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FILM Promotion – BSS 2025 Although BSS was originally focused on the BIG screen, for many years it has been a screen agnostic hui, meaning we have had hundreds of…

Animation Meets Real-Time WAR IS OVER! brings the classic John Lennon and Yoko Ono song to life in this highly stylized, Oscar-winning short animation. The Wētā FX team went to…

In an industry in flux, where creativity collides with disruption, the role of artificial intelligence is being hotly contested. Is Ai a revolutionary tool that will supercharge storytelling, unlock new…

In these two 30-minute sessions we will learn how local filmmakers are creating new ways of working both in development and through to production. The True Story Trap "Workmates began…

The team at BSS 2025 is thrilled to offer an exclusive session about Prime Minister, the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award winning documentary. Co-Director Michelle Walshe (Chasing Great, Short Poppies)…

From large-scale battle scenes to subtle environmental world-building, the visual effects in Ka Whawhai Tonu played a vital role in immersing audiences in the film’s 19th-century setting. Accompany the film’s…

The Rule of Jenny Pen is a bold, genre-blurring NZ feature film that pushed creative and technical boundaries across production and post. This session brings together the Sound & Music…

What has happened, might happen, or should happen, to the recent MCH consultation Modernising Media and Regulation.  Join us for a panel discussion with some of the contributors Peter Thompson…

What makes a story both deeply authentic and widely resonant? Join acclaimed international producers Fran Borgia (Apprentice, A Land Imagined) and Paul Garnes (Queen Sugar, Selma, Origin) in panel discussion…

We are thrilled to announce a second session with Writer Ruth Underwood at BSS 2025. Ruth’s unique perspective on screenwriting for TV is informed from her extensive time in writers'…