Doc Talk Podcast: ‘Nuisance Bear’ Directors On Their Ursine Oscar Contender, Shot From A Polar Bear POV — SkimNews
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- Nuisance Bear won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at Sundance following its world premiere in January.
- International Documentary Association selected Nuisance Bear for its list of the year’s best documentary films on Tuesday.
- Mountainfilm Festival presented Nuisance Bear with the James Balog Creative Vision Award in Telluride; the film has collected more than a dozen awards and five Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations.
- Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman shot the feature in Churchill, Manitoba, adopting the polar bears’ point of view to subvert traditional wildlife filmmaking.
- Jack Weisman said the filmmakers’ closest polar-bear encounter occurred after one animal was hoisted in a net and relocated well outside Churchill.
- John Ridley hosts the Doc Talk episode with Deadline senior documentary awards editor Matt Carey, where the directors also discuss what they packed for their journey into the frozen north.
- Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman got engaged on Main Street in Park City and married in the middle of Sundance.
Why it matters: Nuisance Bear’s run includes a Sundance Grand Jury Prize, an International Documentary Association selection, more than 12 awards and five Critics Choice nominations. That gives first-time feature directors Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman a strong awards-season profile, while their Doc Talk appearance foregrounds the unusual bear-POV craft behind the recognition.
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