Fifteen years of Western Sydney film, and a whole community getting behind us! As we prepare for our anniversary season, we’re excited to introduce the first sponsors helping us bring another summer of local stories to the screen. Strong partnerships are at the heart of Made in the West. They help us put films in cinemas, bring filmmakers together and create opportunities that continue long after the awards are announced. Our Screen Sponsors help cover the costs of delive

Feast your eyes upon this year’s festival poster! Welcome to the kaleidoscope. Just don’t stare into the centre for too long… we can’t guarantee where the rabbit hole leads! Since the early day of Made in the West, it has been something of a tradition for us to surprise you all with an amazing poster design that captures the personality of each year’s festival. This year, we knew we wanted to do something memorable, as a celebration of all the stories that have passed throug

A packed cinema, a buzzing red carpet, and local filmmakers watching their stories light up the big screen. There’s something special about Made in the West, and this year we’re turning 15! From a casual screening night among friends in 2012 to a festival season bringing Western Sydney stories to audiences in cinemas and online, we’ve come a long way. Our sponsors and partners have helped make that journey possible, and we’re inviting you to join us for our next chapter. Supp

The countdown can officially begin! Made in the West Film Festival is back for our 15th annual celebration of Western Sydney filmmaking, and this year we’re taking over the big screen for a whole summer of local films, filmmakers and festival events. Our Marathon #SummerofFilm kicks off at Event Cinemas Liverpool with our Opening Night Awards Gala on Saturday 28 November 2026. Join us on the red carpet, see who the jury has put forward for our first awards, and be part of the

Since his first year of uni, Richard Ayat has been part of our Opening Night celebrations, volunteering front-of-house to help welcome audiences through the doors. Three years on, as part of his professional industry placement, Richard had the chance to join our team as an Event Management intern and he jumped at the chance. The role meant that he could work with us from September through to November in the lead-up to the festival, learning the ins and outs of festival coordi

We are SO excited to reveal the 2024 festival poster! This next level design is the brainchild of another talented student designer from the Burrow Studio at Western Sydney Uni and we think it’s just marvellous. It brings together sci-fi, psychedelic and film-inspired elements into a dazzling design that screams with creativity. With bold colors and surreal imagery showing all eyes on YOU the filmmaker, it perfectly captures the state of Western Sydney’s thriving creative c

We love making big plans for the festival each year, and assembling a great team to help us bring it all together is an absolute must....

Enlisting local businesses and industry allies is an important part of our mission: to raise awareness of the creative community in...

The team at Made in the West is thrilled to reveal the 2023 festival poster! Isn’t it gorgeous? When we sent through the brief for this...

We had a blast at Made in the West in 2022 celebrating another year of Western Sydney films on the big screen. What a joy it was to fill...

It’s time to take a moment amongst the hustle and bustle (read: mad rush!) of festival prep to pause and reflect on this year. Now that...

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes making some big plans for Made in the West 2022 alongside some wonderful sponsors, who we...

Made in the West is proud to reveal our fantastic event poster for 2022! With its many creative nuances and local references, we think it...

Did you miss the last networking event? Want to catch up for some local filmmaker updates and chat about what you have been working on?...

We're excited to finally show you the latest episode of Made in the West TV! Made in the West TV is a talk show featuring award-winning...

We hope you’re ready #WesternSydneyFilm fam because the latest episode of Made in the West TV is coming your way very soon! The show...

Meet Luke Hodge! He’s the Western Sydney University student that took on our 2021 Associate Producer Internship, working with us behind...

The SSP team was in the studio this week shooting a TV show with our 2021 festival award winners. It was great to be back at the WSU...

The team at SSP worked hard this year to bring the Western Sydney Film community a festival to remember after such another challenging...

What a year! We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, 2020 brought us so many opportunities to look at what we want from our creative...