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NZ on Screen are featuring some classic Toi Whakaari graduation films on their website. Click on the film names below to have a watch, all free and not too long.

BAD DATES Graduation Film 2005 WATCH
Written and directed by Grant LaHood.
Bad Dates peeks into a fictional evening of speed dating; those evenings where singles meet prospective partners on fast-rotation. This quick-paced short turns the idea into tragi-comedy, where, in the vital opening bouts of small-talk, a series of prospective relationships go down in flames before they’ve even begun. Writer/director Grant LaHood democratically gives equal screen time amongst the ensemble cast of graduating Toi Whakaari students and to a range of idiosyncrasies ranging from the infantile to the sex-obsessed.
Duration: 15 mins.

DEAD END Graduation Film 2003 WATCH
Written and directed by Mark Albiston. Script by Louis Sutherland.
Before their award-winning short films Run and Six Dollar Fifty Man (both invited to Cannes, in 2007 and 2009 respectively), Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland (Toi Acting grad) gave early notice of their talents with this short. Dead End chronicles the tensions and preparations as various people converge for a funeral. Director Albiston utilises imaginative angles, music, humour and surprise to inject energy into a familiar scenario. Invited to film festivals in NZ, Sydney and Ourense (Spain).
Duration: 16 mins.