is a 2017 stop-motion animated short film written and directed by Mark Smith.{{cite web|last1=LePire|first1=Bobby|title=Two Balloons|url=http://filmthreat.com/reviews/two-balloons/|website=Film Threat|publisher=Film Threat|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505153124/http://filmthreat.com/reviews/two-balloons/|archive-date=5 May 2018|df=dmy-all}} The film premiered at the 2017 Foyle Film Festival.{{cite web|title=A Stop-Motion Team Effort Brings 'Two Balloons' to Life|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/a-stop-motion-team-effort-brings-two-balloons-to-life/|website=Animation Magazine|publisher=Animation Magazine|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505161102/http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/a-stop-motion-team-effort-brings-two-balloons-to-life/|archive-date=5 May 2018|df=dmy-all}}

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.{{cite web |title=Two Balloons (Short 2017_ |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7350536/ |website=IMDb |publisher=IMDb |access-date=5 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241205030148/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7350536/ |archive-date=5 December 2024}}

Accolades

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Year ! Presenter/Festival ! Award/Category ! Status
rowspan="16" \| 2018 \| Tribeca Film Festival \| Best Animated Short \|{{nominated}}{{cite web\|last1=Cox\|first1=Gordon\|title=Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2018 Short Film Slate (Full List)\|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-shorts-2018-1202724992/\|website=Variety\|publisher=Variety\|accessdate=6 May 2018\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506213323/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-shorts-2018-1202724992/\|archivedate=May 6, 2018}}
Toronto International Film Festival \| Adult Jury Award Best Animated Short \|{{Won}}{{cite web\|title=Toronto International Film Festival\|url=https://www.vimooz.com/2018/03/19/2018-tiff-kids-international-film-festival-award-winners/\|website=VIMOOZ\|publisher=VIMOOZ\|accessdate=6 May 2018\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506204620/https://www.vimooz.com/2018/03/19/2018-tiff-kids-international-film-festival-award-winners/\|archivedate=May 6, 2018}}
Animafest Zagreb \| Jury Award Special Mention \|{{Won}}{{cite web \|title=The winners of the 28th World Festival of Animated Film - AnimafestZagreb 2018 \|url=http://www.animafest.hr/en/2018/news/read/the_winners_of_the_28th_world_festival_of_animated_film_animafest_zagreb_2018 \|website=Animafest Zagreb \|publisher=Animafest Zagreb \|accessdate=16 September 2018 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916014121/http://www.animafest.hr/en/2018/news/read/the_winners_of_the_28th_world_festival_of_animated_film_animafest_zagreb_2018 \|archivedate=16 September 2018}}
Ale Kino! \| Marcinek Best Short Film \|{{Won}}{{cite web \|last1=Pogrzebny \|first1=Rafał \|title=The 36th International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! has been decided. \|url=https://dzieje.pl/filmy/rozstrzygnieto-36-miedzynarodowy-festiwal-filmow-mlodego-widza-ale-kino \|website=Dzieje \|publisher=Dzieje Portal Historyczny \|access-date=6 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241206044101/https://dzieje.pl/filmy/rozstrzygnieto-36-miedzynarodowy-festiwal-filmow-mlodego-widza-ale-kino \|archive-date=6 December 2024}}
Flickerfest \| Best International Short Film \|{{Nominated}}{{cite web \|title=FLICKERFEST 2018 Full Program \|url=https://flickerfest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FLiCKERFEST-2018-full-program-6MB.pdf \|website=Flickerfest \|publisher=Flickerfest \|access-date=6 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241206042033/https://flickerfest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FLiCKERFEST-2018-full-program-6MB.pdf \|archive-date=6 December 2024 \|page=32}}
Woodstock Film Festival \| Maverick Award Best Animated Short \|{{Won}}{{cite web \|title=Maverick Award Winners Announced \|url=https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2018-maverick-award-winners \|website=Woodstock Film Festival \|publisher=Woodstock Film Festival \|access-date=5 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241205022041/https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2018-maverick-award-winners \|archive-date=5 December 2024}}
Austin Film Festival \| Animated Short \|{{Nominated}}{{cite web \|title=2018 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule \|url=https://2018austinfilmfestivalandco.sched.com/event/Gx2Q \|website=Austin Film Festival \|publisher=Austin Film Festival \|access-date=7 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241207043433/https://2018austinfilmfestivalandco.sched.com/event/Gx2Q \|archive-date=7 December 2024}}
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival \| International Competition \| {{Nominated}}{{cite web \|title=Two Balloons: A stop-motion short between love and travel \|url=https://www.drm.am/2018/04/20/two-balloons-stop-motion-short-love-travel/ \|website=drm.am \|publisher=drm.am \|access-date=7 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241207050528/https://www.drm.am/2018/04/20/two-balloons-stop-motion-short-love-travel/ \|archive-date=7 December 2024}}
Hamptons International Film Festival \| Best Short \| {{Nominated}}{{cite web \|title=Film Guide \|url=https://filmguide.hamptonsfilmfest.org/events/two-balloons/ \|website=Hamptons International Film Festival \|publisher=Hamptons International Film Festival \|access-date=8 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208053006/https://filmguide.hamptonsfilmfest.org/events/two-balloons/ \|archive-date=8 December 2024}}
Rhode Island International Film Festival \| First Prize Best Short Animation \| {{Won}}{{cite web \|title=RIIFF Awards: 2018 Film Festival Award Winners Announced on Sunday, August 12th \|url=http://www.film-festival.org/award18.php \|website=Film-Festival org \|publisher=Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) \|access-date=8 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208054210/http://www.film-festival.org/award18.php \|archive-date=8 December 2024}}
Port Townsend Film Festival \| Special Jury Prize Animation Short Narrative \| {{Won}}{{cite web \|last1=Urbani de la Paz \|first1=Diane \|title=Port Townsend Film Festival audiences shower love on ‘Mount Kennedy,’ ‘Last Suit’ \|url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-townsend-film-festival-audiences-shower-love-on-mount-kennedy-last-suit/ \|website=Peninsula Daily News \|publisher=Peninsula Daily News + Sound Publishing, Inc. + Black Press Media \|access-date=8 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208212918/https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-townsend-film-festival-audiences-shower-love-on-mount-kennedy-last-suit/ \|archive-date=8 December 2024}}
Fantasia International Film Festival \| Best Short Film \| {{Nominated}}{{cite web \|title=Fantasia International Film Festival 2018 \|url=https://www.eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com/festivals/fantasia/2018 \|website=eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com \|publisher=Eye For Film \|access-date=8 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208060918/https://www.eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com/festivals/fantasia/2018 \|archive-date=8 December 2024}}

