Piki Films is a

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

film and video production and distributing company based in

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. Piki Films is known for producing ''

Jojo Rabbit ''Jojo Rabbit'' is a 2019 political satire, satirical drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, adapted from Christine Leunens's 2008 book ''Caging Skies''. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a te ...

'', ''

Hunt for the Wilderpeople ''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' ( ) is a 2016 New Zealand adventure comedy drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, based on the 1986 novel ''Wild Pork and Watercress'' by Barry Crump. Sam Neill and Julian Dennison stars as "Uncle" Hect ...

'', '' The Breaker Upperers'', ''

Baby Done ''Baby Done'' is a 2020 New Zealand comedy film directed by Curtis Vowell, and executive produced by Taika Waititi, written by Sophie Henderson, and starring Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis. Plot Zoe is a young woman who discovers she's pregn ...

'', and '' Red, White & Brass''. The name "Piki" means "jump" or "climb over" in the

Māori language Māori (; endonym: 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to ) is an Eastern Polynesian languages, Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost membe ...

History

Piki Films was founded by the Oscar-nominated filmmakers

Taika Waititi Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. Known for quirky comedy films and expanding his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects, he ...

and

Carthew Neal Carthew Neal is an Academy nominated film, television and interactive producer. Neal produced Taika Waititi's satire ''Jojo Rabbit'' for Fox Searchlight, which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. He also produced Wai ...

. In September 2019, ''Jojo Rabbit'' won the festival's audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned six nominations at the 92nd Oscars in 2020.

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