Curiously West: Film Club is a space for Western Sydney filmmakers of all backgrounds, ages and levels of experience. You can join the next meeting here.

Curiously West emerged out of a desire for local filmmakers to have a space space to gather, collaborate and make films.

Unlike other filmmaking spaces that are either sporadic, located in the city or distant from South West Sydney, there is a significant gap for Western Sydney filmmakers to connect with their local counterparts. Recognizing this need, a groundbreaking collaboration between CuriousWorks, Powerhouse Youth Theatre Fairfield, and Western Sydney University aims to bridge this gap by establishing a dedicated and regular space for deep collaboration and connection. Though originally led just by Addy Fong at Western Sydney University, the expansion has allowed this initiative to go beyond one-off networking events, providing filmmakers with a consistent environment that fosters experimentation, skill development, and the nurturing of their craft.

Curiously West meets fortnightly on Thursday evenings at PYT Fairfield. The sessions range from hands-on skill-building workshops, to Popcorns and Pencils sessions where filmmakers can watch and review films, to networking sessions, to collaborative film-making sessions. It’s a space where folks of different ages, cultural backgrounds, and levels of experience can come together out of a love for film-making.

CuriouslyWest has just returned after a brief hiatus for the second half of the year! Entry is free to everyone, but we request folks register their attendance here.

You can also check out photos from Curiously West’s program in early 2022 below.