"Balloon: Movie Commemorative Edition" Author: Wanma Caidan Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House

Balloon (film commemorative edition) is a book published at the same time as the film Balloon directed by Wangma Caidan. The film Balloon was nominated for the Horizon Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the Last Media Attention Director and Screenwriter Award at the 2020 Shanghai International Film Festival. It tells the story of the Dajie family, who originally lived an ordinary and daily life, but were involved in a series of embarrassing and difficult-to-decide events because of an ordinary condom. Suddenly one day, the father also died unexpectedly, so the original harmony of the family was completely broken, which triggered a series of thorny and unavoidable problems. The book integrates the original novel, adapted script, director interview, and film stills and is published at the same time as the film.

Wangma Caidan, born in December 1969, graduated from Northwest University for Nationalities and Beijing Film Academy. He is a director, screenwriter and producer in mainland China. He is a member of the China Directors Association, the China Film Association and the China Film Literature Society. In 2015, he was nominated for the Best Director Award at the 52nd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards for his feature film "Talo". In 2018, he won the Best Screenplay Award at the Horizon Unit of the 75th Venice Film Festival for his feature film "Killing a Sheep". In September 2020, he won the "Novelist of the Year" at the "2020 Southern Literature Festival".