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Following the announcement made by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday 21 September, we regret to inform that the Big Screen Symposium is postponed.  The BSS team is working hard to secure new dates…

This is a really special session. The BSS 2020 audience will get a sneak preview of five up-and-coming New Zealand feature films. The directors of these films will show a…

Chelsea Winstanley (Jojo Rabbit, Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen), Te Kohe Tuhaka (The Dead Lands) and Lanita Ririnui (Content Commissioner, Māori Television) explore ideas and methods for Tīkanga Māori…

Six storytellers (Sebastián Lelio (Una Mujer Fantástica), Cole Myers (Rūrangi), Emma Slade (SWAG), Maru Nihoniho (Metia Interactive), Te Kohe Tuhaka (The Dead Lands) and Leanne Pooley (We Need to Talk About A.I) deliver mini keynote addresses based on our theme…

Get the most out of your Big Screen Symposium experience by catching up on all the fabulous work our speakers have created. Click the speaker who's work you want to…

Writers dream up characters for actors to bring to life. Actors know what makes a good screenplay. So when an actor puts themselves in the screenwriting chair, their unfair advantage…

Disney’s live action remake of Mulan is a retelling of the ancient Chinese ballad and features themes of filial piety, bravery in battle and cross-dressing. Grant’s journey began three years…

Sophie Henderson is a New Zealand screenwriter who has had three of her feature films produced - Fantail (2014), Baby Done (2020) and The Justice of Bunny King (2021). In this masterclass, she will…

In the wake of Covid-19, the Government announced a screen sector recovery package. This package includes a Screen Production Fund of $50m to produce up to five feature films or…