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ACMI X

ACMI X Industry Residency

ACMI X offers three residency options to Melbourne-based creative practitioners, startups and businesses working across film, TV, videogames and art.

Applications for ACMI X are now open, please view the options below and fill out one of the application forms most relevant to you. Residencies are offered at all times throughout the year, depending on program capacity limits.


ACMI X Residency options

Part Time Residency (FULL)

$160 p/mth + GST

Includes

  • one temporary hot desk, 2 days per week, 24/7 access, 1 x access card (hot desks subject to availability)
  • 8 hrs meeting room hire p/mth (whiteboards, video conference equipment and monitor)
  • access to High Speed Wifi and a day use locker.
  • access to resident only events and free ACMI X venue hire at ACMI X Event Space (Additional costs for staffing & AV)
  • discounted rates for venue hire at ACMI.

Register your interest

Shared Residency (FULL)

Submit an application and be added to the waitlist.

$230 p/mth + GST

Includes

  • one permanent sit/stand desk (24/7 access) shared between two people, 2 x access cards
  • 14 hrs meeting room hire per person p/mth (whiteboards, video conference equipment and monitor)
  • access to High Speed Wifi an assigned locker.
  • access to resident only events and free ACMI X venue hire at ACMI X Event Space (Additional costs for staffing & AV)
  • discounted rates for venue hire at ACMI,

Register your interest

Full Time Residency (FULL)

Although this residency is full, you can submit an application and be added to the waitlist.

Individuals: $400 p/mth + GST

Not-for-profit: $600 p/mth + GST (2 or more people)

Commercial: $800 p/mth + GST

Includes

  • one permanent sit/stand desk (24/7 access), 1 x access card
  • 28 hrs meeting room hire p/mth (whiteboards, video conference equipment and monitor)
  • access to High Speed Wifi and an under desk storage drawer.
  • access to resident only events and free ACMI X venue hire at ACMI X Event Space (Additional costs for staffing & AV)
  • discounted rates for venue hire at ACMI

Register your interest


Major Research Partner

Our partnership with RMIT University through ACMI X opens new and innovative pathways for students and alumni into the creative industries, with institutional linkages that continue to deepen as the partnership evolves.


ACMI X Co-working

ACMI X is a co-working community of creative practitioners, start-ups and businesses working with creative technology working across film, TV, videogames and art. 

Learn more
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