---
title: 'The Black Balloon (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elissa Down'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-balloon-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865297/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Balloon (2008)

2008 · 97 min · Drama, Romance · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Black Balloon is a 2008 Australian comedy-drama film starring Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward as well as a cast of newcomers. It is directed by first-time feature film director, Elissa Down.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette), [Tristam Miall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tristam-miall)
- **Director:** [Elissa Down](https://cinepixo.com/people/elissa-down)
- **Screenplay:** [Elissa Down](https://cinepixo.com/people/elissa-down)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Yezerski](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-yezerski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Denson Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/denson-baker)
- **Editor:** [Veronika Jenet](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronika-jenet)

## Cast

- [Erik Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-thomson) as Simon Mollison
- [Luke Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-ford) as Charlie Mollison
- [Firass Dirani](https://cinepixo.com/people/firass-dirani)
- [Rhys Wakefield](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-wakefield) as Thomas Mollison
- [Gemma Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/gemma-ward) as Jackie Masters
- [Ryan Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-clark)
- [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette) as Maggie Mollison

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