The Performing bear

1997

Film
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

A bankrupt travelling circus, a whip loving trainer, three businessmen, one innocent bear and a chance for freedom. All over the world animals are mistreated in the name of entertainment. Based on a true story, this short animation is about one of those animals, a bear, and his sudden chance for freedom.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 70,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued since the 1940s. As a result, some items and their descriptions may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

Access to this work is restricted for legal or cultural reasons.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Lliam Aamor

creator

Lliam Aamor

producer

VCA

Production dates
1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003569

Subject categories

Animation

Short films

Holdings

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/108580--the-performing-bear/ |title=The Performing bear |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=13 September 2026 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}