What We Do In The Shadows selected to Sundance
Just announced! Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s vampire mockumentary ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ will premiere at Sundance Film Festival as part of Park City at Midnight section. The […]
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What Te Hinekahu has to learn from turtle babies
Taika is back in New Zealand and even though they are back home, it seems that the best place for Te Hine to go to sleep is Phil & Ted’s […]
Te Hinekahu’s first limo
Snow was not a problem for Taika’s little daughter’s pram in strolling the streets and parks of Berlin. No wonder Phil & Ted’s are so popular among Polish celebs as […]
Berlinale Finale
63rd Berlinale winners announced. Taika Waititi, Lucy Walker and Oren Moverman formed First Feature Jury that had to pick the winner out of 27 films. During the Closing Ceremony, Taika […]
Berlinale opening ceremony
The 63rd Berlinale has started. Apart from watching 27 films in 8 days as one of the members (together with Lucy Walker and Oren Moverman) of the jury that will […]
Shorts Program 4 is Surprisingly Human
Some thoughts about The Captain at Sundance 2013…
Poster for The Captain
Co-directors Nash and Spencer teamed up with Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark writer/director) for their latest short, The Captain. It’s about a pilot who wakes up from a colossal hangover […]
Indigenous Cinema at Berlinale and Taika to judge First Feature
Starting this year, the 2013 Berlin Festival is hosting a huge retrospective show dedicated to the cinematic storytelling of Indigenous peoples, “NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema”. In its […]
Nash Edgerton talks about The Captain before its premiere
The Captain, co-written by and starring Taika, will premiere at Flickerfest tonight in Sydney. The opening shot of Nash Edgerton’s short film, The Captain, barely hints at the mayhem ahead. […]
The Captain will premiere at Flickerfest
Australian short film festival Flickerfest has announced its line-up. The Captain is on the list of the films taking part in the competition. It will also be the film’s world […]
The Captain selected for the Sundance Short Film Program
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival has announced Short Film Program. One of the films I am particularly interested in seeing is The Captain and I hope it will be screened […]
An official Ambassador of Tropfest NZ
Tropfest began twenty years ago when Director John Polson showed a six-minute film he made for under $100 at his local café (‘The Tropicana’) in Sydney for 200 friends and […]
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