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to visit. It’s also one of the main reasons why it’s so wild. But even remote
Temperate rainforests are one of the rarest forest types in the world.
CREW QUIP:
This is so different from most films that have ever
been done for imax, which are for the most part quite
prescribed because of the technology and the expense.
This is really one of the first films made for the giant
screen where a crew just went out and filmed the wild-
ness of a vast coastline. We were really fortunate to have
the ability to do that.
—Ian McAllister, photographer and filmmaker
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places like the Great Bear Rainforest face an uncertain future as more and
more of the world’s natural resources are harvested.
While some adventurous travelers have visited this rainforest to
see the rare white spirit bear—and others to hunt its black and grizzly
cousins—it has been challenging to share this place of beauty and bounty
with the outside world.
With this in mind, in 2016, work began on the filming of Great Bear
Rainforest. A longtime passion project of photographer and conservation
leader Ian McAllister, the film took almost twenty years to complete, from
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shaping the initial idea to shooting the last imax reel.
“We are a visual species,” says Ian, “and as a conservationist I have
always believed that visual storytelling is one of the best ways to inspire
people to protect a place.”
Working with a skilled team of filmmakers, producers, audio and
video experts, First Nations, helicopter and drone pilots, deckhands
and crew members, Ian has made his dream of sharing this exquisite
place with the world come true. “The challenge of making a film for the
massive imax screen is considerable in the most predictable and staged
situations,” Ian says. “But attempting one in such a remote landscape
with some of the most elusive wildlife on the planet elevates it to a whole
new level.”
Now the Great Bear Rainforest is accessible to everyone, in excep-
tional, immersive quality on the giant screen.
Come. Enter. Enjoy. Learn and delight. Be awed, and see for yourself
why this untamed outpost—fragile, wild, unbroken—is worth preserving.
BRINGING THE GREAT BEAR TO THE GIANT SCREEN
Ian carried the idea of the Great Bear Rainforest film around for nearly
twenty years, pitching it to whoever would listen. He knew that the best
way to improve conservation in the rainforest would be to put the story
right in front of people’s eyes. “There is no other format that could do
justice to a place like the Great Bear Rainforest,” he says, “other than on
a giant screen with twelve-channel sound that really showcased its gran-
deur and scale.”