The White Balloon (Persian: بادکنک سفيد, Badkonake sefid) is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, with a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami.

Razieh sees a goldfish in a shop and begins to nag her hurrying mother to buy it for the festivities instead of the skinny ones in her family's pond at home.

Ali sets off to buy the shampoo and when he returns Razieh asks him to help in changing her mother's mind about the goldfish, bribing him with a balloon.

Ali thinks that the 100 tomans cost for the goldfish is a waste of money but helps Razieh in petitioning their mother nonetheless.

However, the Afghan boy soon returns with his stick, now with only one white balloon, and a pack of chewing gum he bought for the group.

The group attaches a piece of gum to one end of the balloon stick, and with it they reach down through the grate and pull the money out.

The website's critical consensus states: "The White Balloon tells a simple yet powerfully effective story through a child's eyes, inviting audiences to see familiar surroundings from a different perspective.