The Big Screen Symposium is Aotearoa’s largest and most significant screen industry event with a history that goes back to 2012. These events have been packed with outstanding speakers, fascinating panels, inspiring keynotes and are a great platform for key conversations that help move us forward within the community of Screen. Over the years we’ve had guest speakers from Aotearoa and across the world including:
- 2012: Sam Neill, Gaylene Preston, Gillian Armstrong
- 2013: David Wenham, Filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga, Park Chan-Wook, Andrew Bovell
- 2014: Taika Waititi, Alix Madigan, Jennifer Kent
- 2015: Jane Campion, the late Jon Landau, Rachel Griffiths
- 2016: Opeyemi Olukemi, Cliff Curtis, Cate Shortland
- 2017: So Yong Kim, Tusi Tamasese, Luke Davies, David Michod
- 2018: Anna Serner, Wanuri Kahiu, Warwick Thornton
- 2020: Maru Nihoniho, Scott Ryan, Sebastián Lelio
- 2022: Mahuia Bridgeman Cooper, Alana Cotton, Destin Daniel Crettin
- 2024: Lulu Wang, Danny Philippou, Anousha Zarkesh, Alexander Swords
We encourage you to take a look at previous sessions available online on Podbean, Apple, YouTube and Spotify as podcasts/videos from the past years of BSS. BSS 2024 Event podcasts coming soon!
SHARE YOUR IDEAS 💡
As part of our planning for this year’s event, we are seeking suggestions of possible speakers and topics from our community. Planning is well under way, the programme is taking shape and its looking like an incredibly dynamic and exciting offering this year. We welcome Content or Speaker Suggestions from screen industry professionals and expressions of interest from Speakers who would like to work with us as we program the 2025 Big Screen Symposium.
- Who would you like to hear from this year?
- Are there any topics or knowledge gaps that you are particularly interested in exploring?
- Are there any past speakers of topics we need to bring back?
