Taika Waititi Instagram – After comedies about vampires, pirates, and a Superhero God, you might not have expected @taikawaititi to make a sports film. But that’s sort of why he did it. Read more in @imjasondiamond’s chat with the filmmaker; our third cover feature in Issue 33. Photography @jaiodell Styling @julielucilevelut Grooming @melissa.dezarate Taika wears @zegnaofficial Winter 2023. Excerpt below: The big, unifying figure in his work – whether it’s vampires going about their unlives in the suburbs, Indigenous people living in a colonised world, or even the Norse God of Thunder trying to navigate the human world – is ultimately the outsider. It’s a theme he can identify with, in part just because of where he’s from. New Zealand is “an island of four-million people and we’re so far away from anything. If you want to escape, the nearest place is Australia, which is an absolute shithole,” Order your issue via the link in bio and read the full interview online at port-magazine.com Editor-in-Chief Dan Crowe Associate Publisher Andrew Chidgey-Nakazono Creative Director Matt Curtis @uncommon_ldn Art Director Ellie Rose @uncommon_ldn Design Production Jodie Hurn & Aurelia Rahofer @uncommon_ldn Designer Angelina Pischikova @uncommon_ldn Casting Director @tommacklin Special Projects Manager @buttleer Senior Editor Kerry Crowe Managing Editor Samir Chadha Photo Director Naoise O’Keeffe Photo Editor @_jodiem_ Production @underhill.film Photo agent @troublemanagement Grooming agent @aframe_agency Talent agent @teamid