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RūRANGI

Directed by: Max Currie (Everything We Loved, Queer Nation)
Genres: Drama
Cast: Elz Carrad, Kirk Torrance, Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby, Arlo Green, Ramon Te Wake, Aroha Rawson, Renee Lyons, Renée Sheridan
Created by: Cole Meyers, Oliver Page
Series Writer: Cole Meyers
Produced by: Craig Gainsborough
Production Company: Autonomouse
Co-Producers: Tweedie Waititi, Melissa Nickerson
Production year: 2019
Release year: 2020
Country: New Zealand
Language: English, Māori (Subtitled in English)
Duration: TV series 5 episodes x 19 min / Feature Film 87 min
Formats: HD

Synopsis: After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rūrangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn’t heard from him since before Caz transitioned.

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FESTIVALS

New Zealand International Film Festival 2020 Special Presentation (TV Series)

Mix Copenhagen 2020

Frameline - San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2020 World Cinema WINNER OF AT&T AUDIENCE AWARD FOR NARRATIVE FEATURE

NewFest - New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival 2020 Narrative Features

Inside Out LGBT Film Festival 2020 Episodic

Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival 2021

Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2021 - WINNER OF BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

BFI Flare Film Festival UK 2021

Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2021

Oslo Fusion Film Festival 2021

Hamburg Queer Film Festival 2021

Queersicht Film Festival Switzerland 2021

VinoKino Queer Film Festival Finland 2021

Lesgaicinemad Madrid 2021

Queerstreifen Regensburg 2021

Festheart Estonia 2021

Aussie & Kiwi Film Festival Prague 2021