Directed by

Anaïs Mauzat

THE BEARS' RIVER

La Rivière des Ourses
Directed by

Anaïs Mauzat

Year:

2025

Country:

Belgium

Language:

No dialogue

Medium:

animation | fiction

Genre:

ecology | drama | fantastic

Runtime:

13 minutes

Production:

Camera-etc

Synopsis

In a huge city where everyone is active in transforming the few resources available into an industrial quantity of intoxicating drink, Mackenzie, a sensitive being, comes out of the ranks while a hungry bear approaches.

Technical crew

Festivals

Why we love it

About the director

Anaïs Mauzat dabbles in illustration, animation, sculpture, and puppetry. At the Academy of Visual Arts in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, she trained in stop-motion animation. Her first short film, Racines, was initially just an exercise created during the pandemic. However, it caught attention at international festivals.

Filmography

Racines (2021, short)

Intention Note

Why we love it