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