Sunshine Coast FrenchFilmFestival
Sponsored by the: 2026 Summer French Festival
Journey Home, David Gulpilil "A revelatory experience" Jack Thompson Nambour Wed
Wed, 29 Oct
|Nambour
A remarkable journey indeed as legendary Yolngu actor David Gulpilil is brought back to his home country in a continent-traversing commemoration worthy of his transcendent talent. From the bottom of the country, South Australia, where he passed- to Gupulul, Arnhem Land. Epic.
Time & Location
29 Oct 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Nambour, Centenary Square, Currie St, Nambour QLD 4560, Australia
Guests
About the Event
JOURNEY HOME film trailer HERE
15+ 90 min Directed by Maggie Miles Trisha Morton-Thomas Narration: Hugh Jackman Cultural Storyteller Danzal Baker aka Baker Boy
Composer : David Bridie
Journey Home, David Gulpilil is the final chapter and journey of a screen icon, coming directly from the Sydney/Melbourne International Film Festival and Adelaide FF to us! It's a powerful and at times spectacular record of grief, community and ceremony in which the renowned Indigenous actor is laid to rest on his Homeland of Gupulul in Arnhem Land, NT...a journey that starts at Murray Bridge S.A. where he passed away. An epic last trip.
A Yolŋu man, David Gulpilil, lived a traditional life in the Arafura Swamp before being cast at age 16 in his first film, Walkabout, in 1971. He became an industry trailblazer, always navigating two worlds – although his Yolŋu culture was rarely in the spotlight. Over 5 decades he appeared…