Plot

In the struggle to survive the wild, a professional tiger hunter is paid by the authorities to track down tigers showing abnormal behavior. As the characters and issues evolve, we take a look at the conflicting interests that affect the tiger's future. Featured by XIVETV.

In the forests of the Russian Far East, an inexperienced and foolhardy poacher triggers an infamous series of tiger attacks on people. The authorities call upon the services of Yuri Trush, a specialist in tracking and eliminating tigers that have lost their fear of man. 'Conflict Tiger' takes Yuri's most notorious pursuit of a 'man-eating' tiger as the basis for a documentary thriller. The film combines dramatic reconstruction with extraordinary archive footage shot by Yuri himself as events unfolded. From the aftermath of this epic confrontation, the film emerges as a parable which challenges the cosy illusions of the traditional 'big cat' natural history by setting the animal's precarious situation against the pressing needs of human survival.—Sasha Snow