SPEECH BY: Taika Waititi
FILM: "JOJO RABBIT"
TAIKA WAITITI:
Thank you. Amazing, thank you. This is really light [referring to the statuette]. This one's light. It's supposed to be heavy. I'd like to thank my mother – don't know where you are, Mum. I lost you hours ago. Thank you for being my mother and for, I mean for many other reasons, but for giving me the book that I adapted. And this film wouldn't have existed without you doing that. To Christine, for writing the book, thank you. To the producers of the film, Carthew Neal and Chelsea Winstanley, who was there right from the beginning. Thank you, guys. Many other people that I want to thank but I won't because I can't remember them. That's it. This is really great and I dedicate this to all the indigenous kids who live in the world who want to do art and dance and write stories. We are the original storytellers. And we can make it here as well. Thank you. Kia ora.
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