Rūrangi

Starring, produced and written by New Zealand’s gender diverse community, Rūrangi follows transgender activist Caz Davis as he heads home to the isolated, conservative dairy town of Rūrangi - where no-one’s heard or seen from Caz...
New Zealand Production
Feature 2021 Drama 87.00 minutes
Rurangi Production WB 2073
Set in New Zealand, Rūrangi tells the story of transgender activist, Caz Davis, who returns to the conservative, isolated rural dairy community he left ten years ago to transition, hoping to reconnect with his father.
2020 Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Winner Audience Award for Best Feature
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Winner Best International Feature
New Zealand International Film Festival
2021 Auckland Pride Festival
Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival – Closing Night Film

Directors

Max Currie

Producers

Craig Gainsborough

Screenplay Writers

Cole Meyers
Oliver Page

Cast

Elz Carrad
Caz Davis
Arlo Green
Jem
Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby
Anahera
Kirk Torrance
Gerald Davis
Ramon Te Wake
Ellie
Renee Sheridan
Agnes
Sonny Tupu
Andrew ‘Andy’ Ainofo
Aroha Rawson
Whina
Renee Lyons
Colleen Richter
Ross Harper
Harry

Crew

Johannes Louis | DOP
Brough Johnson | Editor
Dan Kircher | Editor
Lachlan Anderson | Composer
Henric Matthiesen | Production Designer
Nick Lowry | Production Designer
Tweedie Waititi | Script Consultant

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