SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest
SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest presented a selection of films from the 2022 Festival by filmmakers from Blacktown and western Sydney.
Blacktown Shorts
Following its premiere screening at the Skyline Drive In for Magnify: Expand Your Vision, Blacktown Shorts Film Festival returned for a limited season.
Blacktown Shorts showcases a selection of newly commissioned films by homegrown talent, curated by Vonne Patiag.
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Listen to FBi Radio’s very own Del and Bek present a radio broadcast, delivering the latest and hottest from the talent that makes western Sydney.
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Lighting Up
The film, Lighting Up by Emie Roy is the story of Lauraine and Peter Overton, who have been lighting up their house in Quakers Hill for Christmas for 27 years.
meet me at the next stop
CuriousWorks’ latest anthology-style artwork explores the everyday experiences of commuting and living in western Sydney.
POV Docuseries
Featuring ‘in-conversation’ interviews with three local designers, Armando by Armando Crisostomo, GTAB by Ginan Tabbouch and Lakshmi Bee, POV unravels each designers personal experiences, from the beginning of their design journey through to the present day.
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Films at the Underpass
Films at the Underpass is a collaborative film program curated by local filmmaker Vonne Patiag, and co-commissioned by FUNPARK and Blacktown Arts.
My Life, My Story – documentary film
Blacktown Arts are proud to present the debut documentary film My Life, My Story by Maryam Zahid and Omar Zahid for a limited online season. Drawing on interviews with women from the Afghan community in Blacktown and around the world, reflecting on shared lived experiences, triumphs and the strength of the female spirit.
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Migration Stories
Spend your end-of-year break with some quality, local cinema, as Blacktown Arts presents Migration Stories, a short film program curated by local Blacktown-based filmmaker, curator and producer Vonne Patiag (Here Out West, The Ususal Suspects, Halal Girls and Western Sydney Shorts).
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Sea of Thorny Fruits
Indonesian-Australian artist Jumaadi and his collaborators revisit an ancient technique for storytelling, the shadow play.
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Baaro by Shivanjani Lal
Shivanjani Lal’s new film project is a meditation on the centenary of the abolition of indentured labour in the Pacific.
I am Blacktown
See incredible moments from Blacktown’s extensive history immortalised in tile as part of Blacktown Arts’ first online exhibition.