The Shepherd and the Bear

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

Release date: 6 February 2026

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.

Book tickets

Aberdelfy The Birks Cinema - 22 March
Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre (WOW Film Festival) - 27 March
Argyll and Bute‍ ‍Screen Argyll - 28 February
Bangor Pontio Cinema (WOW Film Festival) - 21 March
Bristol Watershed - from 6 March
Bury St Edmunds Abbeygate Cinema - 3 March
Buxton Buxton Film - 23 February
◼ Chichester Cinema at New Park (+ Q&A with director Max Keegan) - 22 February
Coventry Warwick Arts Centre - 13-19 February
Dumfries Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre - 24 February
Edinburgh Cameo - from 6 February
Edinburgh Filmhouse - from 6 February
Exeter Phoenix Cinema - from 20 February
Fishguard Theatr Gwaun (WOW Film Festival) - 21 March
Glasgow Grosvenor Picture Theatre - from 27 March
Great Malvern‍ ‍Malvern Theatres - 12-13 March
Henley-on-Thames‍ ‍Regal - 25 February
Hereford The Courtyard - from 10 March
Ilkley‍ ‍Ilkley Cinema - 6-11 March
Kendal Brewery Arts - from 27 February
Lewes Depot - from 11 February
London ActOne - from 21 February
London Ciné Lumière - from 6 February
London JW3 - from 22 February
Marlborough The Parade Cinema - from 20 February
Penrith Rheged (Keswick Film Festival) - 21 March
Sheffield Showroom - from 6 February
Totnes Barn Cinema - from 14 February
Totnes Totnes Cinema - from 20 February
◼ Totnes Totnes Cinema (+Q&A with director Max Keegan) - 23 February
Plus more to be announced

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