“Dinner & A Movie” series continues with a screening of the feature documentary THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR by Max Keegan, on Saturday, March 28 at 7 p.m. in WHOI’s Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA. Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears amid a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR is a modern folktale about tradition, community, and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. The film was nominated for the Cinema Eye Award and the British Independent Film Award. “Dinner & A Movie” is part of the Woods Hole Film Festival’s Winter/Spring Film Series, featuring twice-monthly in-person screenings of independent films from September 2025 through June 2026. Screenings are held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Redfield Auditorium, located at 45 Water Street in Woods Hole. Tickets are available in advance at www.woodsholefilmfestival.org and at the door if not sold out. Before the screening, ticket holders may receive a discount on the meal portion of dinner at Quahog Republic Leeside Pub, 29 Railroad Avenue, Woods Hole. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 general admission, $14 members/$10 students & military. The Woods Hole Film Festival is supported in part by grants from the Woods Hole Foundation, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, the Cape Cod Foundation, the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation, and Cape Cod 5. The festival is sponsored by Liam Maguire’s Irish Pub. For more information, email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.