SYNOPSIS
Every year in northern Canada, polar bears migrate to Hudson Bay to hunt seals. From October to November, while waiting for the ice pack to form, they take up residence on the outskirts of the town of Churchill – population 800. Hunted for a long time and now the stars of safaris, the bears have become a tourist attraction and therefore a considerable source of income for Churchill. The small town is a unique illustration of the complex links between our modern world and the “wild” world.

Production : Paraiso Production - Clarisse TUPIN
DOP : Annabelle AMOROS et Negin KHAZAEE
Fixer : Caleb ROSS
Editing : Laurent LEVENEUR
Sound : Annabelle AMOROS, Jules WYSOCKI and Léonore MERCIER
Mixing : Grégoire CHAUVOT
Color grading : Yannig WILLMANN

PARTNERS
FRAC Alsace
SCAM - Bourse brouillon d’un rêve
Grand-Est - Writing grant
CNC - Help before production
Ile-de-France Region - Help after production
Procirep-Angoa

ACQUISITION
FRAC Alsace

SCREENINGS
2022 : Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France - Special Mention / Visions du Réel, Nyon, Suisse – Special Youth Jury Award for a medium length film / IndieLisboa, Portugal – Special Mention / Côté Court – - Jury’s Price for the Prospective compmetition / Champs Élysées Film Festival / Wild Fest, Vigo, Spain / Cervino Cinemountain, Italie / Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou / Concorto Film Festival / Festival Silhouette, Paris / Festival du Film de l’Est, Strasbourg / Signes de Nuit, Paris / DOXS Ruhr Festival, Allemagne / Association des courts de l’après-midi, Marseille / RIDM Film Festival, Québec, Canada  /  Territoires en Images, Paris – Grand Prix du Jury / Festival International du Film Nature & Environnement, Paris / EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival, Torun, Pologne / Festival du film de Montage, Autrans – Prix de la réalisation technique
2023 : Trento Film Festival – Lizard Award – Travel and Adventure et Silver Gentiane pour le meilleur court métrage / Festival que du feu, Lyon / Le réel en vue, Thionville / Opéra de Lyon /

DIFFUSIONS EN SALLES
2022 : Max Linder, Paris / Le Royal, Rothau
2023 : Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing /  Arthus Ciné, Huelgoat, sur une proposition de la galerie Méandres.