Screenings So Far, And Many More To Come!
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!
February 28-29, 2026, Ladyface Mountain Documentary Film Festival – Official Selection, Angora Hills, CA. Director Claire Musser and Producer Kirstyn Kubicki will attend the screening.
March 28, 2026, Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour – Official Selection, Flagstaff, AZ, followed by a conversation with director Claire Musser.
Film Competitions
December 17, 2025, Best Shorts Competition – Award of Merit
February 2, 2026, The Impact DOCS Awards—Official Selection
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