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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Made in the West Film Festival 2018 is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! If you’ve made a short film that features cast, crew or locations from Western Sydney and is under fifteen minutes in duration, you are eligible to submit your film. All genres are welcome, from documentaries and music videos, to animation, drama series, web series episodes, sci-fi and horror. Enter via www.madeinthewest.com.au Early bird prices until Friday 14 September. Made in the West is a celebration of Western

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