Lise Pedersen New York-based doc specialist Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired “Balomania,” which will have its world premiere in the main competition at leading European doc fest CPH:DOX on March 15.
Variety is debuting the trailer (below). “Balomania” is Danish filmmaker Sissel Morell Dargis’ debut feature and will join Cargo’s lineup of award-contending non-fiction including SXSW and TUBI Original “Satan Wants You” and Academy Award-shortlisted film “Hidden Letters.” “Like one of the balloon chasers in ‘Balomania,’ we’ve been tracking Sissel Morell Dargis’ film through its production, and now we’re thrilled to be partnering with House of Real and Polar Star Films.
We expect this title to fly high throughout the world, and we think audiences will love this soaring, personal exploration of an underground art form,” said Cargo Film & Releasing vice president Daniel Cantagallo.
Shot over more than a decade and narrated by Dargis in perfect Portuguese, the film tells the story of a secret society of giant hot air balloon makers and chasers in Brazil’s favelas, the “baloeiros,” who risk everything to create, fly and hunt their illegal masterpieces, some of which are over 70 meters (230 feet) high and require more than 100 men to be launched into the air.
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