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The Bears

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On her deathbed, a young playwright leaves behind one final demand: that her once close-knit group of friends gather in her apartment and perform the play she wrote about the last days they spent together. The film opens as they arrive, awkward, guarded, and carrying years of unresolved tension. As the performance unfolds, the boundaries between past and present blur. Scenes from the play expose old betrayals, deep affection, and the quiet cruelties that fractured their bond. What begins as an act of remembrance becomes a reckoning, as each friend is forced to see themselves through the eyes of someone who loved them, and knew them, too well. By the end of the night, the group must decide whether the play is merely a memorial, or an invitation: to forgive, to reconnect, or to finally let go. The film is a darkly funny, intimate exploration of grief, queer friendship, and the stories we leave behind when we’re no longer there to edit them.

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Scott Woods

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Isabel Monk Cade

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Collin Linnville

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Audrey Shapiro

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Greyson Horst

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Scott Woods

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Synopsis On her deathbed, a young playwright leaves behind one final demand: that her once close-knit group of friends gather in her apartment and perform the play she wrote about the last days they spent together. The film opens as they arrive, awkward, guarded, and carrying years of unresolved tension. As the performance unfolds, the boundaries between past and present blur. Scenes from the play expose old betrayals, deep affection, and the quiet cruelties that fractured their bond. What begins as an act of remembrance becomes a reckoning, as each friend is forced to see themselves through the eyes of someone who loved them, and knew them, too well. By the end of the night, the group must decide whether the play is merely a memorial, or an invitation: to forgive, to reconnect, or to finally let go. The film is a darkly funny, intimate exploration of grief, queer friendship, and the stories we leave behind when we’re no longer there to edit them.
Director
Scott Woods
Producer
Sarah Keyes, Scott Woods, Carrie Stalk, Rebecca Uddin
Screenwriter
Scott Woods
Distributor
Indie Rights
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 29, 2026
Runtime
1h 16m