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| name = Balablok<br />
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| director = [[Břetislav Pojar]]<br />
| producer = René Jodoin<br />
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| music = Maurice Blackburn <br />
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| studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]]<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1972}}<br />
| runtime = 7 minutes<br />
| country = Canada<br />
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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.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/728018771 WorldCat.org]</ref><br />
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==Accolades==<br />
The 7 min 27 sec film received the 1973 [[Short Film Palme d'Or|Grand Prix du Festival for Short Film]]<ref>[https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/balablok BALABLOK-Festival de Cannes]</ref> at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="NFB">{{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}}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
Produced by [[René Jodoin]] for the [[National Film Board of Canada]],<ref>[http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/nfb-french-animation-founder-rene-jodoin-dies/ NFB French Animation Founder René Jodoin Dies-Animation Magazine]</ref> with music by [[Maurice Blackburn (composer)|Maurice Blackburn]], the film was produced at a cost of C$37,000, utilizing [[cutout animation]].<ref name="Evans">{{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.}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.nfb.ca/film/balablok_english Watch ''Balablok'' at NFB.ca]<br />
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{{Břetislav Pojar}}<br />
{{Short Film Palme d'Or Winners}}<br />
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[[Category:1972 films]]<br />
[[Category:1972 animated short films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s political films]]<br />
[[Category:1972 war films]]<br />
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[[Category:National Film Board of Canada animated short films]]<br />
[[Category:Quebec films]]<br />
[[Category:Short Film Palme d'Or winners]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian animated short films]]<br />
[[Category:Anti-war films]]<br />
[[Category:Cutout animation films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Maurice Blackburn]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Břetislav Pojar]]<br />
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