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Film

Balomania

Sissel Morell Dargis, Denmark, 2023

92 min.DK/Documentary

BALOMANIA takes us deep into the heart of Brazil's favelas, where a secret society of giant hot air balloon makers risk everything to create and fly their illegal masterpieces, hoping to "paint the sky" with their vibrant colors. Despite being labeled as delinquents and dangerous by the authorities, these 'baloeiros' are akin to street artists, operating in secrecy while bringing joy to their communities and evading government threats and bounty hunters.
Under the exclusive guidance of legendary ‘baloeiros’, film director Sissel shares her remarkable initiation into the balloon brotherhood, where the art of launching monumental silk paper creations becomes an act of social redemption and of collective dreaming.
Basic information Credits

Companies

Production company
Executive Producer House of Real
With support from Det Danske Filminstitut, Al Jazeera International

Direction

Direction Sissel Morell Dargis

Production

Producer Jesper Jack
Producer Marie Schmidt Olesen
Production manager Freja Delgado
Producer Sissel Morell Dargis
Co-producer Carles Brugueras
Co-producer Marieke van den Bersselaar
Executive producer Max Peltz
Producer: development Anna J. Ljungmark
Producer: development Ulrik Wivel

Cinematography

Cinematographer Sissel Morell Dargis

Editing

Editor Biel Andrés
Editor Rikke Selin
Editor Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Editor Steen Johannessen
Editor Sissel Morell Dargis

Music

Composer Aquiles Ghirelli
Composer O Novissimo Edgar

Sound

Sound designer Carlos García
Sound designer Miguel Villada
Dialogue editor Miguel Villada
Sound designer Ezequiel Pinedo Leon
Sound editor Daniel Castillo

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