Nuisance Bear is a 2021 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden.Pat Mullen, "Nuisance Bear Is Not Your Average Nature Doc". Point of View, September 9, 2021.
A full-length version of the film, Nuisance Bear, premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.Jamie Casemore, "Canadian doc Nuisance Bear to world premiere at Sundance". Playback, December 11, 2025.
Summary The film is a portrait of the polar bears in and around the town of Churchill, Manitoba.
Awards The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Short Film award.Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 18, 2021. The film subsequently screened at True/False Film Festival 2022 and SXSW Film Festival 2022.
Nuisance Bear received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.
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External links
Nuisance Bear at The New Yorker