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Year

! Presenter/Festival

! Award/Category

! Status

rowspan="16" | 2018

| Tribeca Film Festival

| Best Animated Short

|{{nominated}}{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Gordon|title=Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2018 Short Film Slate (Full List)|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-shorts-2018-1202724992/|website=Variety|publisher=Variety|accessdate=6 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506213323/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-shorts-2018-1202724992/|archivedate=May 6, 2018}}

Toronto International Film Festival

| Adult Jury Award
Best Animated Short

|{{Won}}{{cite web|title=Toronto International Film Festival|url=https://www.vimooz.com/2018/03/19/2018-tiff-kids-international-film-festival-award-winners/|website=VIMOOZ|publisher=VIMOOZ|accessdate=6 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506204620/https://www.vimooz.com/2018/03/19/2018-tiff-kids-international-film-festival-award-winners/|archivedate=May 6, 2018}}

Animafest Zagreb

| Jury Award
Special Mention

|{{Won}}{{cite web |title=The winners of the 28th World Festival of Animated Film - AnimafestZagreb 2018 |url=http://www.animafest.hr/en/2018/news/read/the_winners_of_the_28th_world_festival_of_animated_film_animafest_zagreb_2018 |website=Animafest Zagreb |publisher=Animafest Zagreb |accessdate=16 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916014121/http://www.animafest.hr/en/2018/news/read/the_winners_of_the_28th_world_festival_of_animated_film_animafest_zagreb_2018 |archivedate=16 September 2018}}

