Bear 71

Interactive documentary about a bear in the Canadian Rockies illuminates the way humans engage with wildlife in the age of networks, satellites, and digital surveillance. Sometimes it’s hard to tell where the wired world ends and the wild one begins.

The NFB approached Lance to create an immersive experience to bridge the digital and real world. The experience utilized facial recognition, augmented reality, motion sensors and surveillance cameras to turn festival goers into animals who roamed Sundance.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Sundance Film Festival

AWARDS

Winner Gold Cyber Lion Award

Nominated for Seven Webby Awards

FWA Site of the Year for 2012

CREDITS

Creators: 
Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison
Writer:
JB Mackinnon
Producers:
NFB Interactive
Installation Co-Creator:
Lance Weiler
Installation Co.:
NFB and Lance Weiler
Web Designer / Developer:
Jam3