Six students discover crime should be left to criminals. A guide to student life: SCARFIES/; scarf-ees/ n. - local slang for students at Otago University. Dunedin - Southernmost University in the world. DUNEDIN/; dunnee-din/ n. - University town in New Zealand. Home of the guitar-based 'Dunedin sound', the legendary Otago rugby team and 16,000 scarfies. SQUAT/; skwat/ n&v. - An abandoned house coveted by the financially challenged (ie. poor scarfies). Attractions: Free rent; free power; freedom. MARIJUANA/; marawana/n. - An illicit substance found growing in the basement of a certain Dunedin squat. DEAL/; de-el/n. - An illegal way to make money from above substance. CHAOS/; K-os/n. - What happens when five cash-strapped scarfies become amateur drug lords for a week. LESSON/; less-on/n - That crime should be left to criminals.
New Zealand Film Festival
Sundance
Edinburgh

Directors

Robert Sarkies

Producers

Lisa Chatfield

Screenplay Writers

Robert Sarkies
Duncan Sarkies

Executive Producers

Chris Hampson
Chris Brown

Cast

Taika Waititi
Alex
Ashleigh Seagar
Nicole
Willa O’Neill
Emma
Neill Rea
Scott
Charlie Bleakley
Graham

Production Company


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