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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…

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 -…

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…

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…

In a special presentation at this year's BSS, NZ On Air will outline the challenges, ideas and opportunities ahead as we all try to put 2020 behind us. How do we…

Annabelle Sheehan, CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission, and other key NZFC staff will explore this year’s BSS theme of Transforming Culture as it relates to existing and upcoming…