The Kingdom of the Bears (1/2)

The Kingdom of the Bears (1/2)

The northern Spanish regions of Cantabria, Asturia and Galicia are cool and wet, green and wild. For millions of years, the Atlantic Ocean has pounded Northern Spain with storms and rains, carving a dramatic coastline over several hundred kilometers of jagged cliffs and dramatic rock formations. Just inland, the ocean seems to have frozen in place as a sea of rock: The Cordillera Cantabrica, a rugged chain of mountain folds along the northern coast, reaches as high as 2600 meters, holding back the rain and clouds of the Bay of Biscay on their way south.

Northern Spain is the last large habitat for bears in Western Europe, and the population is growing: From several dozen to 300 in recent years. The locals love and respect the bears, the mascot of the Cordillera Cantabrica. In over two years of shooting the crew managed to document the lives of  Cantabrian bears in feature-film quality - from mother bears protecting their young from a male, to a sudden winter storm, to the mating battles of the males. Dramatic footage of a kind never seen before! 

1 x 45 min. to be available soon.