Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, the film explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. It follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, The Shepherd and the Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. “Max Keegan’s film combines a picturesque study of nature with an equally perceptive look at human nature as it explores two very different ideologies” — Time Out Film.