And it’s interesting that in countries that have similar stories, like Russia, they make a connection to their own stories.” “But it’s very clear to audiences in Chile what it’s really about. “I felt like the story shouldn’t be too literal,” he said.
Osorio made the main character a bear in part because he remembered his grandfather being physically imposing.Īlso Read: How Chris Rock Tackled #OscarsSoWhite in Brutally Honest Monologue “He was exiled from Chile in the ’70s and spent 10 years in England - I knew that I had a grandfather, but I didn’t meet him when I was a kid.” “The idea was mainly inspired by the story of my grandfather,” said Osorio, one of the finalists in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival.
Gabriel Osorio’s short film “Bear Story” is an ingenious, dazzling piece of 3D animation, the sad story of a lonesome bear who builds an elaborate mechanical diorama in an attempt to remember (and perhaps recover) the life he used to live with his wife and son, before he was ripped from his home and sent to a circus.īut audiences in Osorio’s native Chile immediately know that it’s more than that - it’s also an allegory for the way families were torn apart during the murderous Pinochet regime in Chile in the 1970s.Īlso Read: Watch 'Bear Story,' Oscar Winner for Best Animated Short (Video)