Directed by: Taika Waititi
12 Mins
2003
'Two Cars, One Night' is a short film about a young girl waiting in a car as well as two young boys waiting in a car next to her. The film focuses on the interaction between the three children, mainly the way a friendship develops between the lonely girl and the eldest boy. At first they're appears to be hostility when the eldest boy calls the girl names but over the course of the film it evolves into something gentle and compassionate.
This idea of a coincidental meeting of two people who gain comfort or anything positive from the opportunity is often used in short films as means the characters don't need a lot of detail of their background to be used in the film for their relationship to be clear to the audience. I quite enjoy the idea of using this is my own short film as I feel the classic story of two characters meeting by chance and helping or benefiting from it can be very touching to an audience and can convey a strong connection as well as a variety of emotion in a short amount of time.
- 2005 Nominated for Live Action Short Film, Academy Awards.
- 2004 Short Award at the AFI Film Festival
- 2004 Panorama Short Film Award, Berlin International Fil Festival
- 2004 Hamburg Short Film Award, Hamburg International Film Festival
- 2004 Award of the Theatre Owners, Oberhausen International Film Festival
- 2004 Short Film Competition Award, Seattle International Film Festival
- 2004 Best Short Film Performance, NZ and Film Awards
- 2004 Best Short Film Screenplay, NZ and Film Awards
- 2004 Best Technical Contribution to Short Film, NZ and Film Awards
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