Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
Unfortunately the movie The Black Balloon is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Tristram Miall | Producer |
| Camera | Denson Baker | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Veronika Jenet | Editor |
| Sound | Michael Yezerski | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Elissa Down | Director |
| Camera | Benjamin Jasper | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Mark Rogers | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Drew English | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Simon Chapman | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pim Kulk | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Alby Orellana | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Gerard Maher | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Morag Mirankar | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Denson Baker | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Simon Cardwell | Additional Still Photographer |
| Camera | Kate Rose | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Jay Torta | Focus Puller |
| Writing | Kelly Lefever | Script Editor |
| Camera | Robert Tench | Clapper Loader |
| Directing | Melissa Hayward | Continuity |
| Writing | Duncan Thompson | Script Editor |
| Production | Jimmy Jack | Co-Producer |
| Art | Nicholas McCallum | Production Design |
| Writing | Jimmy Jack | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claire Granville | Costume Design |
| Writing | Elissa Down | Writer |
| Production | Toni Collette | Executive Producer |
