Matt Tomaszewski takes on the “perplexing mongrel” of ‘Revealed: Reefshot’, striving for a conservation doc with cut through

Filming on the Great Barrier Reef can bring up every production challenge under the sun: The weather can often be a nightmare, the distances are vast, it’s politicised and therefore logistically difficult to shoot in, and salt water and cameras don’t always get along.

So in that sense, environmental and marine scientist-turned-filmmaker Matt Tomaszewski tells IF his latest documentary, Revealed: Reefshot for Stan, was an “absolute perplexing mongrel to make”.

However, the director is h...