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: The New Zealand Film Commission, Boosted, Ara Foundation, Pan-Asian Screen Collective
Festivals:
Awards:
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: The New Zealand Film Commission, Boosted, Ara Foundation, Pan-Asian Screen Collective
Festivals:
- Top of the South 2025 (NZ)
- British Urban Film Festival 2025 (UK)
- Canterbury Short Film Spotlight 2025 (NZ)
- Capricorn Film Festival 2026 (AUS)
- Colors of Love Queer Film Festival 2026 (IND)
- Muskoka Queer Film Festival 2026 (CAN)
Awards:
- Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress - Awa Puna (Top of the South FF 2025)
- Best Actor Short Film - Awa Puna (Capricorn FF 2026)
- Best LGBTQ Transgender Film, Best Female Director (Colors of Love QFF 2026)
News & Media:
- HOMECOMING – PRIDE MONTH Lunchtime Screenings + Director Q&A
- Homecoming - Colors of Love Queer Film Festival Press Release
- Ara videographer Grae Meek wins top film honours for Homecoming
- Homecoming's Boosted Campaign
- ‘New wave of cinema’: Film hoping to shine light on coming out as a transgender person needs to raise funds
- Ara’s Pride Week Profile Boosted by Ara Staff Involvement In Transgender Film Funding
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