Savage Films

20/09/2025

Journey Home, David Gulpilil – Encore Screenings

Opening DIFF 2025 to a sell-out crowd, this profoundly moving tribute to one of Australia’s most treasured actors returns to Deckchair Cinema for three special encore sessions:

📅 Mon 22 Sept – 7:00pm
📅 Tues 30 Sept – 7:00pm
📅 Fri 3 Oct – 9:10pm

🎟️ Tickets: www.deckchaircinema.com

(Early sessions are selling fast – bookings recommended 😉)

Journey Home, David Gulpilil charts the sacred final journey of the late actor back to his ancestral homeland in Arnhem Land. Co-directed by Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, it follows his family’s extraordinary mission to carry out his dying wish - travelling thousands of kilometres by land, air, sea and foot.

More than a travelogue, it is a ceremony, a homecoming, and a celebration of unbroken cultural ties. Narrated by Hugh Jackman and Baker Boy, this intimate film honours Gulpilil’s legacy with rare grace, where grief, tradition and kinship converge.

12/09/2025

NT SCREEN SUMMIT SPOTLIGHT: MAGGIE MILES - SAVAGE FILMS

Meet Maggie Miles, Director/Producer/Writer at Savage Films.

Starting out as an actor with the Darwin Theatre Company Maggie, then had an award-winning stint as Artistic Director of Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre where she wrote critically acclaimed plays BRANDED and Worry Dolls Maggie then completed a Post Grad in Producing at the Victorian College of the Arts, finishing as ‘Most Outstanding Student’. Maggie co-wrote and produced the feature documentary GUILTY about the final 72-hours in the life of Bali-9’s Myuran Sukumaran, part of Good Pitch Australia and Adelaide Film Festival’s HIVE Initiatives, winner Best Docudrama ATOM Awards 2018. Maggie was a script editor and producer on the NITV described ‘Yolngu Blockbuster’ High Ground which world-premiered at the Berlinale, 2021 winner Best Film at the Film Critics Circle of Australia, Capricornia Film Awards, Screen Producers Australia and ATOM Awards. Maggie produced features Van Diemen’s Land, The Turning, Paper Planes, and Force of Destiny. All of which screened at major international festivals Berlinale, Toronto, Busan and Sitges, and screened at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and CinefestOz Festivals. Recently Maggie co-directed Trailblazers for Stan featuring members of the Matildas. She is currently co-director of ‘Journey Home, David Gulpilil’ with Trisha Morton-Thomas in alliance with the Gulpilil families.
Maggie will be appearing on the panel:

FROM COUNTRY TO SCREEN: THE MAKING OF JOURNEY HOME - PRESENTED BY AFTRS – 12.35-14.00PM Saturday, Sept 20th

David Gulpilil’s impact on Australian cinema is immeasurable. Journey Home, David Gulpilil, the deeply moving documentary from Savage Films NT and Brindle Films captures the final chapter of his extraordinary story and his Bäpurru, or funeral ceremony, on his Homeland of Gupulul in Arnhem Land. David’s return to Yolŋu Country is a farewell steeped in culture, ceremony, and legacy.

Panellists: Rachel Clements (Producer, Brindle Films), Trisha Morton Thomas (Co-director/producer, Brindle Films), Maggie Miles (Co-director/producer, Savage Films), Jida Gulpilil (Producer/Son of David Gulpilil), Lloyd Garrawurra (Producer/Eldest Grandson of David Gulpilil), Richard Huddleston (Head of Factual, Screen Australia)

• NT Screen Summit: 20 – 21 Sept 2025
• Cost: Free
• Location: Darwin CDU Waterfront, Kitchener Drive, Darwin

Tickets are limited. Secure your ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/a8raak3c

05/09/2025

Take a look at the official poster for Journey Home, David Gulpilil. Journey to remote Australia for a celebration of life like you've never seen before.

Coming to Australian cinemas October 30. Opening night of the Darwin International Film Festival September 11.

22/08/2025

Journey Home, David Gulpilil had its first metro Melbourne International Film Festival screening at the beautiful Forum last night, the event was supported by VicScreen. The screening brought together many of David's family members, local community and movie lovers for a chance to say goodbye to him.

Huge thanks to Fancy Films for this wonderful memory and for bringing Sherry along for work experience. 😀

Screening Sat 23 Aug, 10:15am - The Capitol
Screening Sun 24 Aug, 4pm - Kino 1, Collins Place

Screening Sun 24 Aug, 4:15pm - Sale Cinema
Screening Sun 24 Aug, 12pm - Showbiz Cinema Ballarat
Screening Sun 24 Aug, 1pm - Star Cinema Bendigo
Screening Sun 24 Aug, 6pm - The Pivotonian Cinema, Geelong

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21/07/2025

We are thrilled to announce that Journey Home, David Gulpilil will open the Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) on Thursday 11 September with filmmakers, family and special guests in attendance at Darwin’s spectacular Deckchair Cinema to celebrate an extraordinary homecoming.

Directed by Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, the film is produced by Rachel Clements, eldest son Jida Gulpilil and eldest grandson Lloyd Garrawurra, alongside Trisha Morton-Thomas and Maggie Miles who will all be at the screening. Other special guests in attendance are eldest niece Joyce Malakuya Malibirr, Peter Murrkiltja Guyula, Alfred Yangipuy Wanambi and Witiyana Marika – all Executive Producers and intimately involved with the film’s production.

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09/07/2024

🌟 It’s ‘What’s New at Cool?’ time! 🌟

📺 Tune In ... to the Tillies’ fight for gender equity with our Trailblazers Film: Women in Sport Education Resources (Years 5 - 10, HASS, English, Health), made with Savage Films, Documentary Australia and MECCA M-POWER.

🔍 Find Out ... about their inspirational battle for pay parity, explore changing perceptions of women in sports and learn about the importance of working together to achieve social change in these 4 new units.

👐 Take Action ... by creating media that champions women and challenges stereotypes, kicking on with finding ways to correct the gender imbalance in your community and examining media samples for bias.

👉 https://go.cool.org/3VZdmhU