Bare Existence gives a behind the scenes look into the plight of the polar bear and the biologists on the front lines of protecting these species as they battle against the effects of climate change threatening their existence. This film presents a drastic cry for immediate attention and instills our viewer with hope, illuminating present-day efforts for a brighter future.

FROM DIRECTOR: MAX LOWE

"Telling a story that impacts the world beyond ourselves is the pinnacle of being a filmmaker in my opinion. Inspired by other documentary film makers before me, and with the friendship of those running the non profit Polar Bears International, I found an opportunity to take the moving story line that is the threat of extinction of one of the worlds most beloved animals, the Polar Bear, and bring it to life in a way that I saw might just inspire change. Through our characters who have lived with, and given their lives to the preservation and stabilization of the arctic ecosystem on which the bears depend, we see the story of polar bears and climate change through new eyes; the eyes of those who watch first hand as Polar Bears and our world with them slip slowly towards the brink."