Billy's Balloon

Directed by Don Hertzfeldt · 1998

A little boy's cheerful afternoon with his red balloon turns absurd when the balloon begins to attack him.

Don Hertzfeldt's hilariously cruel early classic, a Cannes-nominated masterpiece of deadpan absurdism.

Don Hertzfeldt's final student film, BILLY'S BALLOON was shot on 16mm at UC Santa Barbara in 1998. It was nominated for the Short Film Palm D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival the following year and won the Grand Prize at t

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