Release date: 2 February 2009 Certificate: UK 15 / Eire 15 Running time: 93 minutes Official UK website: www.iconfilm.co.uk/blackballoon AWARD WINNER - THE BLACK BALLOON 50th Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards Best Film Best Direction Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor The Berlin International Film Festival Best Feature Film The Australian Writers Guild Best Original Feature Film Icon Home Entertainment presents an uplifting and compelling story of growing up, fitting in and discovering love in the critically acclaimed THE BLACK BALLOON, available to buy and rent on DVD from 2 February 2009. Winning seven awards including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards this December as well as Best Feature Film at The Berlin International Film Festival and Best Original Feature Film at The Australian Writers Guild, THE BLACK BALLOON is a poignant tale of a boy as he struggles to accept his family, which was inspired by the relatives of director Elissa Down. When Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. When his pregnant mother (Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine, About A Boy) has to take things easy, his father Simon (Erik Thomson) puts him in charge of his autistic older brother Charlie (Luke Ford - Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor). Thomas ...
Tags: Black Balloon, Australian, Elissa Down, Rhys Wakefield, Gemma Holden
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