Ale Kino!

| Marcinek
Best Short Film

|{{Won}}{{cite web |last1=Pogrzebny |first1=Rafał |title=The 36th International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! has been decided. |url=https://dzieje.pl/filmy/rozstrzygnieto-36-miedzynarodowy-festiwal-filmow-mlodego-widza-ale-kino |website=Dzieje |publisher=Dzieje Portal Historyczny |access-date=6 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241206044101/https://dzieje.pl/filmy/rozstrzygnieto-36-miedzynarodowy-festiwal-filmow-mlodego-widza-ale-kino |archive-date=6 December 2024}}

Flickerfest

| Best International Short Film

|{{Nominated}}{{cite web |title=FLICKERFEST 2018 Full Program |url=https://flickerfest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FLiCKERFEST-2018-full-program-6MB.pdf |website=Flickerfest |publisher=Flickerfest |access-date=6 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241206042033/https://flickerfest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FLiCKERFEST-2018-full-program-6MB.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2024 |page=32}}

Woodstock Film Festival

| Maverick Award
Best Animated Short

|{{Won}}{{cite web |title=Maverick Award Winners Announced |url=https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2018-maverick-award-winners |website=Woodstock Film Festival |publisher=Woodstock Film Festival |access-date=5 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241205022041/https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2018-maverick-award-winners |archive-date=5 December 2024}}

Austin Film Festival

| Animated Short

|{{Nominated}}{{cite web |title=2018 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule |url=https://2018austinfilmfestivalandco.sched.com/event/Gx2Q |website=Austin Film Festival |publisher=Austin Film Festival |access-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241207043433/https://2018austinfilmfestivalandco.sched.com/event/Gx2Q |archive-date=7 December 2024}}

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

| International Competition

| {{Nominated}}{{cite web |title=Two Balloons: A stop-motion short between love and travel |url=https://www.drm.am/2018/04/20/two-balloons-stop-motion-short-love-travel/ |website=drm.am |publisher=drm.am |access-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241207050528/https://www.drm.am/2018/04/20/two-balloons-stop-motion-short-love-travel/ |archive-date=7 December 2024}}

Hamptons International Film Festival

| Best Short

| {{Nominated}}{{cite web |title=Film Guide |url=https://filmguide.hamptonsfilmfest.org/events/two-balloons/ |website=Hamptons International Film Festival |publisher=Hamptons International Film Festival |access-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208053006/https://filmguide.hamptonsfilmfest.org/events/two-balloons/ |archive-date=8 December 2024}}

Rhode Island International Film Festival

| First Prize
Best Short Animation

| {{Won}}{{cite web |title=RIIFF Awards: 2018 Film Festival Award Winners Announced on Sunday, August 12th |url=http://www.film-festival.org/award18.php |website=Film-Festival org |publisher=Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) |access-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208054210/http://www.film-festival.org/award18.php |archive-date=8 December 2024}}

Port Townsend Film Festival

| Special Jury Prize
Animation Short Narrative

| {{Won}}{{cite web |last1=Urbani de la Paz |first1=Diane |title=Port Townsend Film Festival audiences shower love on ‘Mount Kennedy,’ ‘Last Suit’ |url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-townsend-film-festival-audiences-shower-love-on-mount-kennedy-last-suit/ |website=Peninsula Daily News |publisher=Peninsula Daily News + Sound Publishing, Inc. + Black Press Media |access-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208212918/https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-townsend-film-festival-audiences-shower-love-on-mount-kennedy-last-suit/ |archive-date=8 December 2024}}

Fantasia International Film Festival

| Best Short Film

| {{Nominated}}{{cite web |title=Fantasia International Film Festival 2018 |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com/festivals/fantasia/2018 |website=eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com |publisher=Eye For Film |access-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241208060918/https://www.eyeforfilm.opalstacked.com/festivals/fantasia/2018 |archive-date=8 December 2024}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|tt7350536|Two Balloons}} https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7350536/

Category:2017 animated short films

Category:2017 films

Category:2010s stop-motion animated films

Category:American animated short films