Overview
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. However, there is hope – Todd Walsh the lobster man has grown up with this crayfish that gently inches its way around the northern rivers of Australia's southern-most island. This is his plea to protect a rare and remarkable creature.
Director Biography - Mark Pearce
Mark is an award winning filmmaker from Australia, creating social impact films around themes of nature and humanity. He produces journalistic projects at his production company, Balangara Films in Maleny, Queensland. Balangara has produced a slate of films that have won international acclaim, including ‘Nature Needs You’, ‘A Gentle Giant’ ‘Looking After Our Food’, ‘Looking After Our Country’, 'Looking After Our Environment', 'Looking After Our Past, Present and Future', ‘Our Greatest Blessing’ and 'Pilliga Rising'.
His advocacy films have opened festivals in Melbourne, Frankfurt and Sarajevo and featured in articles for the Wall Street Journal International, Medium, The Australian, Independent Australia, ABC Australia, The Guardian, and Australian National Geographic to name a few.
Importantly, his stories have changed the outcome of many lives, successfully lobbying governments to protect the animals, the people, and the places we love.
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The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA) Film Festival is proudly Tasmania’s film festival. The featured short films are finalists in the 2021 Stories of Tasmania as part of BOFA’s free online film festival. With viewing starting May 3, Forty South is proud to offer previews of the eight best films chosen by the BOFA judging panel. Follow this link to sign up for free access to the online event.
