DIRECTOR’S NOTES - Ainsley Gardiner & Catherine Fitzgerald
“There are a few moments in childhood that have a lasting impact. Not because they change the course of your life, or because they arrive with any great...
New Zealand Production
Short2004Drama, Comedy11.00 minutes
A tale of first love.
While waiting for their parents, two boys and a girl meet in the carpark of a rural pub. What at first seems to be a relationship based on rivalry soon develops into a close friendship. We learn that love can be found in the most unlikely of places.
2005 - Academy Award Nomination for Best Short Film Live Action
'AFI Grand Jury Prize' American Film Institute
'Prize of the Cinema Jury' Oberhausen
2004 - 'Best Short Film Panorama Section' Berlin Film Festival
'Best Drama' Aspen Film Festival
2013 Sundance Institute 40th Anniversary Short Film Programme
2022 Sundance Film Festival
Directors
Taika Waititi
Producers
Ainsley Gardiner
Catherine Fitzgerald
Screenplay Writers
Taika Waititi
Executive Producers
Vanessa Alexander
Cast
Rangi Ngamoki Romeo
Hutini Waikato Polly
Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards Ed
Crew
Adam Clark|
Director of Photography
Owen Ferrier-kerr|
Editor
Production Company
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