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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

Year of completion: 1987
Content type: Documentary
Format: Short
Genre: Environment, Natural History, Science
Duration: 46 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Highly acclaimed award winning wildlife documentary with a difference, this film shows how a major ecological blunder like the introduction of cane toads into Queensland from Hawaii in 1935 is leading to catastrophic problems for Australia generally.

Completion Year: 1987
Genres: Environment, Natural History, Science
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

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Awards

1988 — American Film And Video Festival

1988 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1988 — Greater Union Awards for Australian Short Films

1988 — Greater Union Awards for Australian Short Films

1995 — Prix Leonardo Film & TV Festival

1989 — National Education Film Video Festival

1989 — International Wildlife Film and Television Festival - Wildscreen

1988 — Australian Film Institute

1988 — Australian Film Institute

1988 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1988 — Melbourne International Film Festival

Screenings

1988 — American Film And Video Festival

1988 — Anthropos

1992 — Australian Film Series - The Asia Society

1990 — Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films

1988 — Denver Film Festival (Media One)

1996 — Dublin Film Festival

1997 — Fajr International Film Festival

1989 — Filmfest DC

1988 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1988 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1995 — Prix Leonardo Film & TV Festival

1989 — National Education Film Video Festival

1988 — New Directors New Films

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1996 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film - UCLA

1989 — Sulmona Cinema

2001 — Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (Doc Aviv)

1988 — USA Film Festival, Dallas

2000 — Virginia Film Festival

1989 — International Wildlife Film and Television Festival - Wildscreen

2001 — Wisconsin Film Festival

1994 — Würzburg Film Festival

1988 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1988 — Australian Film Institute

1988 — Australian Film Institute

1999 — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

1989 — Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

1988 — Cork International Film Festival

1989 — Hong Kong International Film Festival

1988 — Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

1989 — Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

1988 — San Sebastian International Film Festival

1988 — Toronto International Film Festival

1988 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1988 — Berlin International Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

International Sales

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia