Germany, 2023 | 50 min Directror: Boas Schwarz 12+ Competition Popular science
No other country in Europe has more bears than Romania. There are probably over 6000! Especially in Transylvania, they often come dangerously close to humans. As a result, people in many places are at their wits' end. The film follows a female bear and her three cubs as they leave the protection of the Carpathian forests and become 'problem bears'. Their dramatic fate highlights the challenges of bear-human coexistence. Is there still a common future in densely populated Europe?
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Boas Schwarz (Germany) Freelance documentary filmmaker with over 15 years of professional experience. As a director, producer and cameraman, he has worked on numerous blue chip wildlife documentaries as well as high-quality reportages and science formats for broadcasters such as ARTE, NDR, BBC and NatGeo.
