Film
Balakrishna
2019 · 15m · Animation · Documentary
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Overview
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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Crew
- Colin MackenzieWriter · Director
- Aparna KapurWriter · Director
- Maral MohammadianProducer
- Kat BauluProducer
- Annette ClarkeExecutive Producer
- Santosh SivanDirector of Photography
- Judith Gruber-StitzerOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 20, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Animation, Documentary
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