We hope to share Maddie’s story with audiences and communities far beyond Los Angeles! We are currently submitting to festivals across the United States and internationally and will update this page as we announce more screenings!
Upcoming Screenings
Various Dates – Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour – Official Selection
June 20, 2026, Fear No Film – Official Selection, Salt Lake City, UT. Co-director Claire Musser will attend the screening.
June 23, 2026, Marina del Rey – Official Selection, Beverly Hills, CA, USA. Co-director Claire Musser will attend the screening.
August 5-9, 2026, Greenpoint Film Festival – Official Selection, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Art Giraffe International Film Festival, 2026 – Official Selection – Nominated for Best ECO Film and Best Short Documentary, competing in the second round!
Awards and Previous Screenings
Ladyface Mountain Documentary Film Festival 2026, Best Documentary Short, Agoura Hills, CA, 2026
Sunset Film Festival, Los Angeles, Best Environmental Film, Los Angeles, CA.
Film Only Film, Online, 2026, Favorite Documentary, Toronto, Canada
Los Angeles Film & Documentary Awards, 2026 – Winner of Best Science & Climate Change Documentary, LA, USA
Best Shorts Competition, 2026 – Award of Merit, LA, USA
The Impact DOCS Awards, 2026 – Award of Merit, LA, USA
Dumbo Film Festival, 2026 – Semi-Finalist, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Festival Internacional de Cine de California FICC / CIFF, Finalist, Mexico / USA
Nature Without Borders, 2026, – Exceptional Merit, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA
2026 Official Selections
Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2026, Nevada City, CA.
Golden State Film Festival 2026, TLC Chinese Theatre 6, Hollywood, CA, USA
Skyfire Environmental Film Festival 2026 – Official Selection, Mesa, AZ, USA
Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival – Official Selection, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Green Screen: Our Planet On Film – Official Selection, Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Liberty Films International Festival, Official Selection, Athens, Greece
Santiago Wild Film Festival, Online Showcase, Santiago, Chile
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival – Official Selection, Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA
Honorable Mentions
Ecos Shorts Festival 2026, Risaralda, Columbia
Sustain Film Festival 2026, Surrey, UK
Academic Awards
Best Student Presentation, International Society for Anthrozoology (2025)
Bears in Hot Tubs: Co-creating with Bears—Visual Storytelling, Multispecies Entanglements, and the Making of Bears in Hot Tubs
PhD Presentation Award, AIP2024 Anthrozoology as International Practice Conference
Bears in Hot Tubs: A Short Film About Learning to Coexist and Co-Thrive with the American Black Bear in Los Angeles