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

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

Made in the West Film Festival has a lot to be thankful for. The community of filmmakers that we support and celebrate is dedicated, creative, ambitious and wonderfully inclusive. 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 part of the night. We think this year’s festival showed exactly what Western Sydney is made of, and we are proud. S

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

Only TWO days until the 2017 Made in the West Film Festival! The excitement is certainly building here in the Still Searchin' camp as last week we announced the festival judges, finalists, prizes and sponsors -- what a rush! Then earlier this week, as the judges' scores came in, we announced the nominations for this year's individual category awards - congratulations to all of our nominees! We can't wait to see you at the festival on Saturday. Please remember to RSVP to the

Still Searchin' Productions is proud to announce the nominees for this year’s individual category awards! Congratulations to all of this year's finalists - the judges were very impressed! Every film we screen at Made in the West is in the running to win one of two major prizes – 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 judges. To make it even more interesting,

We’re ten days away from this year’s event, so we thought you might be wanting a few tips on what to expect at this year’s Made in the West Film Festival! Made in the West is on Saturday 25 November 2017. Join us for the biggest night on the Western Sydney calendar – RSVP here! GETTING THERE IS EASY Find us upstairs at the Paddo RSL at 220 – 232 Oxford Street, Paddington. There are buses from Central, Museum and Bondi Junction, or you can catch a taxi for around $10. For publ

Made in the West Film Festival is excited to announce the prize packages for this year's festival awards! With over $12,000 in prizes this year, we just can't wait to see who WINS these amazing prizes! To our 2017 FESTIVAL SPONSORS -- we are so impressed by the contributions you are making to this year's event and on behalf of all Western Sydney filmmakers, we thank you!! Each year Still Searchin’ Productions puts on an evening of films for everyone to enjoy. SSP is an indepe

Made In The West Film Festival is pleased to announce the finalists for 2017! Congratulations to all Western Sydney filmmakers on another outstanding year producing films! We received a record number of submissions this year and truly wish we could include you all in the final line-up! From finding your crew to screening your finished product, we know exactly how much work goes into making a short film (even if the result is only a few minutes long) and we congratulate you al

Submissions have now closed for Made in the West 2017 and with more entries this year than ever before, we have to say, you’ve really stepped up to the plate Western Sydney! Congratulations to all of you on such a productive year – we’re proud to be working alongside so many awesome local filmmakers and we are really looking forward to watching all of your films. But how on earth are we going to pick a winner??! The standard of entries this year is through the roof, so we’ve

We’re 48 hours away from submissions closing and we couldn’t be any more excited! You'd best prepare yourselves, because this year’s festival is going to be our best ever! If you haven’t entered your short film yet, this Friday 10 November at midnight is your deadline – SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW! We don't want tell you what type of films you should be making, we just want you to make your films with Western Sydney filmmakers! That’s why the number one CRITERIA FOR ENTRY is that yo

Made In The West Film Festival is now less than a month away! What better way to celebrate the final week of submissions (and the influx of student films undoubtedly coming our way) than to chat to Emma Elias, who walked away with Best Student Film Award in 2015 for her beautiful film Clarté de Lâme. If you haven’t seen the film yet (shame on you), you can watch it here. Note: Late entries are still being accepted THIS WEEK ONLY for Made in the West 2017! If you’re a film stu

Made in the West 2017 is just around the corner! Today, in the last edition of our winners’ interview series for 2017, we chat to Toby Loveday - the winner of the Audience Choice Award in 2015. His film The Goat was certainly well-loved by the crowd and we still remember the roar of applause as he was announced as the winner of the final trophy. This year it could be you walking out the door with the mightiest of crystal awards for Western Sydney filmmakers – all you need to

It's time to check in with another Made in the West Film Festival winner! Today we speak with Vonne Patiag, the ever-productive force behind VIP FILMS who took home the runner-up award in 2016 for his film Yang, after already having walked away with the Best in the West award in 2015 for his detective thriller, The Dead Man’s Face Was My Own. We've heard he's had another amazing year this year so we wanted to ask him what he's been working on. By the way, Made in the West Fil

Made in the West Film Festival is now less than two months away! This week we chat to Matthew C. Vella, the multi-talented producer from Vellamatt Films who walked away with the 2016 Best Student Film Award for his fast-paced action flick, Bleeding Backs. If you haven't yet entered your latest film in this year's Made in the West Film Festival, you still have one month left to get your entries in (though earlybird prices end this week!). We're looking forward to another stell

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

As we gear up for this year's Made in the West Film Festival, we thought we'd catch up with one half of the brains and brawn behind 2016’s Audience Choice Award winning film, Pillow Talk, Scott Sowter. If you haven’t seen the film, get out from under your rock, give yourself a long, hard talking to, and give it a squiz here. And if you haven’t yet entered a film in this year's festival, then get cracking! SUBMIT YOUR FILM and you could go home with one of the most highly cove

Made in the West Short Film Festival is back – and we’re now officially OPEN for submissions! Entries close at midnight on the 10th November 2017. Enter your short film to win! Have you made a short film this year that features a location, cast or crew member from Western Sydney? We accept all genres of film: doco’s, mocko’s, drama, horror, music videos, animation, coms and rom-coms… You name it, we’re keen to screen it! We don’t place restrictions on your creativity, so ther

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

Made in the West 2016 is HERE!! ---------- Doors open 6pm TONIGHT (upstairs) at the Paddo RSL on Oxford Street. Join us to find out this year's WINNERS and see Western Sydney's emerging and established filmmakers on the RED CARPET. You will become our final JUDGE as you take in the top 17 films and VOTE for your favourite! The Audience Choice Award will be decided by YOU! Because after all, for the fans. --------- YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Doors open 6pm. Entry is FREE! First