Annakey Productions

18/12/2025

🎉HOMECOMING has been selected for Capricorn Film Festival and will be our Australian Premiere, in the CAPS Short Film Competition alongside 11 other Australian and international short films.

🎬The festival has been running for 10+ years with the incredible Luke Graham at the helm as Festival Director, and opens in the beautiful Central Queensland town of Yeppoon in January 2026. Start the year strong!

We hope our Australian friends can make it to the screening on the 18th January 2026.

🎟️Link below for tickets!
https://www.capricornfilmfestival.org/shorts

18/12/2025

Central Queensland's premiere film arts festival the 2026 Capricorn Film Festival. View our program and purchase your tickets online.

02/12/2025

We've just updated our projects page on the website. Find out more about current and past Annakey Productions films here:
https://www.annakeyproductions.co.nz/projects.html

26/11/2025

🎉🎥We had a wonderful evening at Te Puna Matarau - Canterbury Screen Industry Association Canterbury Short Film Spotlight screening at Lumiere Cinema last night! It was such a joy to share HOMECOMING with you all in our hometown premiere, and to be amongst such a fantastic cohort of prestige local films.

Our ticket competition winner Kenta Lord and Writer/Director Grae Meek are pictured together, and Kenta's film ZIPPO also played on the night.

Keep an eye out for more screenings soon 🤔🤫

23/11/2025

🥳Congratulations to for winning the ticket to Canterbury Short Film Spotlight Screening on 26th November at Lumiere Cinema. We are excited to share Homecoming Short Film’s hometown premiere with you on the night. Thanks to everyone who entered, your support for our film is so appreciated. Thank you to Te Puna Matarau - Canterbury Screen Industry Association for running a wonderful event celebrating our local films and filmmakers!

21/11/2025

UPDATE : COMPETITION CLOSED, WINNER ANNOUNCED 24/11/25
🎟️🎉Go into the draw to win a ticket to the SOLD OUT Christchurch premiere of HOMECOMING at the CANTERBURY SHORT FILM SPOTLIGHT event on 26th November 2025 at Lumiere Cinemas with Te Puna Matarau - Canterbury Screen Industry Association

How to enter:
like and comment on this post, and follow these pages:

Homecoming Short Film
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Your name will go into a random draw to win 1 x ticket to the event.

Terms & Conditions:
To be eligible, you must agree to these terms and conditions: You must like and comment on this post, and follow the Homecoming Short Film and Annakey Productions pages to be eligible. You must be available to attend the screening event on 26th November 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. You give us permission to use your name and take a photo of you at the screening to post on our social media. Competition opens 17th November 2025 and closes 5pm NZST 21st November 2025. Winner’s name is drawn randomly and will be contacted via your social media account 21-23 November and announced by 24th November 2025. Please respond within 8 hours of notification or the ticket will be drawn again until a winner is confirmed. Ticket is not exchangeable for cash. Competition is run across Facebook and Instagram users, one entry per user profile. Please treat everyone with respect and kindness with your comments. For any questions or clarifications, please DM us 😊

07/11/2025

🌠Continuing our stellar line up we have...🌠

Homecoming Short Film

We have a lot to talk about.

Director: Grae Meek, DOP: Julian Vares
Producer: Anna Canton of Annakey Productions

A transgender woman returns home to finally come out to her parents but as dinner spirals out of control, her anxieties manifest in sinister ways.

This psychological thriller 🍽️🍽️🍽️ at Top of the South Film Festival recently, winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Awa Puna), and recently screened at the BUFilmFestival in London!

🎟️ Tickets to the Canterbury Short Film Spotlight - brought to you by Te Puna Matarau, with generous support from Lumière Cinemas, Torlesse Winery and Screen Canterbury NZ are $20, and can be nabbed from https://www.lumierecinemas.co.nz/movie/canterbury-short-film-spotlight !

03/11/2025

📢HOMECOMING will screen in Christchurch on the 26th November at Lumière Cinemas as part of Te Puna Matarau - Canterbury Screen Industry Association Canterbury Short Film Spotlight! One night only 🌃🎉🎬

Get your tickets ASAP, only $20 which will get you the screening, drinks and nibbles and a chance to network with the filmmakers featured in the programme.

🎟️https://www.lumierecinemas.co.nz/movie/canterbury-short-film-spotlight

30/10/2025

🎬And that's a wrap on DEAD STRANGERS! 🪦🎉 What an incredible cast and crew 💖 Great performances, gorgeous visuals and an amazing team. So excited to get post-production underway, watch this space!

Title: 'Dead Strangers' (Formerly 'Five Stages') pilot episode

Writer/Director:
Producers: .productions
Company: Annakey Productions
Starring:
DOP: .j.wong
1st AC:
2nd AC: .dp and
Gaffer:
LX: .gaborian
Grip:
LX Trainee: and
Sound Recordist:
Sound Assist: .panoho
Production Design:
Set Dresser:
Art Trainee:
HMU: Amy Elgar
Costume:
1st AD:
2nd AD: Jessica Bennett and
3rd AD:
Script Supervisor:
Production Assistant:
Runner: .charles17 and
Location Manager:
Unit Manager:
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28/10/2025

👀Check out the feature story on our Writer/Director Grae Meek and HOMECOMING from Ara Institute of Canterbury where Grae is Senior Videographer. Following our string of wins at Top of the South Film Festival, to have the support of an inclusive workplace as well as the backing of Ara Foundation to make this powerful film has been amazing.

📸Tyler Redmond

Ara Institute of Canterbury’s senior videographer, Grae Meek (she/her), has taken home top honours at the Top of the South Film Festival. Her short film Homecoming swept multiple national awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Shortland Street’s Awa Puna...

21/10/2025

HOMECOMING just premiered in the UK at BUFilmFestival in London! The audience were teary eyed, choked up with sniffles to be heard around the theatre🥹

Thank you so much for coming along, and a massive thank you to Loren Kett for the snaps of the night! 📸🥰

21/10/2025

HOMECOMING's UK premiere is tomorrow - Tuesday 21 Oct 6:pm at Genesis Cinema in London (6am 22 Oct NZST) at BUFilmFestival. We are so thrilled to be part of an incredibly inclusive, rebellious and passionate festival, celebrating 20 years of independent filmmaking!