Balablok
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| director = Břetislav Pojar
| producer = René Jodoin
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| music = Maurice Blackburn
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| studio = National Film Board of Canada
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| released = {{Film date|1972}}
| runtime = 7 minutes
| country = Canada
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Balablok is a 1972 animated short written and directed by Břetislav Pojar exploring the human propensity for resorting to violence over reason.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/728018771 WorldCat.org]
Accolades
The 7 min 27 sec film received the 1973 Grand Prix du Festival for Short Film[https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/balablok BALABLOK-Festival de Cannes] at the Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/balablok_english/|title=Balablok|year=1972|work=National Film Board collections page|access-date=2023-06-28}}
Production
Produced by René Jodoin for the National Film Board of Canada,[http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/nfb-french-animation-founder-rene-jodoin-dies/ NFB French Animation Founder René Jodoin Dies-Animation Magazine] with music by Maurice Blackburn, the film was produced at a cost of C$37,000, utilizing cutout animation.{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Gary|title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989|publisher=University of Toronto Press|date=Sep 30, 1991|pages=[https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan/page/198 198]|isbn=0-8020-6833-2|url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan|url-access=registration|quote=Balablok.}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.nfb.ca/film/balablok_english Watch Balablok at NFB.ca]
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Category:1972 animated short films
Category:1970s political films
Category:Animated films without speech
Category:National Film Board of Canada animated short films
Category:Short Film Palme d'Or winners
Category:Canadian animated short films
Category:Cutout animation films
Category:Films scored by Maurice Blackburn