Taika in Taos
Each month Sundance Institute highlights one member of the Alumni Advisory Board and May belonged to Taika Waititi. This is what an Australian wrote after seeing BOY in Washington, D.C.: […]
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The Indians are coming y’all.
Very rewarding week on the Mescalero Apache Rez in New Mexico for Sundance Native Film Lab. The Indians are coming y’all. Taos, NM via @TaikaWaititi Film Lab Native style, w […]
Uncle Taika wants YOU…
…to show him your shorts… Applications are now open for ‘Fresh Shorts’ short film funding. Fresh Shorts is the Film Commission’s annual hunt for the next generation of filmmaking talent, […]
Sundance NativeLab
On 24th May, the third annual Sundance Institue NativeLab started in Mescalero, New Mexico and Taika is one of the creative advisors there. He’ll be working there for the next […]
Taika in Studio 49
Listen to Taika on Native America Calling recorded on Friday, May 20, 2011. Film through Maori Eyes More and more, film is becoming one of the prime ways the indigenous […]
“Last Night” short film
I haven’t seen this film yet and it’s finally available online. OneDreamRush: Last Night (2009) . Sometimes I have these dreams where I am about to die or cross over […]
Taika blogging from Michigan
Read Brittany Ballard’s post on Film Forward blog about the Sundance Institute crew’s visit in Mount Pleasant. She’s describing the presentation Taika gave for youth there. Seems like it was […]
Film Forward >>
Ten films have been selected to take part in the Sundance Institute’s inaugural cultural exchange program, FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue initiative and one of them is Taika Waititi’s BOY. […]
Not only the pilot!
NZ Herald reported today that Taika Waititi is going to direct more episodes of a remake of hit British comedy The Inbetweeners after its pilot being picked up by MTV […]
Taika dealing with issues
Tiger turns into dragon when it comes to protecting his land, the land that some of us could see in his latest film Boy. Why dragon? Sunday Star Times published […]
Download Boy (NZ, 2010)
I can imagine now the number of hits on our website, but that is just a trick. You won’t find any files to be shared here. This tweet wasn’t the […]
MTV likes The Inbetweeners
Excellent news! MTV has picked up its remake of the award-winning British series The Inbetweeners to series with a 12-episode order. Brad Copeland wrote the adaptation and serves as the […]
Super City is over…?
The final episode of Super City aired on TV3 last Friday. If you missed it and you are from New Zealand, you can watch all episodes online for the next […]
Taika Can Create
Communications agency The Church today announced the launch of We Can Create, a symposium for creative industry professionals taking place in Auckland’s Aotea Centre 26-27 August 2011. We Can Create […]
Taika receives NZFC’s Talent Award
From NZFC’s newsletter March, 2011: In recognition of significant critical and commercial success the Board has agreed to create additional Talent Awards. These are to be discretionary and recommended by […]
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