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