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Canadian Premiere
Liz Sargent’s deeply personal film stars her sister Anna, who plays a woman quite like her real self: thirtysomething, cognitively disabled, and utterly vivacious. As the story begins, Anna is living with her aging parents in Florida, but things take a turn when her mother (Marceline Hugot) passes away. Older sister Emily (Ali Ahn) flies in from New York City to help, but discovers a family in crisis: father Bob (Victor Slezak) is approaching senility, and Anna is unable to care for herself.
Alternately wrenching and uplifting, Take Me Home is a film in which the play of sunbeams and splashes of rainfall share the spotlight with human drama, and Sargent is a filmmaker attuned to the small moments that mark human life. She is also a skilled director of actors: Slezak and Ahn give carefully balanced and utterly convincing performances, while Anna Sargent radiates desire and volatility in the lead role. Together, the two sisters create a work that’s free from idealism but full of empathy and subtle beauty.
Content Considerations: Fast-moving images, flashing lights, intense visual patterns
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic Competition, Sundance 2026
Liz Sargent’s deeply personal film stars her sister Anna, who plays a woman quite like her real self: thirtysomething, cognitively disabled, and utterly vivacious. As the story begins, Anna is living with her aging parents in Florida, but things take a turn when her mother (Marceline Hugot) passes away. Older sister Emily (Ali Ahn) flies in from New York City to help, but discovers a family in crisis: father Bob (Victor Slezak) is approaching senility, and Anna is unable to care for herself.
Alternately wrenching and uplifting, Take Me Home is a film in which the play of sunbeams and splashes of rainfall share the spotlight with human drama, and Sargent is a filmmaker attuned to the small moments that mark human life. She is also a skilled director of actors: Slezak and Ahn give carefully balanced and utterly convincing performances, while Anna Sargent radiates desire and volatility in the lead role. Together, the two sisters create a work that’s free from idealism but full of empathy and subtle beauty.
Content Considerations: Fast-moving images, flashing lights, intense visual patterns
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic Competition, Sundance 2026
