A funny thing happened to me on my way back to reality.
After spending a couple of days with the parental-units on one end of Auckland, I finally journeyed back to my flat on the other end. Upon arrival, I took off my shoes, threw down my luggage, opened all the windows and the french [...]

Want to let our Your Big Break finalists know what you think of their work? Or perhaps you’ve got a great project that’s looking for a writer and/or a director. Why not contact them directly?
Here’s how you can keep in touch with Tim, Kristi, Aya, Raj and Andrés via email …
Tim McLachlan: hyperactivefilms(AT)hotmail.com
Kristi L. Simkins: KristiSimkins(AT)hotmail.com
Aya [...]

Want to let our Your Big Break finalists know what you think of their work? Or perhaps you’ve got a great project that’s looking for a writer and/or a director. Why not contact them directly?
Here’s how you can keep in touch with both Kristi and Aya via email … more contacts to come!
Kristi L. Simkins: [...]

Hong Kong-born Aya Tanimura, daughter of a Japanese diplomat and an Australian teacher, spent most of her childhood traveling from one exotic location to another, including Japan, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Slovenia, England, and Mexico. Exposure to so many different cultures and environments enabled her to develop keen observation skills and the ability to adapt to new [...]

Well, I was in a friend’s house when i recieved the mail. We were
ready to go out to see a movie and I told onr of them: “Can I check my
mail? I was out all day and didn’t have a chance to check it in any
moment… at this time I should know I if won [...]

I was heading out the door to go audition for an ‘Irish cider’ commercial when I got the phone call saying I was one of the finalists. After ringing my agent to cancel my audition, I quickly shared the news with my younger brother, Michael, my co-producer over the years. From there I immediately went [...]

For Seattle, Washington resident Kristi Simkins, last Thursday turned out to be something special, starting with the arrival of an email from Your Big Break. “I remember having to read the opening paragraph at least six times before I trusted I was really reading what I was reading,” she says. “Then there was a period [...]

Rajneel Singh has been working nights for the last few months, so it wasn’t until he got up and had his afternoon coffee that he checked his email to find a message from Your Big Break.
“I was still half asleep, and had to re-read the email carefully, in case it was a rejection letter,” he [...]