2026 Sundance Film Festival - World Premiere : U.S. Dramatic Competition
76th Berlin International Film Festival - International Premiere: Perspectives Program
2026 Tribeca Festival - New York Premiere: Spotlight Narrative
Liz Sargent’s intimate debut drama examines the shifting demands placed on a unique — and uniquely vulnerable — family in a Florida suburb. Working with a terrific ensemble, the writer-director details the struggles of Anna (newcomer Anna Sargent, the director’s sister), fellow adopted sibling Emily (Ali Ahn), and devoted father Bob (Victor Slezak), who is succumbing to dementia.

Expanded from Sargent’s acclaimed short (2023 Sundance 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.​​​​​​​

Anna cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain until she creates a world where she can thrive.

Take Me Home is the narrative feature adaptation of Liz Sargent's critically acclaimed and Oscar-qualified short that premiered at Sundance 2023 and has since screened at over 50 festivals and the White House. It follows Anna, a disabled family caregiver, who is based on Liz's real-life sister, navigating abrupt changes in her family's life and seeking to define her future.  
AWARDS
Denver Film Festival: Breakthrough Director 
Heartland Film Festival: Narrative Feature Grand Prize
Tallahassee Film Festival: Audience Award
Nashville Film Festival: Mary Jane Coleman Award 
Buffalo Film Festival: Best Feature 
deadCenter Film Festival: Special Jury Narrative Feature
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic Sundance Film Festival
LIGHTHOUSE Award: 2026 Lumen Awards
Tribeca Film Festival AT&T Untold Stories: 1MM Production Award
American Cinematheque Grand Jury Award: PROOF of Concept Film Festival
SFFILM Rainin Grant: Winner 2023

FESTIVALS
deadCenter Film Festival / Oklahoma City, OK
Nantucket Film Festival / Nantucket, MA
Bentonville Film Festival / Bentonville, AK
Roffa Mon Amour Film Festival / Rotterdam, NL
Pluk de Nacht Amsterdam / Amsterdam, NL
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival / Middlebury, VT
Cincinnati’s Cindependent Film Festival / Cincinnati, OH
Nashville Film Festival / Nashville, TN
Vancouver International Film Festival / Vancouver, BC
Bend Film Festival / Bend, OR
Tallahassee Film Festival / Tallahassee, FL
San Diego International Film Festival / San Diego, CA
Hawai‘i International Film Festival / Honolulu, HI
Durham Region International Film Festival / Whitby, ON
Denver Film Festival / Denver, CO
Leeds International Film Festival / Leeds, UK
St. Louis International Film Festival / St. Louis, MO
Indie Memphis Film Festival / Memphis, TN
San Diego Asian Film Festival / San Diego, CA
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival / Philadelphia, PA
Ljubljana International Film Festival / Ljubljana, SI
Gijon International Film Festival / Gijón, Asturias, Spain
American Film Festival / Wroclaw, Poland
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