TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT

Short (11’)

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.

Premiere: The New Zealand Film Awards, 2003

Credits

Directed by: Taika Waititi / Produced by: Catherine Fitzgerald, Ainsley Gardiner / Screenplay by: Taika Waititi
Director of Photography: Adam Clark / Editor: Owen Ferrier-Kerr / Executive Producer: Vanessa Alexander
Starring: Rangi Ngamoki, Hutini Waikato, Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards

Festivals & Awards

2005

Best Short Film Live Action Nominee, Academy Awards
’Best Dramatic Short’, Wairoa Maori Film Festival

2004

‘Best Short Film Panorama Section' Berlin Film Festival
'Best Drama' Aspen Film Festival
'Prize of the Cinema Jury' Oberhausen
’AFI Grand Jury Prize' American Film Institute
’Claiborne Pell Award Jury Prize’, Newport Film Festival
’Best Short Film’, Hamburg Short Film Festival
’Best Short Film’, Seattle Film Festival
’Best Live Action Short Film’, Melbourne International Film Festival
’Best International Short Film’, Seagate Foyle Film Festival
’Audience Award’, National Geographic’s All Roads Festival

2003

‘Best Film’, Otago Film Festival