BALOMANIA is a Danish-Spanish co-production between House of Real & Polar Star Films // Produced by Marie Schmidt Olesen (Northern Souls) & Jesper Jack (House of Real)

In BALOMANIA, a secret society of giant hot air balloon makers in Brazil's favelas risk everything to create and fly their illegal masterpieces. Dubbed as delinquents, these 'baloeiros' operate underground like street artists, bringing joy to their communities while evading government threats and bounty hunters. Director Sissel shares her initiation into the balloon brotherhood, where launching silk paper creations becomes an act of social redemption and collective dreaming.

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Director/Writer/DoP Sissel Morell Dargis // Editors Biel Andrés, Isabela Monteiro de Castro, Rikke Selin Als & Steen Johannessen // Sound Design Carlos E. García // Producers Jesper Jack & Marie Schmidt Olesen // Co-producers Carles Brugueras & Marieke van den Bersselaar // Associate producer Martin Marquet // Executive Producer Max Peltz

Animation producer Lise Uldbjerg Jørgensen & JA Film // Colourist Pepin // Trailer editor Louis Laursen // Poster Sam’s Myth

Funded by the Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond & ICEC Catalan fund in association with Al Jazeera Media, Cavendish, DR, SVT, VGTV