Balakrishna (2019)
Balakrishna (2019)
When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one was more in awe of the creature than young Winton Cook, who became inseparable from his mammoth new friend. Using painterly animation, photographs and home-movie treasures, Balakrishna transmits the wistfulness of childhood memories, while evoking themes of friendship and loss, and issues of immigration and elephant conservation.

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When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one was more in awe of the creature than young Winton Cook, who became inseparable from his mammoth new friend. Using painterly animation, photographs and home-movie treasures, Balakrishna transmits the wistfulness of childhood memories, while evoking themes of friendship and loss, and issues of immigration and elephant conservation.


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Genres: Animation, Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 20 October 2019

Country: CA

Runtime: 15m

Company Credits

Company: ONF | NFB

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Production Crew

Camila Blos

Camila Blos

Production Coordinator

Maral Mohammadian

Maral Mohammadian

Producer

Daniel Lord

Daniel Lord

Post Production Coordinator

Jean-François Laprise

Jean-François Laprise

Post Production Coordinator

Jon Montes

Jon Montes

Associate Producer

Kat Baulu

Kat Baulu

Producer

Leslie Anne Poyntz

Leslie Anne Poyntz

Administration

Jennifer Mair

Jennifer Mair

Publicist

Christine Williams

Christine Williams

Production Coordinator

Patricia Dillon-Moore

Patricia Dillon-Moore

Publicist

Teri Snelgrove

Teri Snelgrove

Associate Producer

Annette Clarke

Annette Clarke

Executive Producer

Mylène Augustin

Mylène Augustin

Associate Producer

Edited By

Denis Pilon

Denis Pilon

Online Editor

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Geoff Mitchell

Geoff Mitchell

Foley

Jean-Paul Vialard

Jean-Paul Vialard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Karla Baumgardner

Karla Baumgardner

Foley

Jamie Mahaffey

Jamie Mahaffey

Audio Post Coordinator

Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Cynthia Ouellet

Cynthia Ouellet

Title Designer

Other Crew

Claire Blanchet

Claire Blanchet

Compositor

Élise Simard

Élise Simard

Compositor

Christopher MacIntosh

Christopher MacIntosh

Technical Supervisor

Christian Pitchen

Christian Pitchen

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