SIT helped secure the Southland filming of Robert Sarkies film "Two Little Boys", Claire Kelly’s "The Jub Jub Bird" and the joint New Zealand–Denmark produced "Weight of Elephants", in which SIT film students gained valuable work experience and subsequent employment in the industry. In 2010, SIT hosted the University Games for the first time in Southland. In 2011, SIT gifted the use of the SIT Arcade in Invercargill’s central business district as the venue for the 2011 Rugby World Cup Fan Zone in Southland.