Made in the West Film Festival

29/08/2024

Well this is unusual... we jumped the gun! has MOVED to Saturday 30 November -- a different date but the same BIG filmmaker party 🎥🍿😎 SAVE THE (NEW) DATE for 30 November 2024 and we'll see you on the red carpet to celebrate another year of ❤️ See www.madeinthewest.com.au for more details and announcements!

21/08/2024

FREE TICKET OFFER 🎉🎉 is coming to NEXT WEEK and one of our festival faves is in the line-up 🎥 Thursday 29 August at Riverside Theatres! Enter the draw to WIN one of 5 double passes to attend (RRP $150) 💥 ENTER VIA https://linktr.ee/madeinthewest 💥 Competition closes on Sunday 25 August at 1pm.

See the program online for session details and speakers. Come to TEDxSydney Youth 2024 to hear from the leaders, the visionaries, the voices of the future.

10/08/2024

15 weeks until our favourite party of the year at in Liverpool 🎉 SAVE THE DATE for 30 NOVEMBER 🎉 2024 will be our 13th annual event celebrating and the awesome creatives in our community. Read all about it in our latest news blog!

Short film submissions are rolling in already and it's looking like we're going to have a another bumper program this year 🍿🍿🍿 we can't wait to roll out the red carpet at EVENT and showcase the amazing films being made here out west 🎬 Tickets open early November!

Comment below if you're planning to attend and we'll add you to the draw to win a VIP experience for 2 people 😎 See you on the red carpet.

The 13th annual Made in the West Film Made in the West Film Festival will be held on Saturday 23 November 2024 at Event Cinemas in Liverpool

16/07/2024

Watch out Western Sydney! These up and coming filmmakers are hot on your heels for awards this season 😎Planning is now underway for the 13th annual and we can't wait to see what you have all been working on!
If you have made a short film featuring cast, crew or locations from then submit your film and join us on the red carpet on Saturday 23 November at EVENT Cinemas🍿🍿 Entries are open now! See https://www.madeinthewest.com.au/ for details ⭐️ and hopefully we'll be seeing these stars on the big screen too ⭐️

20/06/2024

Western Sydney represent! Award winning filmmakers from have been working with emerging artists to create TEN new films over the last two months 🎬 Come and spend the afternoon with CALLING CARDS on Saturday 22 June and meet up with local talent, talk film in ! Maybe you could be joining us in our next workshops!! RSVP here - tickets are free:
https://aceinc.org.au/whats-on/calling-cards-showcase-event/

ON THIS SATURDAY! Join us at ACE for the Calling Cards Showcase, an event platforming 10 unmissable short films developed by emerging Western Sydney filmmakers. From comedy and drama, to documentaries, this is an afternoon film-buffs DO NOT want to miss out on, and a chance to support local talent. Head to: https://bit.ly/4clposN to secure your free tickets to this showcase.

09/06/2024

Sydney Film Festival is on now, with 250 films screening across 12 cinemas including Campbelltown-made surfing documentary THE BLIND SEA which tells the story of blind surfer Matt Formston taking on the infamous waves of Nazaré, Portugal 🏄‍♂️Screening on Tuesday and Friday this week - get in quick because there are only a few tickets left! BIG congratulations to Daniel Fenech and the team at Brick Studios 🎬 We'll see you there 🍿🍿🍿

Professional athlete Matt Formston confronts a new, awe-inspiring challenge: surfing the biggest wave ever tackled by a blind surfer.

06/06/2024

CROWDFUNDING: Past winners and finalists have teamed up on a new feature film The Undesirables 🎬 Pitch in if you can and show your support! Led by writer/director Luke Agius and producer Vella, with DOP Walker Productions on camera, this coming-of-age comedy is sure to be a hit and there's only a few days left to help them reach their post-production funding goal 💰 Find out more here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-undesirables-indie-comedy-feature #/

19/05/2024

Western Sydney filmmakers are taking to the stage this FRIDAY AT 6PM for film talks and networking in collaboration with Western Sydney Filmmakers Hangout - the event is FREE and all creatives and filmmakers are welcome at 5 Fleet Street, Parramatta 🎬 Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/celebrate-at-parramatta-north-innovation-arts-and-culture-9y49m9yl/tickets

Featuring Undi Lee, Maria Trần, David Hoey from Granny Flat Comedy and Ryan Cauchi - Filmmaker/Editor, hosted by Sunil Badami 🙌 PLUS we've got six great local films screening all week!

