Film Credits

Rūrangi

Rūrangi (2020)

Lead Producer // Drama // 87min.

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

WINNER

  • Frameline AT&T Audience Award for Narrative Feature 2021
  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Best Int. Feature 2021

HONOURS

  • BFI Flare Film Festival UK 2021
  • Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival, Closing Night Film 2021

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • Mix Copenhagen 2020
  • NewFest LGBT Film Fest 2020
  • Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Fest 2021
  • Oslo Fusion Film Fest 2021
  • Hamburg Queer Film Fest 2021
  • Queersicht Film Fest Switzerland 2021
  • VinoKino Queer Film Fest Finland 2021
  • Lesgaicinemad Madrid 2021
  • Queerstreifen Regensburg 2021
  • Festheart Estonia 2021
  • Aussie & Kiwi Film Fest Prague 2021
The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room (2019)

Producer // Short Film // 11min.

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

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2020
  • Exile International Film Festival Sweden 2019
Stay

Stay (2017)

Producer, Director // Short Film // 7min.

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

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • New Zealand International Film Festival
  • Giffoni Film Festival
  • Seoul Youth International Film Festival
  • Arohanui Film Festival
Thicket

Thicket (2017)

Producer // Short Film // 16min.

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

WINNER

  • The Wallace Friends of the Civic Award , New Zealand International Film Festival 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • Winchester Film Festival
Ten Thousand Days

Ten Thousand Days (2012)

Producer // Short Film // 17min.

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

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • New Zealand International Film Festival
  • Show Me Shorts Film Festival
  • Seattle International Film Festival
  • Milwaukee Film Festival
  • Vimeo Staff Picks
  • Short of the Week
  • Film Shortage
  • Short and Sweet