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Considered Nakayama’s masterpiece and awarded at the Festival International du Film Amateur in Cannes, Little Bear Story opens with a mother telling a story to her son, who struggles to fall asleep. The narrative explores themes of maternal love and independence, unfolding through bear puppets of a cub and its mother. The puppets were handmade by Nakayama’s wife, and the couple constructed an elaborate diorama in their home for the film’s production.
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Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.