Documentary | 2024 | European Premiere | Australia | 91 min | English | No subtitles | Directed by Gregory Miller, Goergia Wallace-Crabbe

This screening will take place at Cinemateket.

Synopsis

On East Coast Australia, where forests meet the urban fringe, koalas face unprecedented challenges to their ongoing survival. The Koalas sheds light on a disturbing truth: the entities entrusted with safeguarding our iconic species are contributing to their demise. The film takes us on a journey following the lives of individual koalas - Wonnie, Bexley, Tom, Baz and joeys Hope and Pala.

Director’s Bio

Georgia Wallace-Crabbe produced documentaries including the 2005 award-winner, Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life. As director, Georgia’s credits include New Beijing-Reinventing a City (2009) about Beijing’s redevelopment and the 5-channel immersive video, The Earth and the Elements, made for a Doctorate of Creative Arts and shown in galleries.

Gregory Miller produced and directed numerous documentaries and series including: Cultivating Murder on the 2014 murder of environment officer Glen Turner and the wind-back of NSW environment laws; Breaker Morant - The Retrial (series, 2013, coproduction); The Tipping Points (2012); Cool School Antarctica (2010); Angels in New York (series, 2008), and Besieged-The Ned Kelly Story (2023, coproduction)