A Bear Named Wojtek
Synopsis
Official Selection Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- 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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Illuminated Film Company
2 Glenthorne MewsLondon
W6 0LJ
Sales Company
Illuminated Film Company
2 Glenthorne MewsLondon
W6 0LJ
Page updates
This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.
See also
You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.
The Loch Ness Kelpie
Director: Iain Gardner
Year: 2006
The kelpie is a legendary beast from Scottish mythology that, in the guise of a horse, drags unwary people to their death in the loch. Ewan is a young boy in the Highlands who decides to vanquish the kelpie, in a terrifying encounter that challenges his resolve.
Akbar's Cheetah
Director: Iain Gardner
Year: 2000
The Emperor Akbar breeds animals in captivity, to honour his first born son. His unsettled cheetah fails to breed. Akbar experiments with the enclosures he has built for his collection in order to induce the cheetahs to mate. After many frustrated attempts, Akbar gains a greater understanding.
Niceland
Director: Julian Gallese
Year: 2026
Heavenly Body is old, and seeks a calm time away from fans to reflect before his last show. As his long-awaited presence descends upon Niceland, a gloomy tropical town where everyone is obsessed with him, its flawed but endearing inhabitants struggle to get tickets. Just before the show, an unlikely friendship leads up to a tragic miracle.