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2019 Canadian short film

Giant Bear
ᓇᓄᕐᓗᒃ
Directed by	Neil Christopher Daniel Gies
Produced by	Neil Christopher Emily Paige
Starring	Solomon Awa Beatrice Deer
Edited by	Daniel Gies
Music by	Beatrice Deer Michael Felber Tyler Fitzmaurice
Production companies	E→D Films Taqqut Productions
Release date	March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17) (Athens Animfest)
Running time	12 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	Inuktitut

Giant Bear (Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᕐᓗᒃ, Nanurluk) is a 2019 Canadian animated short film, directed by Neil Christopher and Daniel Gies. The film depicts an Inuk hunter confronting a polar bear.

Although made by non-Inuit filmmakers, the film was carefully reviewed by a committee of Inuit historians and cultural figures to ensure that it depicted the story accurately and respectfully. The film was created with a mixture of traditional two-dimensional and three-dimensional animation techniques with real-time rendering technology.

A teaser preview of the film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2018, before the completed film premiered in early 2019.

The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. It was subsequently selected for the 2020 edition of CBC Television's annual Short Film Face-Off competition.

References

^ Dustin Patar, "The Giant Bear finds success prowling the international film festival circuit". Nunatsiaq News, November 26, 2019.
^ Thomas J. McLean, "Inuit Hunter Ready to Fight in Teaser for ‘Giant Bear’ Short". Animation World Network, June 15, 2018.
Ian Failes, "How E.d. Films Is Using Real-time To Help Make Their Animated Films". Cartoon Brew, July 17, 2018.
Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces Winners In Cinematic Arts Categories, Honouring The Year’s Best Movies". Entertainment Tonight Canada, May 28, 2020.
"Montreal-produced film wins season 13 of Short Film Face Off". CBC News, September 29, 2020.

External links

Giant Bear at IMDb

v t e Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
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Animated Short (1968–present)	Un enfant...un pays (1968) Walking (1969) To See or Not to See (1970) Evolution (1971) Dans la vie... (1972) The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973) The Owl Who Married a Goose (1975) The Street (1976) Spinnolio (1977) Afterlife (1978) Every Child (1980) The Big Snit (1986) Get a Job (1987) The Cat Came Back (1989) Juke-Bar (1990) Strings (1992) Pearl's Diner (1993) La vieille dame et les pigeons (1997) Bingo (1998) When the Day Breaks (1999) Village of Idiots (2000) The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (2001) The Hungry Squid (2002) Falling in Love Again (2003) Ryan (2004) cNote (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) Isabelle au bois dormant (2008) Runaway (2009) Lipsett Diaries (2010) Romance (2011) Paula (2012) Subconscious Password (2013) Me and My Moulton (2014) The Ballad of Immortal Joe (2015) Blind Vaysha (2016) The Tesla World Light (2017) Animal Behaviour (2018) Giant Bear (2019) Hot Flash (2020) Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) The Flying Sailor (2022) Where Rabbits Come From (2023)
These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.

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