Nuisance Bear

Each year hundreds of polar bears migrate through the town of Churchill, Manitoba. Thousands of tourists flock to see them. Who is the real nuisance?

As ice recedes, the number of polar bears passing through the town of Churchill, Manitoba appears to be increasing, allowing ever-closer interactions between bears and humans. Each year thousands of tourists flock to the town and it has become known as an international destination for photographing polar bears.

We are now familiar with the majestic wildlife images captured in documentaries - but what do these bears see of us? Nuisance Bear shifts our perspective revealing an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom the bears must navigate during their annual migration.

This film will screen as part of the short film compilation Electric Animal.