(Toronto) – Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film, Taika Waititi’s BOY will open this year’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on October 20, 2010 at 7:00pm at the Bloor Cinema.

Written, directed and starring Taika Waititi (Maori Te Whanau-a-Apanui), BOY is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age story that kicks back to 1984 on the rural east coast of New Zealand, a time when “Thriller” is changing kids’ lives. Inspired by Waititi’s Oscar-nominated Two Cars, One Night, BOY is about heroes, magic, and Michael Jackson.

"BOY is a landmark work from an incredibly talented filmmaker," says imagineNATIVE’s Executive Director Jason Ryle. "Since his first screening at imagineNATIVE, Taika’s career has grown and flourished. His work continues to impress audiences around the world and we're very excited to have the Canadian premiere of his new feature at the festival. It's a moving, funny film that Toronto audiences are sure to embrace."

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