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

Every year, Made in the West partners with Western Sydney University to give one lucky design student the chance to shape the visual identity of the festival - and in 2025 we welcome Nico Mendoza to the creative spotlight. Nico’s poster design for Made in the West 2025 captures everything we love about Western Sydney filmmaking - creativity, transformation, and that unstoppable momentum that keeps the region’s stories surging forward. This year’s theme 'Creative Evolution' ce