When a young filmmaker documents the destruction of the ancient forests in Tasmania she is targeted by a giant logging corporation in a million dollar legal battle that challenges the right to free speech.

Awards: Best Documentary Short, Women Voices Now Film Festival 2016; Best Short Film, Green Film Festival in Seoul 2016; Sir Edmund Hillary Award, Mountain / Environmental Competition, Mountain Film Festival 2016; 1st Place Jury Selection, Wild and Green Shorts 2016; Nominated for the Golden Kapok Award, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2015; Highly Commended Diploma, Mastalu Nature Film Festival 2015.—Heidi Lee Douglas

In Australia and New Zealand you can now watch Defendant 5 on . Defendant 5 is available for download to rent or buy for educational purposes worldwide via Green Planet Films .An ATOM Study Guide is available. Defendant 5 is distributed throughout China by GZDOC Doc Shop. Defendant 5 has been selected for the 'Green Cinema Tour' to screen in more than 100 school elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul, South Korea.—Heidi Lee Douglas

Film Festival Screenings include: April 13 2018 - Real to Reel: A Luta Continua (Hobart, Tasmania); Defendant 5 was toured throughout the USA as part of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival Tour 2016 and 2017; April 21-23 2017 Artemis Women in Action Film Festival. (Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, USA); April 6 - 9th 2017 Audience Choice Awards Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA); March 21 - 28th 2017 Female Filmmakers Fest The Audience Awards; March 18 - 26th 2017 - Albany Film Fest (Albany, California); October 12 - 16 2016 BIFED Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (Bozcaada, Turkey); May 6 - 12th 2016 Green Film Festival in Seoul (Seoul, South Korea); April 19 - 30th 2016 Wild and Green Short Film Audience Awards; April 14th - 20th 2016 San Francisco Green Film Festival (San Francisco, USA); Feb 24th - 28th 2016 Frozen River Film Festival (Winona, Minnesota); Jan 2016 14th - 16th- Wild and Scenic Film Festival (Nevada City, California); Sept 8th 2015 - Environmental Film Festival Australia (Melbourne, Australia); with guest speaker Heidi Lee Douglas Sept 15th 2015 - Matsula Nature Film Festival (Estonia) in Competition "Man and Nature"; Sept 18th 2015 - Environmental Film Festival Australia (Hobart, Australia); Opening Night film, with guest speaker Heidi Lee Douglas; Feb 25th 2105 - Transitions Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia).—Heidi Lee Douglas