Balloon is a 2019 American short coming-of-age fantasy drama film written and directed by Jeremy Merrifield and produced by Dream Three Films as Merrifield's thesis for the completion of his studies at the AFI Conservatory. It stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer and explores gender stereotypes and toxic masculinity associated with boyhood.

Balloon premiered at AFI on February 28, 2019 and bean its film festival run at the Palm Springs International ShortFest that year. The film qualified for the Oscars by winning the Grand Prix at HollyShorts Film Festival in 2019 and was nominated for a Student Academy Award. The short film won both Best Drama Series and The Seymour Bricker Humanitarian Award at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s 40th annual College Television Awards.