The Bear (1998)
- Directed by
- Hilary Audus
- Genre
- fantasy film, adventure film, family film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young girl finds a polar bear in her snow-covered garden. She takes care of him and they go on a magical journey together.
whimsicalgentlenostalgicheartfeltquietwarmmusicalenchanting
What happens
The Bear is a 1998 British animated Christmas special directed by Hilary Audus. Based on the book of the same name by the author Raymond Briggs, the film was produced by TVC London and was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on Christmas Eve 1998. The show won a Peabody Award in 1998. In 2000, it won the Golden Butterfly Award for the best short film in the international cinema competition of the 15th Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Iran. Like The Snowman, the film relies only on music and action to convey the story, although for the American version, Judi Dench narrates the film. The musical score was by Howard Blake and the end theme "Somewhere A Star Shines For Everyone" was sung by Charlotte Church. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Little Polar Bear (2001)
Beings (1998)
The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (2005)
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
Der kleine Eisbär - Nanouks Rettung (2003)
Snow Bears (2017)
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
The First Snow of Winter (1998)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.