A polar bear dad and his daughter—sealed in silence, drowning in words they can't share.
In a closed apartment, sealed to the outside world, an aging polar bear tries unsuccessfully to communicate with his daughter.
Sound
The roaring absence of dialogue says everything.
Writing
Seven minutes, zero wasted seconds.
Director
Doreen Shwartzman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects 1990s Russian-Jewish immigration to Israel, where parents became invisible strangers to their own children.
Director Doreen Shwartzman's own family experience; the polar bear as metaphor for Soviet identity—powerful yet obsolete, melting into irrelevance.
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