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. The director shares her initiation into the balloon brotherhood, where launching silk paper creations becomes an act of social redemption and collective dreaming.
Presented at the CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel film festivals.
Título original: Balomania
Ano: 2024
Classificação: 16
Duração: 93 min.
Gênero: Documentary
País: Denmark, Spain
Tags: Denmark, Spain, international film festivals, documentary, females directors, social portrait
Cor: cor
Direção: Sissel Morell Dargis
Fotografia: Sissel Morell Dargis
Montagem: Biel Andrés, Isabel Monteiro de Castro, Rikke Selin Als, Steen Johannessen
Produtor: Marie Schmidt Olesen, Jesper Jack, Carles Brugueras, Marieke van den Bersselaar
Produção: House of Real, Polar Star Films
Música: Akiles, Novissimo Edgar
World Sales: Cargo Film & Releasing
E-mail: [email protected]