Project Detail

A Bear Remembers

A Bear Remembers

Synopsis

Local boy, Peter, is trying to find the source of the metallic sound that haunts the village. When he shares his footage with an old woman it sparks memories of a bear that roamed the hills during her childhood.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 min
Format
digital
Director
Zhang and Knight
Producer
Medb Riordan, Lexi Kiddo
Co-Producer
Laetitia Stoffel
Executive Producer
Simon Cooper
Editor
Jack Williams
Screenwriter
Zhang and Knight
Director of Photography
Christopher Ripley
Production Designer
Elizabeth El-Kadhi
Sound
Tim Burns
Composer
Jonathon Ng
Principal cast
Lewis Cornay, Anna Calder Marshall, Ciaran Hinds
Bear Costume
Kate McConnell
Costume Designer
Emma Jayne Lipop

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Academy Films

Medb Riordan
16 West Central Street
London
WC1A 1JJ

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