An old bear goes out every day to a busy street corner. He sets up a small wooden theater containing tin puppets of his own making. For a coin, the bear will set the mechanisms in motion, the marionettes will start to move and a story will unfold inside the box. Through the peephole passerbyes will see the life of a circus bear that longs to escape and return to his family.

Bear Story is an animated short film inspired by the life of Leopoldo Osorio, Gabriel Osorio’s grandfather, during his days as a political exile during the 1970s Chilean military dictatorship. Since its premiere in 2014, it has been awarded over more than 60 international awards. In 2016 it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, making it the first Oscar for Chile, and the first in Latin American animation.