Directed by Max Keegan and produced by Elizabeth Woodward, Max Keegan, Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine. THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR is supported by Impact Partners and Sundance Catalyst.
The film was the Closing Night Film at Camden Film Festival and had its international premiere at IDFA where it was nominated for Best First Feature.
THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR will open for its theatrical qualifying run at Cinema Village in New York on November 21 with special screening events!
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community.
The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears.
Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity's relationship with a vanishing natural world.
“Unforgettable, visually stunning” - Deadline
"Much like Honeyland or The Truffle Hunters" - Screen Daily
“Lyrical, visually and aurally ravishing” - Screen Daily
“A richly satisfying reminder of the power of longitudinal verite” - Filmmaker
“Balances its sympathy for mountain folk with an ecological vision that is wordlessly embedded in every shot” - Screen Daily
