Screening October 16–22. Tickets coming soon!
***WINNER – Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – 2026 Sundance Film Festival
***WINNER – AT&T Untold Stories Award – 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
Anna (Anna Sargent making her acting debut), a middle-aged Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. Alongside her sister Emily (Ali Ahn) and her father (Victor Slezak), they must confront challenging questions about the future, but she remains determined to build a life where all of them can thrive.
Liz Sargent’s intimate debut drama examines the shifting demands placed on a unique — and uniquely challenged — family in a Florida suburb. Expanded from Sargent’s acclaimed short (2023 Florida Film Festival), Take Me Home exposes the indignities of the American health care system and the structural challenges faced by disabled people. The film also gently and imaginatively traces a path for Anna’s independence and connection to a community of chosen family. By turns quietly devastating and bracingly optimistic, Take Me Home confronts us with an impossible situation, while holding out hope for Anna’s future.
2026, 91 Minutes, US, Directed by Liz Sargent, Not Rated, Digital
“A moving snapshot of a small family in Florida”
– William Stottor, Loud and Clear Reviews
“A deeply felt examination of the challenges so many face”
– Lisa Kennedy, Variety
“Striking in its authenticity and originality”
– John Fink, The Film Stage
“A poignant and affecting experience highlighted by Anna’s star-making performance.”
– Abe Friedtanzer, Awards Buzz
"With its uniformly memorable performances and unusually persistent compassion, "Take Me Home" serves as a moving cri de coeur."
– Elizabeth Weitzman, TheWrap
“Funny and deeply sensitive”
– Indiewire
