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A Bear Named Wojtek

Synopsis

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.
Official Selection Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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Year
2024
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
28 min
Format
DCP
Director
Iain Gardner
Producer
Iain Harvey, Wlodzimierz Matuszewski
Executive Producer
Nick Harvey, Joanna Ronikier
Editor
Rachel Roberts, Will Winfield
Screenwriter
Wojciech Lepianka
Director of Photography
Rachel Bevan Baker
Production Designer
Natasha Moore, Tudor Thomas, Peter Dodd
Sound
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Composer
Normand Roger
Principal cast
Piotr Baumann, Tomek Borkowy, Richard Gadd, Michael Golab, Shauna MacDonald, Bill Paterson, Remi Rachuba, James Sutherland

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