What happens when an ancient migration path intersects with a booming tourist town? In Nuisance Bear, Canadian filmmakers Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman turn the traditional nature documentary inside out.Set across Churchill, Manitoba, and the Inuit community of Arviat, Nunavut, this feature-length documentary follows a polar bear whose seasonal migration path intersects with modern human infrastructure, commercial tourism, and wildlife management systems.Building on the cinematic language of the filmmakers’ Oscar-shortlisted short film of the same name, this work is not simply an extension of that project; rather, it expands the observational approach to center the narrative on the bear’s encounters with tour vehicles, hazing equipment, tracking collars, and helicopter relocations. Rather than functioning as traditional wildlife observation, the film documents the friction points between municipal commerce, conservation protocols, and the realities of subarctic existence.The production incorporates observational footage captured by a multi-person cinematography team alongside audio elements consisting of ambient soundscapes, overheard commentary from wildlife officers and tourists, and reflections from the late Inuk elder Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons. Gibbons discusses historical context, traditional relationships with wildlife, and the socio-cultural impacts of colonial settlement on Inuit communities. The sound design features an original score by composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer.The film premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Grand Jury Prize. It has subsequently been screened at multiple international film festivals, engaging audiences with its documentation of human-animal dynamics and northern environments. As the directors note, “Nuisance Bear invites us to reconsider who truly belongs here and what coexistence demands of all of us.” Raman Chawla