This is a feature film cut of Rūrangi Season 1 with a cinema release and festival circuit run.
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.
STARRING Elz Carrad, Arlo Green, Āwhina Rose Henare Ashby, Kirk Torrance, Ramon Te Wake, Sonny Tupu, Aroha Rawson, Renee Lyons, Renée Sheridan SERIES DIRECTOR Max Currie SERIES WRITER Cole Meyers LEAD PRODUCER Craig Gainsborough CO-PRODUCERS Cole Meyers, Tweedie Waititi, Max Currie, Melissa Nickerson CREATED BY Cole Meyers, Oliver Page WRITER Oliver Page CASTING DIRECTOR Kate McGill CINEMATOGRAPHER Johannes Louis PRODUCTION DESIGNER Henric Matthiesen, Nick Lowry PRODUCTION MANAGER Sandani Wijetunge EDITOR Brough Johnson, Dan Kircher MUSIC COMPOSER Lachlan Anderson
An Iranian and an Israeli find themselves in purgatory – an immigration waiting room with a bunch of paranoid strangers who realise they have more in common than they thought.
STARRING Roxie Mohebbi, Zak Enayat DIRECTOR & WRITER Ghazaleh Golbakhsh PRODUCER Craig Gainsborough CINEMATOGRAPHER Leigh Elford EDITOR Amie Bentall
June’s life is turned upside down when her parents relationship reaches a breaking point. Told through the eyes of the family dog, Stay is a one-shot short film that explores the tipping point in a young girl’s life.
STARRING June van Beek, Jay Saussey, Brett Gribble DIRECTOR Craig Gainsborough & Luke Thornborough WRITER Luke Thornborough & Melissa Nickerson PRODUCER Craig Gainsborough CO-PRODUCER Kat Glass CINEMATOGRAPHER Leigh Elford PRODUCTION DESIGNER Henric Matthiesen ANIMAL WRANGLER Rachel Butler
A reclusive teenage farmboy finds an unlikely source of inspiration to stand-up against his overbearing father.
STARRING Tim Hamilton, Albertine Jonas, Peter Tait DIRECTOR & WRITER Julian Vares PRODUCER Craig Gainsborough CINEMATOGRAPHER Eoin O'Liddigh EDITOR Richard Lord
True Love Never Dies... Darby Duncan is convinced he will die on his Ten Thousandth Day. But when he meets Arabella at the funeral of his cousin, things don't quite go to plan.
STARRING Morgana O'Reilly, Benedict Wall DIRECTOR & WRITER Michael Duignan PRODUCER Nik Beachman, Craig Gainsborough CINEMATOGRAPHER Duncan Cole EDITOR Michael Lonsdale