Best Melbourne Documentary 2024 at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, To Thank the Room is about the last 100 days of the iconic Brooklyn Arts Hotel in Fitzroy. 

This heart-warming and inspiring documentary is an intimate portrait of Maggie Fooke, the creator of the hotel, as she navigates the final days of this dearly-loved institution, before its closure in 2020 due to financial constraints.
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To Thank The Room is about living life to the fullest and facing major life-transitions. Maggie leads a merry dance as she both embraces and resists the process of letting go, with a fierce determination to relish and share her beloved ‘Brooklyn’ to the very last drop. (She now presides over the Northern Arts guest house in Castlemaine, which hosts a rich programme of music and film events).  ‘So few films try to capture everyday life, and few succeed as this one has. I enjoyed it so much. Just beautiful’ – John Flaus – Australian screen and broadcasting legend.  Kind Films.