-Born in 1986/Iran/Master's degree in cinema from Tehran University of Art

-Making 8 short and medium-length films/ official selection of 250 film festivals and winning awards from 90 international film festivals

-Member of the Iranian Documentary Cinema Directors Association

-Judge of Tehran International Fajr and Short Film Festival

-Cinema instructor at Tehran Office Youth Cinema Association.

Brenda Matthews is a proud Wiradjuri woman living with her husband

Mark, in Bundjalung Country, Queensland.

Since 2012 they’ve been hosting cultural camps together, taking

teenagers on Country.

Brenda is a mother, a grandmother, a poet, a writer, a speaker and an

emerging film director, making her feature film debut with THE LAST

DAUGHTER, a documentary about Brenda’s life.

As part of her journey, Brenda penned her first book, also titled ‘The Last

Daughter’, which she’s currently editing with Text Publishing. Having

trained with Karen Thomas, a renowned speaking coach, Brenda shares

her story through public speaking, booking engagements across the

education and corporate sectors.