Applications are now open for AFF Expand Lab 2024!

South Australian and national mid-career and established practitioners with at least five years of professional creative and industry experience are welcome to apply.

AFF Expand Lab will be held from 1 – 8 November 2024, alongside the Adelaide Film Festival closing weekend and encore screenings.

Applications close at midnight (ACT) Sunday 8 September 2024.

About AFF Expand Lab 2024

AFF Expand Lab is a collaborative development initiative where visual artists, video artists, filmmakers, writers, and XR and VR creatives come together to learn from each other, work with renowned mentors, and develop bold new moving image projects for Australian audiences and beyond.

Expand Lab participants work together in groups to develop new project ideas to present on the final day of the lab. Shortlisted projects will be selected for further development and $5,000 cash support, and will present their projects to a selection panel in February 2025.

One project will be awarded the Expand $100,000 Moving Image Commission and two projects will be selected for mentoring by the Art Gallery of SA or Illuminate Adelaide.

AFF Expand Lab is open to Australian participants, with up to 15 places available for South Australian practitioners and 15 places for national practitioners. It is free to attend the lab and each participant will receive a basic stipend to cover daily costs. National participants will receive financial support towards travel and accommodation.

Expressions of Interest are now open and close at midnight (ACT) Sunday 8 September 2024. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 25 September.

AFF Expand Lab is an initiative of Adelaide Film Festival with principal partner The Balnaves Foundation and the Government of South Australia, Samstag Museum of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia and Illuminate Adelaide, with support from Lot Fourteen.

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Julianne Pierce
Special Initiatives Manager
Email: julianne@adelaidefilmfestival.org

AFF Expand Lab is an initiative of Adelaide Film Festival with Principal Partner The Balnaves Foundation, and the Government of South Australia, Samstag Museum of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Illuminate Adelaide and Lot Fourteen.