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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'…

NZ On Air - Irirangi te Motu looks back to look forward. CE Cameron Harland and Head of Funding Amie Mills will take the audience on a journey of reflection…

Shoshana McCallum (Madam, Head High, Inside) and Briar Grace-Smith (Swift Street, Waru, Cousins) will delve into the complexities of writing for screen in Aotearoa, sharing insights into their craft, creative…

Writer/director/producer Miki Magasiva along with producers Mario Gaoa and Dan Higgins join award-winning filmmaker Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa for a deep dive into the making of Tinā - a powerful NZ feature…

We’re proud to welcome back acclaimed director, producer and writer Toa Fraser to the Big Screen Symposium for an exclusive masterclass exploring his dynamic approach to TV directing. Toa is…