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