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Curiously West Film Club
Creative development, workshops
2023 – Ongoing
Curiously West Film Club (CWFC) emerged out of a desire for local filmmakers to have a space to gather, collaborate and make films.
Curiously West Film Club is a joint venture between CuriousWorks and Powerhouse Youth Theatre Fairfield. Many filmmaking spaces 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, CuriousWorks and PYT Fairfield have partnered to bridge this gap by establishing a dedicated and regular space for deep collaboration and connection. Though originally led just by Addy Fong, 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.
Shoutout to the Curiously West Film Club folks – their film Waves was officially selected to be a part of Made In The West Film Festival 2025.
Watch this space for news on when CWFC returns...
2025
For the screen readers, here is the agenda list for Semester 2, 2025:
18th Sept: Pitching, Ideas, & Rolls
2nd Oct: Pre-Production Prep & Table Reads
16th Oct: Oh shoot! We’re Filming
30th Oct: Pre-Production – Horror themed
13th Nov: Lights, Camera, Action!
27th Nov: End of Year Celebration
For the screen readers, here is the agenda list for Semester 1, 2025:
17th April: Secret Screening
1st May: Screenwriting, Concepting
15th May: Preproduction, Planning
29th May: Filming
12th June: Preproduction Planning: One shot, One Item
26th June: Filming
10th June: Preproduction Planning: Colours and Contrasts
24th July: Filming
7th August: Rough Cut Screening
2024
For the screen readers, here is the agenda list:
1st August: Characters, Connecting & Prod. Design
15th August: Fantasy & Fairytales
29th August: Lights, Camera, Rom-com!
12th September: Mockumentary – Part II
26th September: Sound Composition/Foley
10th October: Stories Reimagined
24th October: Horror Special feat. After You Productions
7th November: Pitching
21st November: Red Carpet Gala
You can view the highlights video for Semester 1, 2024 below:
You can also check out photos from Curiously West’s program in early 2023 below.
For the screen readers, here is the agenda list:
1st August: Characters, Connecting & Prod. Design
15th August: Fantasy & Fairytales
29th August: Lights, Camera, Rom-com!
12th September: Mockumentary – Part II
26th September: Sound Composition/Foley
10th October: Stories Reimagined
24th October: Horror Special feat. After You Productions
7th November: Pitching
21st November: Red Carpet Gala
You can view the highlights video for Semester 1, 2024 below:
You can also check out photos from Curiously West’s program in early 2023 below.
CREDITS
Curiously West Film Club is on Instagram, Facebook and Discord.
Program Co-ordinators
Creative Producer: Addy Fong
CuriousWorks: Samantha Barahona, Diego Murillo (past)
PYT Fairfield: Daisy Montalvo
Curiously West Film Club has been supported by Fairfield City Council through the Arts & Culture Grant.
Contact
Contact us here
Find us at:
Fairfield City HQ
17 Kenyon St,
Fairfield, NSW, 2165,
Australia
Mail us at:
PO Box 112,
Liverpool, NSW, 1871,
Australia
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02 9602 9568
ABN 49 717 992 269
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Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
Our office is located on Darug land at Fairfield City HQ. We would like to acknowledge the Cabrogal Clan of the Darug Nation, the traditional custodians of the land. Our work takes us across Darug, Dharawal and Eora lands. Sovereignty was never ceded.