Primeval forests are worlds full of delicate interconnections that have evolved over thousands of years. Cedars, spruces, and firs—the “engineers” of the northern forest—live their extraordinary lives while creating communities that support millions of living beings. Untouched forests protect us from natural disasters and provide water and air. In Europe, such forest expanses survive only in northern Russia. These pockets of pristine nature need our protection more than ever. In the 21st century, they could become our strongest allies in the fight against climate change. The film immerses viewers in the captivating world of forests, guiding them to a natural, sensitive mode of perception and helping them feel the inseparable connection and unity with this world—a unity humanity seems to have forgotten.

The film’s protagonist is Sergey Kolchin, a zoologist and specialist in large predatory mammals of the Russian Far East, who over the years has rehabilitated orphaned bear cubs. He returned to the wild cubs that had lost their mothers due to human actions. Months spent in the forest alongside the cubs allowed Sergey to uncover many previously unknown facts about the Himalayan bear. The unique footage he gathered became the foundation for the film "My Bears: Himalayans". This remarkable species inhabits the mountainous forests of South, Southeast, and East Asia. In the southern Russian Far East lives the northernmost and largest of its seven subspecies—the Ussuri bear. Its body structure and semi-arboreal lifestyle allow it to survive in the same territory as tigers and brown bears. The Himalayan bear is poorly studied and vulnerable, and its fate reflects the fragile state of the cedar–broadleaf forests. Viewers are invited to journey into these uniquely preserved forests of the Russian Far East to experience the world of the Ussuri taiga—full of dangers, surprises, and discoveries—through the eyes of the young bear cubs.