SYNOPSIS

SIXTEEN LEGS is a nature documentary like no other. Featuring Neil Gaiman alongside appearances by Stephen Fry, Tara Moss, Adam Hills, and Mark Gatiss, and with a score co-written and performed by Kate Miller-Heidke, SIXTEEN LEGS tells the story of the world beneath our feet through 6 years of filming, over 25 years of scientific research, and hundreds of millions of years of evolution. Journey into a shadowy world of weird animals and strange rock formations, overseen by giant prehistoric spiders trying to find love in the dark. Meet animals that outlasted the dinosaurs, survived the splitting of the continents and that have endured the entirety of human civilisation in Australia’s deepest caves. As the world seemingly descends into the next period of global mass extinction, a message of hope comes from an unlikely hero: a creature, often reviled, that has survived previous mass extinctions and climatic change in a magical ecosystem hidden beneath one of the world's last great wildernesses. With award-winning imagery and a dark-fantasy twist, this real-world "Charlotte's Web" takes you on an adventure through an ecosystem that preceded us and may still outlast us."Followed by filmmaker and scientist Q&A. Proceeds will support the Bookend Trust's work supporting students studying unknown aspects of the natural world." “A playful, stunning documentary... as epically gorgeous as it is fantastically artful.” – Edhat Review, Santa Barbara International Film Festival. “Giant Tasmanian Cave Spiders and Neil Gaiman!! What more could you possibly want???” – George R.R. Martin