We know you’ve been on the edge of your seat waiting for this year’s red carpet highlights video... Well, wait no more! Check out the highlights from our 2019 festival, featuring red carpet interviews with the winners and clips from the winning films below! We’d like to say a HUGE thanks to Event Cinemas Liverpool for having us back this year as our venue sponsor and helping us keep Made in the West in the western suburbs where it rightfully belongs! We couldn’t be more proud

Still Searchin’ Productions would like to congratulate everyone who entered their films in this year’s event and particularly, the 18 finalists whose films were screened – you each contributed to a fabulous evening and we applaud you for making such engaging and heartfelt films! We had a BRILLIANT time last night – 2019 was definitely our best festival yet, with records broken all round. We received 58 submissions this year from filmmakers across Western Sydney and the qualit

Made in the West Film Festival kicks off TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6PM! The excitement is certainly building here in the Still Searchin' camp as we're less than 48hrs from festival night! We can't wait to see you all there at Event Cinemas, Liverpool! It’s time to meet your HOSTS for the 2019 Made in the West Film Festival! We’re so thrilled to welcome two charismatic hosts to get you in the mood for celebration this weekend. They’ll be introducing our finalist films on stage and hos

We’re only four days away from the festival, so we figure you're probably wondering what to expect! Made in the West is on THIS SATURDAY 23 November at Event Cinemas Liverpool. Doors open at 6pm! There are less than twenty general admission tickets left. Once they go, we’ll be running a waitlist and it will be a case of first in, first served. If you have already reserved multiple tickets, please double-check your guests are definitely coming so that you can cancel any unused

Made in the West 2019 will feature 18 short films by local filmmakers from right across Western Sydney, from Camden to Canterbury, Warwick Farm to Whalan, Quakers Hill to Kenhurst. While the films differ in genre, they all share one thing in common: they each feature a cast member, crew member or location from Western Sydney. And we think that’s pretty fabulous! In this year’s festival line-up you’ll get to see some hilarious comedies and great dramas, doco’s, web series, hor

We're so excited!! Tickets are now OPEN for Made in the West 2019 and they're flying out the door! We've got a feeling this year is going to be huge!!! And trust us, when we get a feeling like this you surely should listen, because the last time this happened we PACKED the Paddo RSL to the rafters and that was the year we had to admit to ourselves "we're gonna need a bigger boat" ! And isn't she a beautiful boat indeed! Thanks to our new venue sponsors, Event Cinemas in Liver

Can you believe Made in the West is THIS month? That’s right - we’re officially 23 days out from this year's festival and we couldn’t be more excited! Made in the West is on Saturday 23 November 2019 at Event Cinemas Liverpool. Doors open at 6pm for red carpet entry. Join us for the biggest night of the year on the Western Sydney calendar! And yes we know you've probably got questions. When will we find out the line-up? When do the judges' scores come in? What can we expect o

Congratulations Western Sydney filmmakers for a record-breaking year of films!! We had nearly sixty submissions this year which is bloody brilliant for a little festival like Made in the West -- what a way to kick off our 8th annual film festival for local filmmakers! We are just blown away by the quality of the productions being made here in the West right now and we'd like to say well done to all of the filmmakers who submitted a film this year. Please put your hands togeth

Well, it's finally here! Submissions have officially CLOSED and we're now in the final four-week countdown to Made in the West 2019! We have some AMAZING entries this year and if it were left up to us to decide who wins our festival awards, let's face it, we'd never be able to decide! So every year at this time, we think to ourselves - thank goodness we have our festival judges! NINE wonderful artists whose keen eyes for screen mastery and years of filmmaking experience will

Eight years ago, when we were third year students at Western Sydney University, SSP hosted our first short film screening night. We really couldn’t have imagined it would result in something like this: a red carpet event, crystal trophies, a three storey cinema screen, giving thousands of dollars away in prizes, a bustling scene of filmmakers, networked and busy working on projects. So it’s only fitting that eight years on, we return to our roots to work with third year stude

