It's time to get excited for BSS with our first speaker and session announcement for 2022! Shaun Grant will join us in person from Australia to discuss screenwriting in a...
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Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga (NZFC) has up to 40 scholarships to attend the Big Screen Symposium – Mana Auaha|Creative Power in Auckland from 9 -10 July 2022. Up to 20…
We are so happy to announce our new dates: Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July 2022. Tickets sales are now back online. For those who have already purchased tickets, your tickets…
Our hearts broke this week when we made the difficult decision to postpone the Big Screen Symposium. With swiftly rising numbers of Omicron in the community, it doesn’t look like…
Big Screen Symposium has been consulting with the industry to create some scholarships for screen practitioners who are finding cost a barrier to attending. This is especially so for those…
EARLYBIRD TICKETS ARE ON SALE Ticket sales for Big Screen Symposium 2022 are now open. There are a limited number of Earlybird tickets available until 30 Jan or until sold...
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This year’s theme explores Creative Power | Mana Auaha. Making screen content is an act of empowerment – a team of storytellers come together to bring a concept to life. There...
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In the wake of Covid-19, the Government announced a screen sector recovery package. This package includes a Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund of $50m to support the production of high-quality…
Two-time Academy Award-nominated producer Finola Dwyer (Brooklyn, An Education) shares her approach to filmmaking using Brooklyn (dir. John Crowley) as a case study. In this conversation, moderated by Academy Award-nominated producer Carthew Neal (Jojo…
In this pre-recorded session Jonathan Frank (Senior Vice President Current Programming, FX Networks) talks to producer Helen Bowden, and Nathaniel Grouille (Director Nonfiction Series, Netflix) talks to producer Polly Fryer. Jonathan and Nathaniel are asked questions about what…
We’re delighted to announce that distinguished journalist Paula Penfold will MC this year’s Big Screen Symposium. Paula is renowned for her work in the longform investigative unit Stuff Circuit. Their most recent project, Emma documents the story of…
The pandemic has provided a unique “returning home” event which has never been seen before. This session looks at what our local industry can gain from screen professionals returning to Aotearoa…
In this session moderated by Kay Ellmers, Piripi Curtis (Steambox Collective, Vegas), Becs Arahanga (Hinekura, Vai) and Lanita Ririnui (Māori Television, Poi360) will explore ideas and methods for Tīkanga Māori to be incorporated into the creation of screen work; from…
Dr Siouxsie Wiles will deliver a mini keynote address based on our theme Transforming Culture, from her point of view as a microbiologist. She joins five storytellers Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman), Leanne Pooley (We…
Thanks to wonderful support from Screen Auckland, we’re able to hold break out sessions in the Workshop at GridAKL. Pavement decals will lead you from the Waterfront Theatre to GridAKL after a short…
Instructions from howtogeek.com Pin the Big Screen Symposium programme to your home screen so you can quickly access it during the event! ANDROID Launch Chrome for Android Open the programme…
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…
Here’s an opportunity to meet the faces behind NZFC and NZ On Air. On Friday, head up to the Villa Maria Gallery, Level 3, to meet NZFC’s Talent Development team Dale Corlett, Jude McLaren and Ange Senior and…
Purge 2020 and get ready for 2021 in this fun, creative recharge workshop with Rachel Davies. You’ll harvest the learnings from 2020 and start saying goodbye to this big year. Then get…
André Nemec, showrunner and an EP on the Netflix series Cowboy Bebop shooting in New Zealand right now, joins the Big Screen Symposium line-up for an In Conversation. André has written and produced…
