23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

Churchill, Polar Bear Town

Annabelle Amoros

France

2022, 38'

The town of Churchill, Canada, becomes a hotspot for polar bears from October to November. This fact gives rise to both tourism, the possibility of seeing a bear up close, and unexpected attacks, blurring the line between civilized and wild.

Silvestre

INFO

PREMIERE TYPE

National

ORIGINAL TITLE

Churchill, Polar Bear Town

LANGUAGE

English / French

PHOTOGRAPHY

Annabelle Amoros, Negin Khazaee

SOUND

Annabelle Amoros, Jules Wysocki, Léonore Mercier, Grégoire Chauvot

EDITING

Laurent Leveneur

PRODUCER

Clarisse Tupin

PRODUCTION

Paraiso Production, Paraiso Production

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