Against the odds and despite some fairly middling reviews, the CGI heavy Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as a new recruit to an interplanetary police force, took the NZ number one spot last weekend with takings of $730,851…

The short film that took Taika Waititi to the Oscars is now screening online thanks to NZ On Screen. Two Cars, One Night follows several young kids – Romeo, Ed, and Polly, as they wait patiently after dark while their parents are inside drinking at a Te Kaha pub…

Short films by Taika Waititi, Jason Stutter and Sima Urale have been selected for a New Zealand showcase at The Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto…

A special collector’s edition of Boy went on sale this week barely three months after the original DVD release.
It includes a bonus disc of extras with an introduction by writer/director Taika Waititi, a behind the scenes short with a Waititi commentary, deleted and extended scenes, outtakes, Crazy Horses videos, and Waititi’s Oscar-nominated short film, Two Cars, One Night.

Friday’s DVD release of the record-breaking NZ movie, Boy, comes just days after it racked up one of the highest screen averages in Australia.

Taika Waititi’s coming-of-age comedy/drama grossed A$275,026 on 41 screens in its opening weekend across the Tasman.

Boy rewarded the faith distributor Transmission Films demonstrated with its 55-print nationwide release by averaging more than $11,000 on each screen over its first four days.

Taika Waititi’s second feature, Boy, will open nationally on 56 screens tomorrow following its New Zealand premiere tonight at Hoyts Sylvia Park in Auckland.

The NZFC’s new sales and marketing chief, James Thompson, heads to the 60th Berlin International Film Festival this week after having just returned from the Sundance Film Festival. “It’s very tough,” he says of the international market. “People are still looking for big cast attachments and strong films that are sure-fire commercial winners. People are a little bit hesitant to take risks on projects. So I’m certainly not gung-ho but I believe in what we’ve got on our slate.”