The Balloonists
mild threat, language
Director(s)John Dower
Production year2025
Release date22/05/2026
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes86m
CastBertrand Piccard, Brian Jones
The Balloonists
mild threat, language
This documentary follows an attempt in 1999 by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard and British pilot Brian Jones to become ...
This documentary follows an attempt in 1999 by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard and British pilot Brian Jones to become the first people to circumnavigate the globe non-stop in a hot air balloon.
threat and horror
language
discrimination
theme
violence
sex
rude humour
drugs
mild threat, language
Classified Date:
27/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
threat and horror
Footage of the balloonists' attempt shows the team facing potentially deadly hazards such as storms and low oxygen levels. In a brief sequence of archive footage, a person falls a short distance from a hot air balloon and hits the ground, without visible injury detail.
language
There is infrequent use of bad language ('shit').
discrimination
There is a brief verbal reference to historical ableism, which is not condoned.
theme
A scene contains references to a person having been bullied as a child. Balloonists reflect on tearful farewells with loved ones before flights.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
27/04/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
Classified date27/02/2026
LanguageEnglish
threat and horror
language
discrimination
theme
violence
sex
rude humour
drugs
Director(s)John Dower
Production year2025
Release date22/05/2026
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes86m
CastBertrand Piccard, Brian Jones
mild threat, language
Classified Date:
27/02/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
threat and horror
Footage of the balloonists' attempt shows the team facing potentially deadly hazards such as storms and low oxygen levels. In a brief sequence of archive footage, a person falls a short distance from a hot air balloon and hits the ground, without visible injury detail.
language
There is infrequent use of bad language ('shit').
discrimination
There is a brief verbal reference to historical ableism, which is not condoned.
theme
A scene contains references to a person having been bullied as a child. Balloonists reflect on tearful farewells with loved ones before flights.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
27/04/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
Classified date27/02/2026
LanguageEnglish
