Cast:
Adam McConvell
Bela Kusumah Kasim
Christie Buckingham
Cinematographer:
Katie Milwright ACS
Sound Recordist:
Fabrice Galli
Production and Costume Designer:
Nicki Gardiner
Production Manager:
Darren McFarlane
2nd Unit Cinematographer:
Sherwin Akbarzadeh
Editor:
Uri Mizrahi
Composer:
Robin Fox
Executive Producers:
Robert Connolly & Rebecca Summerton
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
A Savage Films & Brindle Films
production, 2025
FILM CRITICS
CIRCLE OF AUSTRALIA NOMINEE - BEST DOCUMENTARY
When Australia’s most acclaimed Indigenous actor David Gulpilil passed away in 2021 his dying wish was to be reunited with his country in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. A tribal man whose screen debut was Nicolas Roeg’s 1978 cult hit Walkabout (Cannes Film Festival), David deftly navigated two-worlds going on to star in many films such as Crocodile Dundee, Rabbit Proof Fence, Mad Dog Morgan, and The Tracker. To honour David, his family took on an incredible journey spanning four and a half thousand kilometres by vehicle, plane, boat, on foot through the Outback, and via helicopter, with challenging environmental conditions. This final chapter of David Gulpilil’s story, was an extraordinary homecoming. Tribal singers and dancers invoked their ancestral stories and ceremonies in rejuvenation of a culture that reaches back to time immemorial to close out his story, in full-cycle.
Written & Directed by:
Produced by:
Associate Producers:
Executive Producers:
Maggie Miles & Trisha Morton-Thomas
Rachel Clements, Jida Gulpilil, Lloyd Garrawurra, Trisha Morton-Thomas & Maggie Miles
Cathy Gallagher & Bridget May
Joyce Malakuya Malibirr, Peter Murrkiltja Guyula, Alfred Yangipuy Wanambi, Witiyana Marika, Paul Wiegard
Featuring:
Alfred Yangipuy Wanambi
Blakey Djamarr Carter
Clifton Gulpilil
Davis Muwarra
Gary Smith
Harold Richards
Jamie Gulpilil
Jida Gulpilil
Jimmy Djamanbarr
Joseph Smith
Josiah Wunungmurra
Joyce Malakuya Malibirr
Lloyd Garrawurra
Mark Yingiya Guyula MLA
Sister Aunty MD
Mary Hood
Natasha Wanganeen
Peter Murrkiltja Guyula
Phoebe Marson Gulpilil
Redonicus Rringurra
Ronnie Garrawurra
Wayne O’Donovan
Witiyana Marika
Yirrmal Marika
and FAMILIES
Narrator:
Hugh Jackman
Cultural Storyteller:
Danzal Baker AKA Baker Boy
Cinematographers:
Allan Collins ACS
Anna Cadden & Maggie Miles
Editor:
Bill Murphy
Original Music by:
David Bridie
Sound Recordist:
Josh Williams
Titles & Graphics:
Kingdom Of Ludd
Sound Editor & Mixer:
David Williams
Assembly Editor &
Additional Editor:
Hayley Miro Browne
Additional Editor:
Sara Edwards
Artwork:
J.B. Fisher
With thanks to:
Jenny Lalor, Nagle & Co, Jack Rule
Madge Fletcher, Catherine Dwyer
Citt Williams, Jill Bilcock, Soundfirm
Nicholas McVay, Shaun Smith, Thomas Fenner
National Indigenous Television, Madman Entertainment, Screen Australia, Screen Territor VicScreen, Documentary Australia, IBA, Savage Films, Brindle Films