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Tis the season to be toxic in this "distinctly kiwi take on the fucked up whanau" (Chris Knox, Real Groove). Broke, depressed oldest son Keri arrives home to face up to a suburban Christmas countdown and two messed up sisters, a gay brother, drunk kids, and narcoleptic parents. Director Gregory King wrests bleak comedy and holiday horrors from the tokes, tinsel and frequent toilet visits. The raw realism of his debut feature saw it selected for Toronto, Locarno, Edinburgh, and Melbourne festivals. It won best digital film and script at the 2003 NZ Film Awards.
In 2001 Producer Leanne Saunders approached me about applying to Creative New Zealand to make a digital feature film. The deadline was only weeks away and I madly went for it and created a script loosely ...
We began sending our little film off to the major festivals and it joined the flood of films these festivals receive. To our surprise we found out in a short space of time that we had been selected for Toronto, Edinburgh, Locarno and Melbourne, ...
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Short Film, 2006 (Full Length)
A short film starring Matthew Sunderland, produced by Leanne Saunders
Short Film, 2000 (Full Length)
Another short film directed and written by Gregory King
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
Christmas time family dysfunction, from Niki Caro
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martin lawrence
Posted at 01.29AM - 19.12.2009
bloody amaaazing!