Hi guys,

It's time again for a quick news update.
We call it a wrap at the Palm Springs Film Festival, news two the international DVD releases and another award:

The Black Balloon made the "Best of the fest" list of the Palm Springs International Film Festival: http://www.psfilmfest.org/news/detail.aspx?NID=196&year=2009
Thanks to everyone who came to the screenings!

For everybody from the UK, The Black Balloon will be release on DVD February 2nd. Here a couple of links where yu can pre-order the DVD:
http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/57059/The-Black-Balloon/
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=69633 (includes a link to HMV, where you can pre-order the DVD for 5.99)

Another DVD release will be for Poland, where the The Black Balloon will hit the shelfs January 29.
http://www.stopklatka.pl/film/film.asp?fi=36648

On a last note, The Black Balloon won a Golden Tomato for the highest rated Australian film of 2008 on www.rottentomatoes.com. It's a weird name for an award, but we take them as they come;-)
http://au.rottentomatoes.com/guides/rtawards/top_au/

And for those in the US, keep an eye out for the film, we are still running in a couple of cinemas across the country and there are different one every week.

Cheers
TBB-Team