Hurray for books! 1960.
1 print : color offset ; sheet 56 x 53 cm (poster format) | Poster shows a clown playing the tuba and juggling books.

#TheRedBalloon #BOOKWEEK #HurrayforBooks! #TommyeSandry #BookWeek #posters #american #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015647850/

Gaza Children’s Film Festival Opens With Classic French Film ‘The Red Balloon’
#Festivals #News #FromGroundZero #Gaza #GazaChildren039sFilmFestival #Palestine #RashidMasharawi #TheRedBalloon

https://deadline.com/2025/11/gaza-children-film-festival-classic-french-film-red-balloon-1236624493/

The French film director Albert Lamorisse, most famous for his 1956 short film The Red Balloon 🎈 also invented the strategic board game Risk in 1957 👀

#AlbertLamorisse #Film #Risk #BoardGame #TheRedBalloon

A24 Published a Kids Guide to Watching Movies — My Daughters Picked ‘The Red Balloon’ and ‘Cats Don’t Dance’
#IndieWire #Commentary #Features #A24 #Film #HeyKidsWatchThis #TheRedBalloon #WhereIstheFriend039sHouse

https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/a24-a-kids-guide-to-watching-movies-1235038822/

Tonight in 1961 — THE RED BALLOON made its TV debut.

The Oscar-winning 1956 short aired on CBS’s GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER…in black and white. 🎈

#FilmMastodon #TheRedBalloon

Love Is Like Oxygen (new arrangement 2024) produced by Barry Sparks, mixed by Terry Brown an all star jam. Guitar John Norum, classical guitar Andy Scott (@SweetOfficial) and many more. #TheRedBalloon (1956)

https://youtu.be/iQ-TpEm8I_g?si=qmXZllvh2pdrtSn5

Tonight in 1961 — #TheRedBalloon made its TV debut.

The Oscar-winning 1956 short aired on CBS’s GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER…in black and white. 🎈

#OnThisDay #ClassicTC #1960sTV #1960s #Nostalgia

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a #Chinese #spy device?

Don't shoot it down!

It's #TheRedBalloon, the silent, sentient title character in Albert Lamorisse's 1956 fantasy dramedy that became a global cinematic sensation.

The 34-minute classic about a #Parisian boy's interactions with said #balloon is the only short #film to have won an #Oscar in a writing category (#BestOriginalScreenplay).

Additionally, it won the #PalmedOr for short #films at the #CannesFilmFestival.

#cinema #movies