Animation (12 mins)
Director: Paloma Baeza
' The story of an unlikely meeting between Nanuk, a tough female polar bear, and Aklak, an enthusiastic male grizzly bear, brought together by their changing habitats. The lack of food in a melting Arctic has left the solitary Nanuk desperately hungry. When the hopeful and eager Aklak crashes into Nanuk's world, she has to decide if the naïve grizzly bear is her food or her friend.'
NFTS 2017
Festivals and Awards
- BAFTA 2018
WINNER of ☆Best Animation Short☆
- Annie Awards 2018
WINNER of ☆Best Student Film☆
- Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017
WINNER of ☆McLaren Award for Best British Animation☆
- British Animation Awards
WINNER of ☆Audience Award☆
- Rhode Island International Film Festival 2017
WINNER of ☆Best Short Animation - First Prize☆
- Royal Television Society Student Television Awards 2018
WINNER of ☆Postgraduate Craft Skills Editing☆
- World Animation Celebration
WINNER of ☆Second Prize☆
- Scad Savannah Film Festival
WINNER of ☆Special Jury Award☆
- Cartoons Underground 2017
WINNER of ☆Audience Choice☆
- Animafest Zagreb 2017 - world premiere
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2017 - North American Premiere
- Anima Mundi
- BAFTA Student Film Awards (shortlist)
- Encounters Film Festival
- Guanajuato Film Festival
- Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival
- Barcelona Stop Motion Film Festival
- British Shorts Berlin
- Calgary International Film Festival
- 13 World Festival of Animated Film
- Cleaveland International Film Festival
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
- World Festival of Animated Film Animafest Zagreb
- Denver Film Festival
- Anim'est International Animation Film Festival
- Guanajuato International Film Festival
- Bit Bang Fest International Festival
- St Louis International Film Festival
- Foyle Film Festival
- Filmchilla
- Warsaw Film Festival
- Underwire Film Feswtival
- Show Us Your Shorts - WFTV Showcase
- Filmschool Fest Munich
- KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin