Take Me Home
Short Film
15:49 min | English I 2023
Director I Liz Sargent
Producer/Director of Photography I Minos Papas
Executive Producers I Julia S. Gouw, Janet Yang Productions, CAPE, Virginia Millhiser, Timothy Millhiser
Associate Producers I Molly Sargent, Robert Sargent, Jane Shin Park, Wilma Smider, Kaneza Schaal
Editor I Ashley Roby
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Starring
Anna Sargent, Jeena Yi, Joan Sargent, Lisa Panagopulos, Danielle J. Bowman, Souljah Bless
AWARDS
LA Asian Pacific Film Festival –WINNER
BEST SHORT
deadCenter Film Festival - WINNER
GRAND JURY BEST SHORT
Desertscape International Film Festival -WINNER
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Walla Walla Movie Crushl - NOMINATED BEST PERFORMANCE - ANNA SARGENT
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
SXSW
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Palm Springs International Shortfest
deadCenter Film Festival
Desertscape International Film Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
River Run International Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival (San Francisco, CA)
FACETS: Chicago Int. Children’s FF
Hawai’i International Film Festival
Reel Sisters Film Festival
INTERFILM: BERLIN FF
Champs Elysess Film Festival (Paris, France)
Ajyal Film Festival, Doha Film Institute (DFI) (Qatar)
Reel Asian Film Festival (Toronto, CANADA)
CAAM (San Francisco, CA)
Superfest Disability Film Festival (San Francisco,)
disABILITY Education Film Festival (Gunnison, CO)
Bentonville Film Festival
Boston Asian American Film Festival
Denver Film Festival
Walla Walla Movie Crush (Washington)
Summer Shorts Film Festival (New Paltz, NY)
FilmFest (Washington DC)
Footcandle Film Festival (Hickory, NC)
Winter Park Film Festival (Winter Park, CO)
New York Indie Shorts
Charlotte Film Festival
Loft Film Festival (Tuscan, AZ)
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Theatrical release with the Sundance Shorts Tour, 2023
Watch in-flight with Delta Airlines
Vimeo Staff Pick
Short of the Week, November 2023
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Synopsis:
Anna is an adult with a Cognitive Disability living with her mother in Midland Florida. When her mother is unresponsive, she calls her sister for help, but without the language to be believed, Anna is brushed aside. Emily returns home and is immediately engulfed in a futile struggle for medical information, while Anna’s world is deconstructed. In this sadness, Anna sees the bigger picture and with a straightforward strength, Anna holds her own. The uncertainty for the sisters’ future independence remains but they are now a team against all odds.