2024 Official Selection, film index

A Bear Named Wojtek

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: A Bear Named Wojtek

    Directed by: Iain GARDNER

    Country: United Kingdom, Poland

    Year of production: 2023

    Running time: 28 min

  • Technique

    Category: TV specials

    Techniques used: 2D computer, rotoscope

    Version: Original English version with French subtitles

    Process: Colour

    Target public: Teens, Young adults, Adults

  • Credits

    Directed by: Iain GARDNER

    Production: THE ILLUMINATED FILMS COMPANY, Iain HARVEY, FILMOGRAF LTD, Wlodek MATUSZEWSKI

    Distribution: THE ILLUMINATED FILMS COMPANY, Nick HARVEY

    Artistic direction: Rachel BEVAN BAKER

    Script: Wojciech LEPIANKA

    Graphics: Natash MOORE, Tudor THOMAS

    Storyboard: Iain GARDNER

    Layout: Ross HOGG

    Animation: Peter DODD, Jana SHYPOVA, Malgorzata MIANOWSKA, Carina BERINGUILHO, Emma-Louise WAKLEY

    Compositing: Will ANDERSON

    Music: Normand ROGER

    Sound: Pierre Yves DRAPEAU

    Editing: Rachel ROBERS

    Voice: Piotr BAUMANN, Tomek BORKOWY, Richard GADD, Michael GOLAB, James SUTHERLAND, Shauna MACDONALD, Bill PATERSON, Remi RACHUBA