Film makers Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith share the story of Cousins

Cousins is the story of Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separate, yet bound together forever.  Based on the novel by by one of New Zealand’s most celebrated Māori authors, Patricia Grace and co-directed by two of New Zealand’s most regarded filmmakers, Ainsley Gardiner, best-known as a producer for Taika Waititi’s films including Boy and Eagle Vs Shark, and Briar Grace-Smith, who has written many of New Zealand’s best TV shows. Gardiner and Grace-Smith chatted with Danae Gibson, ahead of the film’s cinema release in Australia.

Cousins