Keen to attend Big Screen Symposium 2026?

Film Bay of Plenty are offering 2 x scholarships to help their region’s screen practitioners to attend the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland over the 3-4th July!

Film Bay of Plenty @filmbayofplenty
2 x full event tickets
Closes: Friday 17th April at 5pm
Recipient notified by: 28th April

Eligibility criteria:
Be based in the Bay of Plenty region.
Primarily work in the screen industry or be actively working towards a career in the screen industry.
Be available and able to commit to attend the Big Screen Symposium event (4–5 July)
Not to have attended the Big Screen Symposium on a Scholarship bursary from Film Bay of Plenty.

How to apply:
Email – jade@filmbayofplenty.com with

A one-page biography (400 words or less)
A cover letter explaining:
Why you would like to attend the Big Screen Symposium and why you should receive the scholarship.

THE SELECTION PROCESS
All applicants that are deemed to be eligible and have sufficiently supplied their application details will be put into a lottery.
The selected recipients will be drawn from the lottery at random
The selected recipients will be required to sign an agreement committing to attend the conference.
Film Bay of Plenty will purchase the event ticket on behalf of the recipients, but travel and accommodation arrangements will be up to the recipients to organise.
The successful recipients and all applicants will receive notification of selection by the end of 28th April 2026.

The Big Screen Symposium is brought to you by Script to Screen.

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