Red Balloon (2010)

Directed by

Alexis Wajsbrot

Genre

horror

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

13 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short thriller based on the clown statue urban legend. It follows a character confronted by a menacing red balloon that hints at a hidden threat.

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What happens

Red Balloon is a 13-minute thriller short film directed by Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien Mace. It is adapted from the "clown statue" urban legend. The movie was nominated to numerous festivals (including Festival international de Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Festival International Du Film Fantastique de Gerardmer, Festival De Cannes Short Film Corner. It recently won the Directorial Discovery Award at Rhodes Island Horror film Festival, and was sold to the TV channels Arte TV and Egoist TV. Red Balloon was released online on Vimeo and Dailymotion on 22 July 2011. It reached more than 100,000 views in a week. Red Balloon has now been seen more than 2 million times with over 1.5 million on this YouTube release. The directors, Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien Mace are working in post-production visual effects and Red Balloon is their directorial debut. Red Balloon was shot with RedCam 4K, it includes challenging CG shots present in the trailer, with a team of 30 professionals including Jean Clement Soret for the grading (Danny Boyle's colorist). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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