ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A former Disney animator who worked on classics including “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin” and “The Lion King” has gained widespread attention and Oscar buzz for a short ...

PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...

Sundance: In Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden's documentary, the "Polar Bear Capital of the World" takes center stage. So too does a pesky young bear, who becomes emblematic of something much ...

EXCLUSIVE: Most filmmakers hope to come out of Sundance with a distribution deal or perhaps an award. The directors of feature documentary Nuisance Bear will leave town with a marriage license. Jack ...

Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize, Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s film is both a nature doc and a haunting ethnographic portrait. By David Rooney Chief ...

Co-directors Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman return to the subject of their 2021 doc short, focusing on a polar bear forced out of its natural habitat and the dangers that poses to all involved.

Jack Weisman, on bended knee, proposes to fellow 'Nuisance Bear' filmmaker Gabriela Osio Vanden outside the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah. Courtesy of Basin + Range Photography EXCLUSIVE: Most ...