We hope you’re ready to party, Western Sydney! Made in the West is returning to Event Cinemas in Liverpool for the second year running, and we couldn't be more excited to be screening Western Sydney-made films in the awesome big screen Vmax cinema at Event Cinemas in Liverpool. Let’s all think back to 2018: the three storey screen, luxurious leather seats, surround sound and digital cinema package, not to mention the private bar and being snapped by the paps on the red carpet

The team at SSP is thrilled to finally share Made in the West TV with you! That’s right, you can now watch 28 glorious minutes of Western Sydney filmmakers right here in our video gallery or check it out over on our SSP YouTube channel. Last year’s major trophy award winners Andrew Lee of Pursekey Productions (winner of 'Best in the West' for Melon Grab), David Hoey of Granny Flat Pictures (winner of 'Best Student Film' for Milo) and Matthew C. Vella of Vellamatt Films (winne

Take a look at the highlights from our 2018 festival, featuring red carpet interviews with the winners and clips from the winning films! We’d like to say a HUGE thanks to Event Cinemas (Liverpool) for joining us this year as our venue sponsor and helping us get Made in the West back to the western suburbs after four long years in the city. We couldn’t be more proud to have showcased Western Sydney films on such amazing big screen and we are already looking forward to working

Made in the West Film Festival has a lot to be thankful for. We feel so privileged to be surrounded by such talented local filmmakers that is a real joy to share their stories on the big screen every year. The community of filmmakers that we celebrate are dedicated, creative and very ambitious. Being in the crowd last Saturday at the festival was just electric, and for SSP, having hundreds of filmmakers in the room cheering for each other’s work was, without a doubt, the best

Still Searchin’ Productions would like to congratulate everyone who entered their films in this year’s event and particularly, the 14 finalists whose films were screened – you each contributed to a fabulous evening and we applaud you for making such engaging and heartfelt films! We had a BRILLIANT time last night – 2018 was definitely our best festival yet, with records broken all round. We received over 50 submissions this year from filmmakers across Western Sydney and the q

Made in the West Film Festival kicks off TOMORROW! The excitement is certainly building here in the Still Searchin' camp as we're less than 24hrs from festival night! We can't wait to see you all there tomorrow at Event Cinemas, Liverpool! A word to the wise: use the #madeinthewest hashtag on your way to the festival (on any of our social platforms) and you'll go in the running to WIN a $50 bar tab, courtesy of Event Cinemas! We'll draw the winner at end of the first segment

We’re only two days away from this year’s event, so we figure you're probably wondering what to expect at this year’s Made in the West Film Festival! Made in the West is on THIS SATURDAY 24 November at Event Cinemas Liverpool. Doors open at 6pm! General admission tickets are currently booked out but there is a wait list you can join for last minute tickets. If you have already reserved multiple tickets, please double-check your guests are definitely coming so that you can can

Still Searchin' Productions is proud to announce the nominees for this year’s individual category awards! Congratulations to all of the 2018 finalists - the judges were very impressed with the quality of this year's line up! Every film we screen at Made in the West is in the running to win one of two major trophies – the ‘Best in the West’ Award (for independent films) or the ‘Best Student Film’ – awarded to those films that receive the top score overall from our panel of jud

MADE IN THE WEST FILM FESTIVAL returns for our 7th year and we're excited to be screening this year's films in full DCP at a cinema right in the heart of Western Sydney. Join us on the red carpet to meet hundreds of local filmmakers and then settle in for a marathon screening event featuring short films made by the best film talent in the west. There will be door prizes, filmmaker awards, plenty of good vibes, and the chance for YOU and your friends to send someone home with

In 2018, Made in the West Film Festival will feature 14 short films made by filmmakers from right across Western Sydney; from Fairfield to Telopea, and Kellyville to Campbelltown. While the films may differ in genre and type, they all share one thing in common: they each feature a cast member, crew member or location from Western Sydney. And we think that’s pretty awesome! In this year’s festival line-up you’ll get to see some comedy, documentaries, dramatic web series, crime