Balloon Animals

United States20257 minEnglish

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.

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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

Website
https://www.annabaumgarten.com
Contact
Anna Baumgarten
annaelizabethb@gmail.com

Meet the Artist

Anna Baumgarten

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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