The Shepherd and the Bear
UK, France, US 2024
Dir: Max Keegan
Documentary
French / 101m
In cinemas 6 February 2026
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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.
Screenings
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Bury St Edmunds Abbeygate Cinema - 3 March
Buxton Buxton Film - 23 February
Chichester Cinema at New Park - 22 February
Dumfries Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre - 24 February
Lewes Depot - 27 January
London Ciné Lumière - from 6 February
Plus more to be announced
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“Lyrical, visually and aurally ravishing”
— Screen International
“The film is extraordinarily watchable, because of its remarkable characters, the suspense and the dazzling cinematography”
— Business Doc Europe
“Richly satisfying”
— Filmmaker Magazine