POLES APART
Film - Program 2 Filmfest 2017

POLES APART

Directed by Paloma Baeza

Info

Director: Paloma Baeza
Section: Program 2
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2017
Language: English
Version: Original version
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph May
18+ (no age rating)

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Logline

POLES APART

Nanuk, a tough female polar bear, and Aklak, an enthusiastic male grizzly bear, are brought together by their changing habitats. The lack of food in a melting Arctic has left the solitary Nanuk desperately hungry. When the hopeful and eager Aklak crashes into Nanuk's world, she has to decide if the naïve grizzly bear is her food or her friend.



  • Duration: 12 Min.

  • Film School: NFTS, National Film and Television School

Meet the director

POLES APART

Paloma Baeza

Paloma Baeza was born in 1975 in London. Her parents, an English mother and Mexican father, were hippie musicians. When Paloma was a baby, they moved to live in Mexico City, where she stayed until she was nine. She returned to England with her mother, began acting in school plays and studied English and Performing Arts at Bristol University. Since then she has appeared on the London stage and in several popular television dramas. She played in films like LOOK ME IN THE EYE (1994) or Danny Boyle’s SUNRISE (2005). She has directed one episode of the TV-series COMING UP and three short films.

Credits

Screenplay: Paloma Baeza
Director of Photography: Jon Muschamp
Film Editor: Zsófia Tálas
Composer: Hollie Buhagiar
Production Designer: Paula Giménez
Sound: Morgan Muse
Producer: Ser En Low