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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