Each year, the polar bears come to Churchill.
Each year, the town must decide what to do with them.
NUISANCE BEAR. The Sundance 2026 Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary. Coming soon.
Having been involved with the project for more than six years, @sundanceorg Institute Film Festival doc #NuisanceBear became more than just a job for editor Andres Landau.
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‘Nuisance Bear’ Review: Transfixing Study of Polar Bears in the Canadian Arctic Reflects on the Steep Two-Way Costs of Human Interaction https://t.co/x06XOv5FSS
A deserving Grand Jury Prize winner in the #Sundance2026 U.S. doc competition, NUISANCE BEAR is part nature doc and part haunting ethnographic study, about polar bears and the Indigenous people who have co-existed with them for 4,000 years. My @THR review.
https://t.co/VDhUlb5zQD
I loved NUISANCE BEAR. It's truly stunning footage where the directors trust that we will come to our own conclusions about climate change, displacement, assimilation, and abuse of nature. Protect that green dyed bear at all costs. #SundanceFilmFestival
Mega thread of all the #Sundance documentary winners! 🏆
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary, NUISANCE BEAR by Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman (they're Canadian!) is smarter than the average bear. 🐻❄️ https://t.co/3hyWKvQ1un
One last review from this year's Sundance: For @Screendaily, I reviewed the U.S. documentary winner NUISANCE BEAR, which avoids all the cutesy/pretty traps of nature docs. https://t.co/sK6Sx95E7U
U.S. documentary grand jury prize goes to NUISANCE BEAR!
I loved this movie about polar bears and indigenous people in Canada. It’s gorgeous and plays out like a thriller.
Co-director thanked the beautiful animals for we share the planet with
What do polar bears see when their migration brings them into a town of tourists, wildlife crews, and hunters?
“Nuisance Bear,” directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman and premiering in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival, follows polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba as their ancient journey intersects with human life.
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Sundance announces documentaries for 2026 festival including Nuisance Bear by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman and The AI Doc by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. https://t.co/O4fjUWMcTW
🏆🎶 Thrilled to take home the award for Best Original Score at @towebfest 🎶🏆
We loooove the original music in the series, and all credit goes to FemBots! It was our dream to have them write music for the show, and we’re so glad to see it recognized!
🏆 Announced Earlier: The @SundanceOrg | @Adobe Mentorship Awards for Editing went to Toby Shimin (Nonfiction) and Dody Dorn (Fiction). https://t.co/nAa7LlIsvb #sundance