NUISANCE BEAR

FRI, 12/4, 12:00pm, 88 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA

Directors: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden
Producers: Michael Code, Will N. Miller, Teddy Leifer, Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden
Editor: Andres Landau
Cinematographers: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman

A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. Narrated through the voice of an Inuit elder, this quietly devastating film leaves you wondering who truly belongs in this shared landscape. For thousands of years, polar bears have migrated along the shores of Hudson Bay in northern Canada. As the sea ice melts, the bears’ hunting grounds shrink, forcing them to wander closer to human settlements in search of food. A gorgeously photographed and poetic film, NUISANCE BEAR won the 2026 Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for Documentary.

Jack Weisman is an American-Canadian filmmaker, cinematographer, and co-founder of Documist, an Emmy-Award and Peabody Award-winning production company. He often works with his wife, Gabriela Osio Vanden, an award-winning Venezuelan-Canadian director and cinematographer.