Tallaganda - Film Screening & Talk

The Far South Coast branch of the National Parks Association NSW is pleased to screen the premiere of Tallaganda at the new Headland Theatre on the occasion of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.

Tallaganda features the conservation issues of the endangered greater glider, the academics who work to understand them and the activists seeking to protect their habitat in Tallaganda, Badja and Glenbog State Forests which are still under threat from industrial scale logging. 

The screening will be followed by a Q & A panel with the filmmaker, David Gallan, glider researcher and videographer, Dr Ana Gracanin and veteran forest campaigner, Scott 'Sooty’ Daines.

This film uses innovative techniques with conventional and infrared cameras, as well as thermal cameras, to record the natural behaviour of a range of gliders and other nocturnal species. The recordings of glide sequences are memorable. Ana’s groundbreaking recordings from inside a greater glider den tree are also a film highlight.

The screening will also include a short featuring the wildlife around Tathra. The featured photo is of two local yellow bellied gliders emerging from their hollow at dusk.

David Gallan

David's previous films include Understorey (2016), a key documentary on the campaigns last century for the south east forests, The Ambassador (2020), an award winning short starring the late Wynn Roberts and Koru Lian Timor (2024), a film about a Timorese choir touring Australia.

David’s wildlife photography has also been part of the global Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the Nature Photographer of the Year exhibitions. His work is widely used by conservation organisations to raise awareness of environmental issues.

INFO

Date/Time: Friday 8 May, 6.30pm

Duration: 1 hours

Tickets: $15 (plus booking fees)

Bistro opening hours - Dinner: 5:30pm to 8:00pm (bookings recommended)