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Balablok

Balablok
Directed byBřetislav Pojar
Produced byRené Jodoin
Music byMaurice Blackburn
Production
company
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryCanada

Balablok is a 1972 animated short written and directed by Břetislav Pojar exploring the human propensity for resorting to violence over reason.[1]

Accolades

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The 7 min 27 sec film received the 1973 Grand Prix du Festival for Short Film[2] at the Cannes Film Festival.[3]

Production

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Produced by René Jodoin for the National Film Board of Canada,[4] with music by Maurice Blackburn, the film was produced at a cost of C$37,000, utilizing cutout animation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ WorldCat.org
  2. ^ BALABLOK-Festival de Cannes
  3. ^ "Balablok". National Film Board collections page. 1972. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  4. ^ NFB French Animation Founder René Jodoin Dies-Animation Magazine
  5. ^ Evans, Gary (Sep 30, 1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. pp. 198. ISBN 0-8020-6833-2. Balablok.
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