Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) is inviting expressions of interest from Australian creative practitioners to participate in its Expand Lab, which will be held in Adelaide from October 21 – 27.

The development initiative will bring together 30 Australian visual artists, filmmakers, video artists, writers, and other creatives working with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Together, they’ll learn from and work with a team of renowned industry mentors to develop bold new moving image projects for Australian audiences and beyond.

Following the lab, shortlisted teams will present concepts for the $100,000 Expand Moving Image Commission, made possible through Principal Partner The Balnaves Foundation, Adelaide Film Festival, and Samstag Museum of Art. The recipients will be invited to present their work with the Samstag Museum of Art during the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival.

The mentors for 2023 AFF Expand Lab are time-bending digital artist Daniel Crooks, theatre maker and media artist Robert Walton, and moving image and film producer Bridget Ikin, with video artist and filmmaker Amos Gebhardt joining as a mentor for the first part of the lab.