Narrative BuildingBridges - A slackline between two hot air balloons changes lives

High above the sacred Navajo land of Monument Valley, two hot air balloons float, circling each other as if in a dance. One carries the German flag, the other that of the United States. A closer look reveals that the balloons are not only tethered together, but that a person is walking on this thin, connecting line.
This is the sight that the protagonist of the short film #buildingbridges beholds, as he steps out of his humble Utah home and looks up at the sky. An old and lonely man, he finds his own courage through the actions of these strangers.
This balancing act in movie form by the young creative agency One Inch Dreams was commissioned by the German Embassy as a tribute to German-American friendship.
Directed, Edited & Written by JOHANNES OLSZEWSKI
Produced by MIRKO PROHASKA & JOHANNES OLSZEWSKI
Director of Photography FELIX REICHERT
B Camera Operator & Animation VALENTIN RAPP
Production Designer BARBARA PEISL
CAST
Pilot of German ballon TIM TAYLOR
Pilot of American Ballon ZACHARY BRAMBLE
Hitchhiker Girl BARBARA PEISL
Hitchhiker Boy LEVI ALLEN
CREW
Production Supervisor LISA GHIO
Production Assistant ALEXANDER SCHULZ
Property Master RONNY BIARD
A Camera First Assistant - JOHANNES ZENK
B Camera First Assistant - CARL VINKEN
Aerial Director of Photography - STEVE WINTER
Making-of - LEVI ALLEN
Key Grip & Rigging MARINUS SPATZIER
Location manager SISCO ORVILLE
Aviation Coordinator CLEMENS AUGUSTIN
Helicopter Pilot ALAN SISSON
Horse Wrangler DOROTHY BIGMAN
Graphic design and Illustration ANNA MAXWELL
Supervising Sound Editor CLEMENS BECKER (BEATSUITE.DE)
Colorist ANDI LAUTIL (ARRI)
General translation LUISA BUELLESBACH
Additional Screenplay by ARNO VAN LOO, LUISA BUELLESBACH
Wunderbar Together
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Goethe-Institut
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Auswärtiges Amt
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Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.
www.bdi.eu
ARRI
www.arri.com
quadratkollektiv
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Q
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Matchstick Productions
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Goulding's Lodge
www.gouldings.com
Junghans
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FUJIFILM
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mLogic
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Archiware
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