Stan Walker is happy with the reception New Zealand hip-hop film Born to Dance got at its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"It was a full house of clapping, cheering, laughing & crying ... So blessed 2 be on the other side of the world 2 watch people love & enjoy our film," the singer-actor posted on social media.
Directed by Tammy Davis, Born to Dance tells the story of Tu Kaea, a teenage boy from Papakura who gets the chance to audition for the best hip-hop crew in the country but has to go behind the backs of his home crew and his best friend Benjy, played by Walker. Tia Maipi plays Tu Kaea.
Walker posted photographs of himself and New Zealand hip-hop dancer Parris Goebel and the cast promoting the film at the festival.
Two other New Zealand films premiere at Toronto — Leanne Pooley's 25 April and Pietra Brettkelly's A Flickering Truth.
