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 ABOUT 

Smoking Bear is an award-winning, independent production company founded by journalists turned filmmakers Ed Gibbs and Rubika Shah. Their critically acclaimed feature documentary, White Riot, won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival. 

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Smoking Bear has won commissions from the BBC, BFI Network, Film London, Screen Australia and the ABC. Their films have screened at major international film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, BFI London and Sydney.

Director Rubika Shah is also a Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

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