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Made in the West welcomes NEW SPONSORS!

Made in the West Film Festival

May 9, 2018

Made in the West welcomes NEW SPONSORS!

We’ve got great news! Made in the West is proud to announce three new sponsors for the 2018 festival: Western Sydney Business Access (Access News Australia), Western Sydney University and Jaded Belle Productions! It's not very often someone puts their hand up and says they want to support artists and filmmakers from the West, but we have been overwhelmed this year by some amazing offers of support and we can’t wait to tell you about these great people who are getting behind o

2017 Made in the West Film Festival highlights

Made in the West Film Festival

Dec 15, 2017

2017 Made in the West Film Festival highlights

Relive the fun of our biggest and best ever gala event as you check out our 2017 Red Carpet Highlights video from Made in the West Film Festival, featuring red carpet interviews with the winners and clips from the winning films! Let us remind you too, that this year’s festival was something quite out of the ordinary. We saw an amazing jump in the number of films submitted – over 50 films were made by Western Sydney filmmakers this year – that’s one film every week!! – and we

2017 Film Festival WINNERS Announced!

Made in the West Film Festival

Nov 26, 2017

2017 Film Festival WINNERS Announced!

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 – 2017 was definitely our best festival yet, with records broken all round. We received 53 submissions this year from filmmakers across Western Sydney and the qualit

INTERVIEW: 2016 Best in the West winner RACHAEL BELLE MYERS

Made in the West Film Festival

Sep 22, 2017

INTERVIEW: 2016 Best in the West winner RACHAEL BELLE MYERS

In this week's interview we talk to Rachael Belle Myers, the talented writer/producer/director at Jaded Belle Productions who took home the 2016 Best in the West Award for her short film First World Problems. We were excited to hear what she's been doing since we saw her last year at the festival. And by the way, if you haven’t yet entered a film in this year’s festival, now’s your chance! SUBMIT YOUR FILM and you too could walk away with the most prestigious award for local

2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!

Made in the West Film Festival

Dec 2, 2016

2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!

Still Searchin Productions would like to congratulate all the entrants in this year’s event and particularly, the 17 finalists whose films were screened – you have each contributed to a fabulous evening and we salute you! Photo courtesy of Rachael Belle Myers We had a BRILLIANT time last night -- it definitely feels like 2016 was our best festival yet!! Made in the West Film Festival is dedicated to supporting emerging filmmakers in Western Sydney. We love seeing more films b