Credits
| Director | Irina Zhuravleva |
| Director | Vladislav Grishin |
| Scriptwriter | Irina Zhuravleva |
| Scriptwriter | Vladislav Grishin |
| Producer | Irina Zhuravleva |
| Cinematographer / DP | Dmitry Shpilenok |
| Cinematographer / DP | Mikhail Rodionov |
| Cinematographer / DP | Gennady Shalikov |
| Cinematographer / DP | Mike Korostelev |
| Cinematographer / DP | Dmitry Voronov |
| Cinematographer / DP | Andrey Zakharenko |
| Composer | Georgy Khimoroda |
| Composer | Luke Howard |
| Animator | Nina Bisyarina |
| Editor | Vladislav Grishin |
| Sound Designer | Yulia Glukhova |
| Recording director | Vladimir Arkhipov |
Irina Zhuravleva
DirectorBiography
Irina Zhuravleva has been engaged for more than seven years in cultural and media projects concerning a responsible attitude to the environment. Now Irina is working on the second film about old forests and asian black bears. Based in Perm and Moscow, Russia.
Vladislav Grishin
DirectorBiography
Vladislav Grishin has been engaged into documentary film production since 2000, based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Directors Statement
Modern man has fallen away from nature, and this gap only grows. People are less likely to intersect with wild animals, and if they do, the animals are often seen as either a threat or as objects of gain. This is especially true for large predators, such as the brown bear. Fortunately, there are places on the earth where humans manage to protect them and live with them in real harmony. The LESFILM production wants to open the curtain and give an opportunity to quietly observe our neighbours and, in this case, the beginning of a new life, admire the bears themselves, and their home. Our goal is to plunge the audience into an atmosphere of natural balance which still remains in protected areas, evoking a deeper desire to investigate and conserve what we still have. The film showcases the world of nature that lives in line with its laws but is open to those who enter it with respect and knowledge. The LESFILM team comprises a number of skilled professional experts, among them famous environmental activist and photographer Igor Shpilenok and ecologist Dr. Valentin Pazhetnov, who is widely known as 'Uncle Bear'.