Saturday is all about families with film workshops for kids featuring Action for Screen Demos with Phoenix Eye Film.Art.Life, Filmmaking 101 with Addy from Curiously West and Superhero Character Design with Darren Gallagher! All are free, reservations here: https://events.humanitix.com/celebrate-at-parramatta-north-innovation-arts-and-culture-bfe6ss3g/tickets

Come along to Celebrate Parramatta North and the creative arts and cultural hub here out west 🎬🎤🎧🥁🪇🎷🎨

FILMMAKER EVENT 🎬 Parramatta North is celebrating Western Sydney's trailblazing creatives and the exciting new arts and cultural precinct! Join , and award-winning stars on Friday 24 May for filmmaker talks and networking from 6pm-8.30pm, then bring the family on Saturday 25 May for some fun interactive workshops from 10am-4pm, presented in partnership with ORBIT.company and P&D NSW as part of 2024.

⭐️ Friday features talks & panels by (Undi) Lee, Tran, Cauchi, Hoey and Badami, with a networking event hosted by Sydney Filmmakers Hangout & in the West Film Festival!

⭐️ Saturday features workshops for kids including an 'Action for Screen' demo and 'Green Screen Fun' with Eye Films, 'Filmmaking 101' with West Film Club, and Superhero Character Drawing with comic artist Gallagher!

View the full program here 😎 http://bit.ly/4bxLkjG
Reserve tickets for Friday night programming 🎤 https://bit.ly/44EwtBX
Reserve tickets for Saturday workshops for kids 🎪 https://bit.ly/3WG1eEr

14/05/2024

SPOTTED: Western Sydney filmmaker Nicole Delprado is screening her one-shot musical horror 'Bad Vibrations', at Riverside Theatres Cinema this Saturday, May 18th, at 4pm. The screening is part of the Best Australian Shorts Tour 🎬 Get along and support local talent! Tickets here: https://flickerfest.com.au/programme/best-of-australian-shorts-2024-tour-parramatta/

11/04/2024

Vote for our event and send us to ! Look for INDIE FILMMAKER MEETUP on the 'Screen Industry' list and throw a heart our way 🤩 we'd love your support! https://submission.sxswsydney.com/

The team at wants to make sure that is part of the conversation as we connect the indie film scene across Australia with new opportunities and collaborators 🎬 Vote for us now!

Take us back to ! After last year's highly successful INDIE FILMMAKER MEETUP in 2023 we're keen to make and a mainstay on the SXSW program! Please vote for Made in the West's proposal for an INDIE FILMMAKER MEET-UP at 2024 🎬🎬

💥 https://submission.sxswsydney.com 💥 There's no need to register and EVERY VOTE COUNTS! is leading the country with inclusive filmmaking practices and cultural diversity on screen, because we have the courage and community to do it. Plus, we host the best networking events in town 😜 VOTE NOW!

26/03/2024

Learn from award-winning filmmakers and get your work noticed in this new program CALLING CARDS thanks to Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE and supported by Screen NSW 😎

Join us throughout May and June for an exciting FREE workshop series and film launch 🎬 designed and supported by our team here at Made in the West Creative 💥

Are you keen to show off your filmmaking skills but not sure how to break through? Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE and Made in the West Creative have partnered on CALLING CARDS, a new initiative for storytellers and filmmakers in Western Sydney 🎬

Supported by Screen NSW this 8-week program is FREE (apply via the link below!) and will help early career screen content producers demonstrate their talent through cost-effective production models with wide audience reach 💥

https://aceinc.org.au/whats-on/calling-cards/

Learn from award-winning local filmmakers as they share their advice to help you script an attention-grabbing short and build your creative networks! Featuring local filmmakers Joanna Beveridge, Ryan Cauchi - Filmmaker/Editor, Vincent Tay and Matt Vella , supported by Roscoe Pagey Train and the artistic programming team from Made in the West Film Festival, this rockstar line-up of local filmmakers will help you take your filmmaking to the next level.

