Homecoming
Format: Short Film
Duration: 14 min
Year: 2025
Genre: Psychological Drama, Thriller
Writer/Director: Grae Meek
Producer: Anna Canton
DOP: Julian Vares
Starring: Awa Puna, Lara Macgregor, Te Wharerangi Mihinui
Synopsis: A transgender woman returns home to come out to her parents. But the dinner spirals as her anxieties manifest in dark, sinister ways.
Funding: New Zealand Film Commission, Boosted, Ara Foundation, Pan-Asian Screen Collective
Rating: M
Festivals:
Screenings:
Awards:
Top of the South Film Festival 2025:
Duration: 14 min
Year: 2025
Genre: Psychological Drama, Thriller
Writer/Director: Grae Meek
Producer: Anna Canton
DOP: Julian Vares
Starring: Awa Puna, Lara Macgregor, Te Wharerangi Mihinui
Synopsis: A transgender woman returns home to come out to her parents. But the dinner spirals as her anxieties manifest in dark, sinister ways.
Funding: New Zealand Film Commission, Boosted, Ara Foundation, Pan-Asian Screen Collective
Rating: M
Festivals:
- Top of the South 2025 (World Premiere - New Zealand)
- British Urban Film Festival 2025 (United Kingdom)
- Capricorn Film Festival 2026 (Australia)
- Colors of Love Queer Film Festival 2026 (India)
- Queer Movie Nights 2026 (Greece)
- Wairoa Māori Film Festival 2026 (New Zealand)
- KASHISH Pride Film Festival 2026 (India)
- Muskoka Queer Film Festival 2026 (Canada)
- MT Queer Premia (Mato Grosso Queer Awards) 2026 (Brazil)
Screenings:
- Canterbury Short Film Spotlight 2025 (NZ)
- Ōtautahi Christchurch Pride Month 2026: Lunchtime Screenings + Director Q&A (NZ)
- Tauranga Pride Month 2026: Closing Night Screening Event (NZ)
- Matariki Pride Rotorua 2026: Reel Queer Short Films Night (NZ)
- 40 Years On: Queer Movie Night + Director Q&A 2026 (NZ)
Awards:
Top of the South Film Festival 2025:
- Best Film
- Best Screenplay
- Best Director
- Best Actress - Awa Puna
- Best Actor Short Film - Awa Puna
- Best LGBTQ+ Transgender Film
- Best Female Director
News & Media:
- WIFTNZ: Transgender Short Film Celebrates 9th Festival Selection, August 2026
- Chch Pride: Ōtautahi Christchurch Pride Month - Lunchtime Screenings + Director Q&A , March 2026
- Press Release: Colors of Love Queer Film Festival - Mumbai, India - Press Release, Feb 2026
- CFF: Capricorn Film Festival - Festival Trailer, Jan 2026
- Ara: Ara videographer Grae Meek wins top film honours for Homecoming
- BOOSTED: Homecoming's Boosted Campaign
- STUFF.CO.NZ: ‘New wave of cinema’: Film hoping to shine light on coming out as a transgender person needs to raise funds
- Ara: Ara’s Pride Week Profile Boosted by Ara Staff Involvement In Transgender Film Funding
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