The Last Balloons
A small French town begins floating away house by house after the last balloon maker retires.
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The story
In a hill town famous for festival balloons, old Andre closes his workshop and the houses begin to rise. His granddaughter learns each balloon anchored a family memory. To keep the town on the ground, she must make one final parade before the wind carries everyone into legend.
- Original title
- Les Derniers Ballons
- Pays / région
- France · Belgique
- Genres
- Fantastique · Comédie · Drame
- Langue
- français
- Year
- 2027
- Runtime
- 83:00
- Director
- Olivier Renard
Creative process
Director, editor, rights reviewer, French dialogue editor and European festival delivery reviewer, and producer approve creative, legal, and cultural outputs.
Human-led story development, screenplay polish, casting bible, and rights review; Runway Gen-4.5 for primary cinematic plates; Google Veo 3.1 with Flow for physics, camera blocking, and alternate motion passes; Runway Aleph 2.0 for shot-level transformation and continuity fixes; Blender, Houdini, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, Pro Tools, native-language review, and C2PA export.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75 %
- Creative method
- Prises de vues réelles avec IA
- Format
- Long métrage
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- Delivery format
- 4K DCP, ProRes 4444 XQ master, H.265 review screener.
- Subtitles
- anglais · coréen · thaï · français · espagnol · allemand · arabe