Source: Searchlight Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nTaika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins” is a heartfelt sports film reminiscent of ’80s and ’90s classics. Waititi makes a cameo appearance as a Christian preacher in the movie. In 2019, at TIFF, he received a standing ovation and the Grolsch Audience Award for “Jojo Rabbit,” ultimately winning an Adapted Screenplay Oscar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With “Next Goal Wins,” Waititi could be in line for another Audience Award, given the film’s touching narrative and his previous success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Taika Waititi made a triumphant return to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with his latest work, “Next Goal Wins.” This heartwarming underdog soccer story, featuring the American Samoa team, received an enthusiastic response from the audience. During the premiere, Waititi was joined on stage by real-life figures from the film, including Thomas Rogen, portrayed […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":20723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[1245,1294,5933,1607,1444,1519,5934,5932,85,3703,5931,4804,5897,1608],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20725,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20714\/revisions\/20725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}