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Plan the start of your summer networking with the WIFT Awards 2020 on 3 Dec then #BigScreen2020 on 4 - 5 Dec. The BSS networking drinks (included in your ticket) will…

Script to Screen and janda productions are thrilled to announce that new dates have been secured for the 2020 Big Screen Symposium. The BSS will now be held 4 -…

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 whose 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…