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Balloon Animals

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United States20257 minEnglish
Balloon Animals

Two grocery store employees have an unexpected, helium-fueled encounter with a late-night customer.

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Two grocery store employees have an unexpected, helium-fueled encounter with a late-night customer.

Short Film Program 5Short Film ProgramAll ShortsWomen-Centered StoriesFictionClosed CaptionU.S. Only- less

Screening Times

This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Anna Baumgarten

  • Screenwriter

    Anna Baumgarten

  • Producer

    Katy Wicker

  • Executive Producer

    Clarissa Baumgarten

  • Director of Photography

    Sevag Chahinian

  • Editor

    Kevin Birou

  • Sound Design/Mix

    David Fienup

  • Sound

    Fiona Gaye

  • Production Design

    Becca Hernandez

  • Costume Design

    Monica Geraffo

  • Hair & Makeup

    Jessica Cohen

  • Colorist

    Aleks Ver

  • Principal Cast

    Angela Giarratana

    Izzi Rojas

    Kelsi Roberts

  • Contact

    Anna Baumgarten

    annaelizabethb@gmail.com

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Anna Baumgarten

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Hailing from Michigan, Anna Baumgarten is a Los Angeles–based writer, director, and speaker who tells heartwarming, heart-wrenching stories. Her Austin Film Festival Jury Award–winning feature, Disfluency, is now available (Amazon Prime Video, Kanopy). She is a Short to Feature Lab and US in Progress alum. Baumgarten’s dark comedy Balloon Animals is her Sundance Film Festival debut.

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