Balakrishna
15 mins
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.
Camila Blos
Production Coordinator
Denis Pilon
Online Editor
Geoff Mitchell
Foley
Claire Blanchet
Compositor
Aparna Kapur
Writer
Cynthia Ouellet
Title Designer
Daniel Lord
Post Production Coordinator
Jean-François Laprise
Post Production Coordinator
Jon Montes
Associate Producer
Leslie Anne Poyntz
Administration
Élise Simard
Compositor
Colin Mackenzie
Writer
Jennifer Mair
Publicist
Christine Williams
Production Coordinator
Patricia Dillon-Moore
Publicist
Jean-Paul Vialard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Karla Baumgardner
Foley
Christopher MacIntosh
Technical Supervisor
Teri Snelgrove
Associate Producer
Christian Pitchen
Legal Services
Jamie Mahaffey
Audio Post Coordinator
Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Original Music Composer
Annette Clarke
Executive Producer
Mylène Augustin
Associate Producer
Aparna Kapur
Director
Colin Mackenzie
Director
Kat Baulu
Producer