Big Screen Symposium

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Check it out now! Programme LIVE bigscreensymposium.com/2024-programme/ This Week! Fri 5th and Sat 6th April Thank you to our event partners NZ Film Commission, Images & Sound - Complete Post Production, NZ On Air & Te Māngai Pāho.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS... We are thrilled to announce this year's keynote speakers: Pax Assadi, Lucy Lawless, Beulah Koale Shane Rangi, Robyn Malcolm, Jess Hong and Cliff Curtis. bigscreensymposium.com/keynote-addres…

ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS Chelsea Bridges, Jared Flitcroft and Felicity Hamill share their mission to enhance industry standards using their skills as Access Coordinators. Read more... bigscreensymposium.com/accessibility-…

👀SNEAK PREVIEWS: GRAFTED A bright but socially awkward exchange student takes her craving for popularity to horrifying heights. Writers Mia Maramara, Lee Murray, Hweiling Ow Director Sasha Rainbow (Pictured) Producer Leela Menon, Murray Francis EP Fraser Brown

📷 SNEAK PREVIEWS: A MISTAKE In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray... Writers Christine Jeffs, Carl Shuker Director Christine Jeffs

Big Screen Symposium is this week! April 5-6 2024 Victory Convention Centre Auckland Have you got your ticket yet? Student and industry membership tickets are available! bigscreensymposium.com/buy-tickets/ We have an incredible lineup of international and New Zealand speakers!

NZFC PRESENTATION 🗣️ New Zealand Film Commission CEO Annie Murray reports an exciting run of local theatrical releases and the continued success of Te Puna Kairangi Premium Funded series here and offshore. bigscreensymposium.com/nzfc-address/

👀SNEAK PREVIEWS: KA WHAWHAI TONU Set in New Zealand in 1864, follows the story of a crucial conflict of the nation’s first land warfare, fought between Maori and colonial soldiers against insurmountable odds. Writer Tim Worrall Director Mike Jonathan

👀SNEAK PREVIEWS: TINĀ In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, sassy Samoan mother Mareta mentors her newly formed children’s choir to The Big Sing final. Writer/ Director Miki Magasiva Producers Mario Gaoa, Dan Higgins, Miki Magasiva

GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE - WORKSHOP 📜 Delivering a coherent and moving narrative experience on screen is complex no matter the medium. bigscreensymposium.com/workshop-getti…

“AI” FOR VFX 🤖 This talk discusses a brief survey of the types of machine learning commonly referred to as AI (Artificial Intelligence). Read Kimball Thurston's bio using the link below bigscreensymposium.com/speakers-2024/

Ahead of Lulu's appearance at Big Screen Symposium 2024! 🎧 Listen to her interview with RNZ rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

WRITING METHODOLOGY ✍️ Join Michael Bennett, Dianne Taylor and international guest Luly Wang for this exciting korero exploring what works and what doesn’t, moderated by Marc Laureano. This session is sponsored by @southpacificpix

👀SNEAK PREVIEWS - JOIKA Based on the true story of Joy Womack, one of the very few Westerner’s to ever penetrate the elite and punishing world of Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet.

👀SNEAK PREVIEWS - THE MOON IS UPSIDE DOWN Three women – a duped mail-order bride, a numbed anaesthetist determined to have a romantic weekend, and an empty-nester on an unexpected mission of mercy – each venture through unfamiliar landscapes and the contours of the human heart.

👀SNEAK PREVIEWS - BOOKWORM 11 year old Mildred’s world is turned upside-down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

👀 SNEAK PREVIEWS ARE BACK ❤️ HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKET? bigscreensymposium.com/sneak-previews…

🎼Music & Screen - A Beautiful Collision NZ On Air wants to encourage more New Zealand music in screen content and has recently begun funding specifically for this outcome.