Show Times

Apr.30
6:00pm

Venue

HOTA, Home of the Arts

Strand

Closing Night

Genre

Documentary

Language

English

Country

Australia

Rating

PG

Closing Night Gala: The Last Daughter

Queensland Premiere

2022
90 Minutes
Rating: PG

Mark the end of the 2023 Gold Coast Film Festival with the Queensland Premiere of The Last Daughter. Walk the red carpet, enjoy the Gala screening and join the closing night festivities. 

The Last Daughter is a moving and unique documentary about one woman’s mission to unearth the truth about her past, and to reconcile the two sides of her family.

Brenda’s first memories were of growing up in a loving white foster family, before she was suddenly taken away and returned to her Aboriginal family.

Decades later, she feels disconnected from both halves of her life. But the traumas of her past do not lie quietly buried. So, she goes searching for the foster family with whom she had lost all contact. Along the way she uncovers long-buried secrets, government lies, and the possibility for deeper connections to family and culture.

Dress Code: Cocktail  

Tickets are $35 and include: 

  • Drink on arrival
  • Popcorn on cinema entry
  • Queensland Premiere Gala Screening of The Last Daughter 
  • Q&A post screening with Director Brenda Matthews hosted by Bernadette Young

Director

Brenda Matthews, Nathaniel Schmidt

Festival Selections

Adelaide

Cast

Brenda Matthews, Mark Matthews, Brenda (nan) Simon, Connie Ockers, Mac Ockers