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
March 28, 2026, Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour – Official Selection, Flagstaff, AZ, followed by a conversation with co-director Claire Musser.
March 28, 2026, Skyfire Environmental Film Festival – Official Selection, Mesa, AZ.
April 1-19, Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival – Official Selection, Lake Tahoe, CA. Co-director Claire Musser will attend the screening.
May 2, 2026, Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles, – Nominated for Best Film, Los Angeles, CA. Co-director Claire Musser will attend the screening.
Art Giraffe International Film Festival, 2026 – Official Selection, competing for the quarter-finals!
Nature Without Borders, 2026, Official Selection, competing for a place at the Best of Festival
Awards and Previous Screenings
Best Documentary Short
Ladyface Mountain Documentary Film Festival 2026, Agoura Hills CA, 2026
Film Competitions
Best Shorts Competition, 2026 – Award of Merit
The Impact DOCS Awards, 2026 – Award of Merit
Dumbo Film Festival, 2026 – Semi-Finalist
Official Selections
Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2026, Nevada City, CA.
Golden State Film Festival 2026, TLC Chinese Theatre 6, Hollywood, CA
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