Described as an inspiring collaborative project, it gathers local stories for a global audience.

Started in 2008, Big Stories connects stories from small towns to create a bigger and broader picture of country life in Australia and in other small towns around the world.

Now it is Cowra's turn to tell its own stories.

Over the next three weeks, and culminating in the 70th anniversary of the Cowra Breakout, two documentary filmmakers, Jenny Ainge and Stephen Best will be in residence in town filming local characters and helping the local people make their own stories, based around the big themes of love, work and family.

They are based at Cowra council's public meeting room on Kendal Street and you will also see them buzzing around town as they drop in to the High School, the Library, the Art Gallery and the PCYC.

"We are keen to talk to anyone in the community who has a story to tell," they said.

'We will be working closely with the local Musical and Dramatic Society and local songwriters to come up with original music to highlight the town's extraordinary history.

"Indigenous stories will also figure prominently with very moving interviews with Cowra elders recorded by local high school students and us".

Jenny Ainge and Stephen Best have visited Cowra to record interviews for the high profile SBS and ABC Documentaries - Girls Own War Stories and, Australians at War. In these films the Cowra stories were part of a much bigger national story.

But this time local people will be the star attraction.

Producers Anna Grieve and Martin Potter have been involved in the site since the beginning.

This year the towns to be featured on the site include Coober Pedy, Beaudesert in Queensland and Cowra.

"We ask people with an idea about a personal story and some photos from their own life experience to come along to the free storytelling workshop. Over a weekend workshop we will assist them in making a digital story that can be seen on the website," the duo said.

The workshop will be running over the weekend of the 26th and 27th July. The team will be based at the Library Multi Media Room for this weekend

Look out for the posters on the windows of the public access room, knock on the door and come in and have a chat with the filmmakers and the team of young local people, who are working with them as multi media interns and journalism students.

If you would to talk about your ideas for a story, you can also contact Jenny and Stephen personally. They are available on: Jenny: 042 5264379 or Steve 0419494844.