Two Cars, One Night

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Two Cars, One Night is a 2004 short film by Taika Waititi that follows the budding connection between two young Māori children in the parking lot of a rural New Zealand pub.

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instanceOf short film
academyAwardsEdition 77th Academy Awards
awardReceived Best Short Film – AFI Fest
Best Short Film – New Zealand Film and TV Awards
castMember Hutini Waikato
Maria Walker
Pio Terei
Rangi Ngamoki
Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards
Wairoa Atarea
cinematographyBy Adam Clark
countryOfOrigin New Zealand
director Taika Waititi
distributionFormat theatrical short
distributor New Zealand Film Commission
editedBy Jamie Selkirk
featuresEthnicGroup Māori children
filmingLocation New Zealand
genre coming-of-age film
drama film
hasTheme Māori identity
childhood friendship
innocent romance
rural life in New Zealand
mainCharacter Ed
Polly
Rome
medium live-action film
musicBy Joost Langeveld
narrativeFocus budding connection between two young Māori children
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
notableFor early work of Taika Waititi
originalLanguage English
Māori
partOf New Zealand short film tradition
premiereEvent Berlin International Film Festival
premiereYear 2004
producer Ainsley Gardiner
Catherine Fitzgerald
productionCompany Ainsley Gardiner Productions
linked to: Ainsley Gardiner
releaseYear 2004
runningTimeMinutes 11
screenedAt Berlin International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
settingLocation rural New Zealand pub parking lot
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary era
writer Taika Waititi

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Taika Waititi nominatedForWork Two Cars, One Night