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Critically acclaimed feature film, Here Out West, follows eight interconnected stories set in the buzzing and ever-changing melting pot of Western Sydney.
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- ABC iview
Feb 3, 2022 · A baby is kidnapped from hospital by a desperate grandmother, sparking a series of events involving strangers from different backgrounds. The film, directed by four women, features a diverse cast and explores themes of identity, culture and community.
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- Drama
- Fadia Abboud, Lucy Gaffy, Julie Kalceff
- 2022-02-03
Here Out West is a 2021 Australian anthology film set in culturally diverse Western Sydney. It is made up of eight stories from eight writers and features nine languages. The film has been praised for its positive portrayal of the diversity of Western Sydney.
- Exploring Western Sydney Through Film
- An LGA of Concern
- The New Second Generation
Beginning with the story of a newborn kidnapped from a public hospital, we move through many other everyday locations associated with living in the west, including a soccer field, a parking lot, an apartment block, a recently arrived refugee family’s house, rides in buses as well as cars, a Chinese restaurant where the owner insists on wearing trad...
Premiering at the Sydney Film Festival in October 2021, the film surprised everyone (including its 8 young writers and 5 female Australian directors) by being picked as the opening night film. After all, Western Sydney was home to a lot of the areas branded COVID “LGAs of concern” by that stage, making it feel even more remote and dangerous to visi...
This narrative of taking things in their own hands, with a little help from the right mentors and funding agencies is not an isolated incident. In Australia and in comparable immigrant countries, there is a growing population of young, second-generation migrants who have grown up with YouTube and Netflix. For these young people, watching year after...
- Sukhmani Khorana
Here Out West is a collection of short films by six Australian directors, exploring themes of identity, culture and belonging. See the critics' ratings, watch the trailers and find out where to watch this movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Khoi Trinh
- Ana Kokkinos
- Drama
Nov 2, 2021 · Here Out West is a film with eight stories from eight different cultural backgrounds, in nine languages, shot in Blacktown. It opens the Sydney Film Festival and aims to showcase the positive and hopeful side of life in Western Sydney.
Dec 13, 2021 · Here Out West | Official Trailer | Releasing on 3rd February 2022 2022. Nancy visits her daughter in the hospital who has just given birth. Tagging along is her 8-year-old Lebanese neighbour,...
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- 45.6K
- Mind Blowing Films