Apply now via ACE!

14/03/2024

OPPORTUNITY: Our friends at Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE are creating pathways to the screen industry! Do you have an active knowledge of locations, landscapes and architectural styles in Western Sydney? Do you have skills in research and communicating with people? SCREEN TRADES: Location Scouting and Management Course might just be what you’re looking for. More info here https://aceinc.org.au/whats-on/screen-trades-location-scouting-and-management/

Apply here https://forms.gle/C2UkoVanMKH3npwt7

High on the list of shortages in the Film and Television industry is the skill set of the Location Scout and Location Manager.

12/03/2024

OPPORTUNITY for filmmakers with Australians in Film 🎬 UNTAPPED 2024 is a breakthrough online talent development program for undiscovered and historically-excluded Australian screenwriters and directors. Applications close this week on March 15 at midnight!

The eight-month program, which runs online from March to November 2024, will provide practical creative pathways and foster exciting collaborations for a new and undiscovered generation of Australian filmmakers 🌱

First Nations Australians, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ and those living in regional and remote locations will be prioritised. Find out more here 👉

We are excited to announce the UNTAPPED 2024 Masterclass Speakers are award-winning co-writer and co-director of the global breakout hit, A24’s Talk to Me, Danny Philippou; award-winning executive producer and writer of Amazon’s Expats, Alice Bell; award-winning writer and director of indie feat...

10/03/2024

SPOTTED: Local filmmaker and past festival award-winner Andrew (Undi) Lee took home a prestigious Award recently for writing on web series Night Bloomers 🏆 The creepy anthology is inspired by Korean folklore and If you haven't seen it yet, you must!! Congratulations Undi 👏👏 Available to view on SBS here:

Tales from the Australian Korean diaspora, inspired by ancient folklore. In a creepy and off-kilter world, people battle with evil forces.

10/03/2024

Wrap up the week with this impressive list of female-led films, including the latest from award-winning filmmaker Joanna Beveridge 🙌 If you haven't seen SHIPPERS yet then jump on board now! It's a fun and fast about fandom and friendship, with lots of love and lols throughout 💜 Hats off to Jo and all the fabulous we get to work with here out west!

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, we’re catching up on the latest female-led Australian screen releases you can watch online this March 8.

24/02/2024

Good day of switching and video on side stage Taylor Swift and Blink 182

20/02/2024

OPPORTUNITY: Media Mentors has partnered with our friends at Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE and Screen NSW to present 'Set Educated' a one-day workshop THIS SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY for anyone looking to find work in the local screen industry 🎬🎬 Grips, Gaffers, Assistant Directors, Camera, Sound, Lighting and Art Departments, Wardrobe, Props, Makeup, Production office -- find out more about the work involved and meet employers who are ready to hire! Tickets are $29 via the link below 😎

Have you ever wanted to work on the set of a TV or Film Production but don’t know where to start? ​ Are you currently working in Hospitality, Fashion, Hair, Makeup, Construction, Electrics - or practically ANY other job, but feel like a change? The screen industry wants you!!

16/02/2024

OPPORTUNITY: Are you an early-career or emerging musician, producer, DJ or composer living in ? Generations Fellowship is awarding 3 talented local artists $25,000 financial, studio and mentoring support in partnership with our friends at Blacktown Arts. Apply by 4 March! Read more info here 👉👉 https://blacktownarts.com.au/generations-fellowship-2024/

Supported by Powerhouse Museum Create NSW and Vyva Entertainment

Generations is a fellowship program in partnership with Create NSW, Powerhouse Museum, Blacktown Arts and Vyva Entertainment

15/02/2024

OPPORTUNITY: Are you a composer from with at least 1 main credit as a composer on a short film, documentary, animation, feature TV series, or online series? Our friends at Australian Guild of Screen Composers are offering a placement opportunity to work with senior composer HYLTON MOWDAY 😎 Applications close on Saturday 24 February - click the link for more info!

