A Gentle Giant
Genre
Nature/Environment documentary
Synopsis
Known to grow to the size of a small dog and live to 40 years old, the giant Tasmanian freshwater lobster is the largest of its kind in the entire world, but its home is being destroyed by sediment runoff from logging.
Co-production: Balangara Films/Wilderness Society Inc.
Exec Prod: Warrick Jordan
Producer: Mark Pearce
Writer: Mark Pearce
Director: Mark Pearce
DOP: Nick Hayward, Joe Shemesh
Editor: Mark Pearce
Sound Design: Michael Slater
Awards & Recognition
Runner Up - International Short Documentary
2018 International Nature Film Festival, Gödöllő, Budapest, Hungary
Winner - Most Visually Stunning Film
2018 Sustainability Shorts Film Fest (USA)
Nominated for Best Short Film
2018 Kolkata Int. Wildlife & Environmental Film Festival (IND)
Winner - Audience Choice Award
2017 Viva Film Festival, Sarajevo (BiH)
Runner-Up - Best Film
2017 Stories Lived Environmental Film (USA)
Special Jury Mention
2017 Reel OzInd Australian Indonesian Short Film Festival (AUS)
Finalist
2017 Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival (GER)
Finalist
2017 Sunchild International Environment Film Festival (ARM)
Semi Finalist
2017 G2 Green Earth Film Festival (USA)
Official Selections
2023 University for Peace International Wildlife Day, Costa Rica - Central America
2022 SXSW (South by Southwest) Austin, Texas, United States
2020 Stories of Our WaterSheds, Oregon, Washington - United States
2018 Milano Montagna Film Festival, Milan - Italy
2018 International Green Film Festival, Krakow - Poland
2018 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, New York - United States
2018 Water Docs Film Festival, Toronto - Canada
2017 Rotterdam Wildlife Film Festival, Rotterdam - Netherlands
2017 SEFF Short EcoFilm, Sighetu-Marmatiei, Maramures - Romania
2017 FARCUME Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Faro, Faro - Portugal
2017 Ekotopfilm, Prague - Czech Republic
2017 Zagreeb Film Festival, Zagreb - Croatia
2017 CFF Caselle Film Festival, Salerno - Italy
2017 Voices From the Waters, Bangalore - India
2017 Ekotopfilm, Bratislava - Slovakia
2016 International Green Culture "Green Fest”, Belgrade - Serbia
Media
Triggered Australian and international mainstream media outlets to publish articles…
ABC
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/giant-fresh-water-crayfish/7690686?future=true&
The Australian
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/Matthew%20Denholm
The Advocate
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/4079936/giant-crayfish-recovery-crucial/?cs=5312
The Examiner
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4079435/crayfish-recovery-crucial/?cs=95
ABC
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/beer-brew-crowdfund-to-save-giant-lobsters/8780104
Wall Street International
https://www.meer.com/en/30090-the-golden-tree-festival
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/19/numbers-shrinking-for-tasmanias-weird-but-much-loved-giant-freshwater-lobster
Australian Geographic
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2017/08/the-beer-that-could-save-the-tasmanian-freshwater-lobster/
BNN
http://bnn.ba/kultura/u-sarajevu-otvoren-treci-viva-film-festival
Jakarta Post
https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/04/21/short-films-you-can-conveniently-watch-on-youtube.html?fbclid=IwAR1hzQC4NLk_mHttZHyS6LvuG0T2XLbrVH5wUeh_wgmIDuqZ-xaM-gz0oAo
Distribution
The Wilderness Society Inc. (online 2016 - 2M views)
SIMA Classroom (2017)
Sondrio Town Council Documentation Centre on Protected Areas (2017)
Yahoo Japan (2018)
Vidsee (2019)
Planet Classroom (2020)
RealOzInd Retrospective (2020)
Broadcast
BronxNet Television (2020)
