PISA & PASC PRESENTS: How We Got There: From Idea to Impact Season 2
Thu, 09 May
|The Spinoff Office Level 2, Entrance
Join us for the second installment of "How We Got There: From Idea to Impact", featuring the storytelling duo Kiel McNaughton and Kerry Warkia, also known as Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions (known for "Vai", "Kāinga", "The Legend of Baron To’a", "Good Grief").
Time & Location
09 May 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm NZST
The Spinoff Office Level 2, Entrance, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside, Auckland 1021, New Zealand
About the Event
Want to see how meaningful and empowering collaborations can lead to international success?
This event brings you face-to-face with Kiel McNaughton and Kerry Warkia, a storytelling duo whose cultural identities fuel their creative work. Starting as actors, they've built Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions into a force in the New Zealand screen industry. Their passion for diversity and showcasing unique stories has led to a successful portfolio of web series, features, and television series.
Delving into BSAG produced series Good Grief, this informative discussion facilitated by Marc Laureano covers how, with a budget of $500,000 from NZ On Air, Kiel and Kerry collaborated with the creators, produced and marketed the sleeper hit series to becoming a hot property. They secured a second season with AMC in the US and distribution across North America, Australia and the UK.
Emerging filmmakers and producers with series ambitions can learn how BSAG identifies and…