The Shepherd and the Bear

UK, France, US 2024
Dir: Max Keegan
Documentary
French / 101m

Release date: 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.

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Aberdelfy The Birks Cinema - 22 March
Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre (WOW Film Festival) - 27 March
Argyll and Bute‍ ‍Screen Argyll - 28 February
Banchory The Barn - 29 April
Bangor Pontio Cinema (WOW Film Festival) - 21 March
Bournemouth Transition Towns - 31 March
Bristol Watershed - from 6 March
Bury St Edmunds Abbeygate Cinema - 3 March
Edinburgh Cameo - from 6 February
Edinburgh Filmhouse - from 6 February
Fishguard Theatr Gwaun (WOW Film Festival) - 21 March
Glasgow Grosvenor Picture Theatre - from 27 March
Great Malvern‍ ‍Malvern Theatres - 12-13 March
Hereford The Courtyard - from 10 March
Hexham Forum Cinema - 5 March
Ilkley‍ ‍Ilkley Cinema - 6-11 March
Kendal Brewery Arts - from 27 February
Leeds Hyde Park Picture House - 7 March
London Ciné Lumière - 28 February
London JW3 - from 22 February
Lerwick Mareel - 22-25 March
Penrith Rheged (Keswick Film Festival) - 21 March
Wetherby Wetherby Cinema - 6-11 March
Plus more to be announced

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