https://agsc.org.au/composer-placement-attachment/
With support from Screen NSW and We Love Jam Studios 💥

13/02/2024

OPPORTUNITY: Our friends at Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE are hosting ‘Production Accounting Essentials’ - a FREE workshop for local filmmakers to develop skills in production budgeting, contracts and cost reporting on Fri 1st & Sat 2nd March 2024.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/idpyzbyDRej3LqXcA

If you have some knowledge or prior experience of accounting and wish to employ those skills in local film and TV production, this workshop could be a first step towards a career in the screen industry! If you’re an early career filmmaker, this workshop could open up freelance employment opportunities 😎

Open to all. Participants from First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

A project of ACE in partnership with EP, supported by Screen NSW and Screenrights Cultural Fund.

08/02/2024

Congratulations to the People's Choice Award winners! We announced the online award results LIVE on the podcast this week and we're super excited for you all to celebrate these talented filmmakers and their amazing work! Thank you to everyone who tuned in online to our MEGA this summer and hats off to all the filmmakers involved in this year's event - we love your work 😎

You can check out the live announcement here online https://buff.ly/3UDJYit and stay tuned to the end to hear this year's festival date details too! We'll see you again in November 2024 ❤️

22/01/2024

Great opportunity here for any First Nations filmmakers to get into VFX 🎬 fee free courses on offer at Nepean TAFE!

19/01/2024

Final call for all fans! If you haven't yet streamed MEGA Movie Marathon and voted for the 2023 Peoples Choice Award, now is your last chance! Rent the marathon now and you'll have one week to view 🎬 https://buff.ly/3RngSS6 🎬

Grab your friends and prepare yourselves for an EPIC movie marathon featuring some of the best short films of 2023, plus live interviews with filmmakers and fans 🍿 Perfect weekend viewing!

27/12/2023

Keep yourself entertained this summer by streaming the BEST movie marathon of the year - it's the perfect holiday viewing! MEGA Movie Marathon is online and on demand 😎 Support local filmmakers and see Western Sydney on screen - view on demand here: https://buff.ly/3RngSS6

22/12/2023

Check out the red carpet highlights from Made in the West Film Festival 2023 🔥🔥 Congratulations to all the filmmakers and WINNERS of this year's film awards - what an amazing night we had celebrating on screen! The line-up this year was fantastic!!

Special thanks to our festival sponsors Still Searchin' & The Pagey Train, Made in the West Creative, Event Cinemas Western Sydney University - Humanities and Communication Arts, Luke Walker Productions, Australian Film Television and Radio School, Sydney Prop Specialists, Creative Plus Business Irierootsini Photography, Act Films, KARNA K. Mastering Engineer, Plasterers Australia, Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE, Production Design Guild, Writers Guild and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers 🙌

If you want to see more red carpet content like this then Made in the West is screening online throughout December and January! For just $5 USD you can watch the entire MEGA movie marathon from home 😎 See our website for details and strap in for an action-packed 2-hour marathon featuring cast, crew and locations from Western Sydney!

20/12/2023

Blacktown Arts has released its Summer Digital program ONLINE featuring some great local films including award-winning films Hello My Name is Mother Nature by Pamela Manos and Darcy Vincent ⭐ PLUS the 2023 festival favourite Tony's Dream by Garcia ⭐ Spotted amongst them too are new films by Esky Escandor and Rachael Belle Myers 😎

Tune in this summer to see these -made films for FREE online!

Commissioned by the Powerhouse, Latitudes presents 3 short films featuring some of western Sydney’s most compelling artists.

13/12/2023

Haven't streamed the festival yet? Now is the time! MEGA Movie Marathon is streaming until the end of January and YOU decide the winner of our People's Choice Award! Share it with your friends and family this summer and enjoy 18 made by Western Sydney filmmakers PLUS all the Red Carpet Highlights and interviews 😍 Grab some popcorn and tune in here: https://buff.ly/3RngSS6