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For Your Consideration

The Shepherd and the Bear

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

In cinemas early 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.


Screenings and screeners

A screener is available within BIFA’s portal.

For other awards consideration - request a digital screener


For Your Consideration

BIFA in the following categories

  • Best Feature Documentary

  • Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary

  • Breakthrough Producer

  • Best Cinematography

  • Best Editing

  • Best Sound

  • Best Original Music

London Critics Circle Awards in the following categories

  • Documentary of the Year

  • Foreign Language Film of the Year

  • The Philip French Award: Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker

  • Technical Achievement

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