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