Bear Story

Bear Story
Film poster
Directed by Gabriel Osorio Vargas
Produced by Pato Escala Pierart
Screenplay by Daniel Castro
Story by Gabriel Osorio Vargas
Music by Dënver
Cinematography Gabriel Osorio Vargas
Edited by Pato Escala Pierart
Production
company
Punkrobot Studio
Release date
 May 2014 (Chile)
Running time
 11 minutes
Country Chile
Language Spanish

Bear Story (Spanish: Historia de un oso) is a 2014 Chilean animated short film directed by Gabriel Osorio Vargas with the screenplay co-written with Daniel Castro and produced by Pato Escala Pierart. The short was inspired by the director's grandfather, Leopoldo Osorio, who after the Chilean coup d'état was imprisoned for two years, then forced to live in exile for the duration of the dictatorship.[1][2] The film was a critical success, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards. It is the first ever Chilean winner of an Academy Award and the first Latin American animation to win an Oscar.[3][4][5]

Plot

The short opens with a bear working on the parts of a mechanical diorama, featuring a bear similar to himself, a female bear and a child bear, as morning comes. Taking the figurines of the mama and child bears, he checks into an empty child's room, before having some tea in the kitchen. Upon noticing the time, the bear puts the two figurines back into the diorama and bikes out to the square, ringing a bell. A bear child notices him and, after receiving a coin from their parent, heads over to see the diorama.

The diorama shows the bear's life, starting with himself, his wife and his child living together happily in an apartment. However, a circus arrived and figures with tall coats and caps emerged, wielding batons. They stormed the apartment building, knocking out several other residents and kidnapping them. The bear attempted to protect his family but was hit by the cloaked men and taken away from them. In the circus he was forced to ride on a small bicycle, and kept locked and chained in a cage. Other tricks were acted to his act, such as juggling and riding a unicycle, until eventually, he was to perform a daredevil jump. Still thinking of his family, the bear performed the jump so well he flew out of the circus tent. While the cloaked men tried to chase him, they all fell and he was eventually able to make it back home. When the bear made it to his apartment, he found it still in a state of disarray with no sign of his family, and began to cry. But his wife and child appeared and hugged him, glad to be reunited.

The diorama ends and the child gives the bear a coin, receiving a pinwheel from him before rushing off to return to their parent. The bear watches them go, glancing at a photo of his family he keeps in a pocket watch. He then smiles to himself, and rings his bell again.[6]

Legacy

It became the first film from Chile to win such an honor (two years later, A Fantastic Woman was the first Chilean live-action film to win one).[7]

Accolades

Awards
Award Date of ceremony Category Result Ref
88th Academy Awards 28 February 2016 Best Animated Short Film Won [8]
24th Arizona International Film Festival 26 April 2015 Best Animated Short Won [9]
17th RiverRun International Film Festival 26 April 2015 Best Animated Short Won [10]
46th Nashville Film Festival 20 April 2015 Best Animated Short Won [11]
24th Florida Film Festival 18 April 2015 Audience Award for Best International Short Won [12]
39th Cleveland International Film Festival 29 March 2015 Best Animated Short Award Won [13]
16th DC Independent Film Festival 5 March 2015 Best Animation Won [14]

References

  1. ↑ Bear Story punkrobot.cl
  2. ↑ A Short Animated Film by UDLA Professors, "Bear Story," Wins 2016 Oscar Laureate International University
  3. ↑ Coggan, Devan (January 13, 2016). "John Krasinski, Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee to announce Oscar nominations". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ford, Rebecca (January 14, 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bear Story" winning Best Animated Short Film -YouTube
  6. ↑ 2016 Historia De Un Oso: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
  7. ↑ The Power of A Fantastic Woman's Oscar Win in Chile-The Atlantic
  8. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (28 February 2016). "Oscars: 'Bear Story' Wins Best Animated Short". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "2015 Arizona International Film Festival Best of Category". Arizona International Film Festival. AZMAC Arizona Media Arts Center. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Staff (26 April 2015). "RiverRun Announces 2015 Awards". Camel City Dispatch. Camel City. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Announcing Short Film Award Winners". Nashville Film Festival. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "2015 Florida Film Festival Announces Grand Jury & Audience Award Winners". Orlando, Florida: Florida Film Festival. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Sharf, Zack (30 March 2015). "39th Cleveland International Film Festival Winners Announced, Including Debra Granik's 'Stray Dog'". IndieWire. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  14. ↑ Staff (5 March 2015). "DCIFF Announces Awards for the 2015 Festival".
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