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

Have you heard the big news? We’re making a TV show about filmmakers in Western Sydney! Still Searchin’ Productions in partnership with Western Sydney University will be producing a half hour talk show following this year’s festival, featuring cast & crew from the Western Sydney region. Do you want to work with us? We’re calling out for Western Sydney University Media Arts Production students and alumni to join us on set on Thursday 29th November. We’re looking for camera ope

Hang on to your hats Western Sydney! We’re here to announce our final sponsors for the 2018 festival. FOUR more local businesses are generously supporting Western Sydney filmmakers by offering some fantastic prizes to our 2018 festival award winners! We want to say THANKS to them on behalf of our entire community. Of course, you can also help us repay the favour by checking out their websites and hitting thumbs up on their FB pages! Made in the West Film Festival sponsors are

Today we’re announcing four awesome new sponsors for the 2018 Made in the West Film Festival! Yes, you heard us right! FOUR more local businesses have put their hands up in support of the Western Sydney filmmaker community. We think it’s pretty special that people are willing to support our local film festival and help us celebrate Western Sydney on film. Made in the West doesn’t receive any state or federal funding, which means we rely on community support to help us make ou

Still Searchin Productions have been working hard behind the scenes with our wonderful festival sponsors, making some great plans for Made in the West 2018!! That’s why we’re super excited for today’s announcement that THREE more local businesses have put their hands up to help us raise the profile of Western Sydney’s film talent! We're over the moon with these prizes and we're just so thankful to have the support of the local community. So let's all say thanks to them by rep

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 would like to thank our sponsors for their generosity! It's not very often someone puts their hand up and says they want to support young artists and filmmakers in the West, so we are very pleased to have found some kind folks willing to contribute to our cause. Their support for our vision makes us even more thirsty for a thriving Western Sydney film culture. We want to see more films being made here, more film jobs going to Western Sydney filmmakers, more a