The Shepherd and the Bear

Dir: Max Keegan
101mins   2024   UK, France, US   Certificate: TBC   French    Subtitled   

Part of Homegrown at Depot
Includes a Q&A with director Max Keegan

Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and the Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community.

The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears.

Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, The Shepherd and the Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world.


Showtimes


Tue 27 January

17:30