The Giants, in cinemas this month, is a biopic of iconic environmentalist Bob Brown, the first openly gay member of parliament in Australia and leader of the world’s first Green party. It’s also very much about the life of trees, and promises ‘a joyous exploration of the forest delivered in a new, creative and awe-inspiring way’. We spoke to the film’s co-director Rachael Antony.
It’s also a beautiful film thanks to its atmospheric cinematography by Melbourne-based cinematographer Sherwin Akbarzadeh ACS and the point cloud animation by French animator Alex Le Guillou created from 3D scans of the forest by Terra Luma at the University of Tasmania. And cinema-goers will experience a beautifully immersive sound track designed by Thom Kellar.
