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ACMI has been working closely with the screen sector and small-to-medium creatives since 2015, providing access to a range of resources, programming and connection to industry.

Programs and initiatives
Partnerships and collaboration
Experimentation and innovation
Industry co-working
Research and evaluation
Touring exhibitions


Programs and initiatives

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Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium

2022 –

A two-day symposium exploring the future of arts, culture, and technology in Australia – and the mindsets, capabilities and skills we need to get there.

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CEO Digital Mentoring Program

CEO Digital Mentoring Program

2021–23

ACMI, in conjunction with the Australia Council’s national Cultural Digital Program, runs a mentoring initiative for strategic technology and digital mentoring for cultural organisations.

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Foundry658

2018

Supporting creative people to transform their ideas into sustainable businesses; an initiative of the Victorian Government’s Creative State strategy delivered by ACMI and State Library Victoria.

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ACMI Xcel Accelerator

2018

Where creative technology meets cultural entrepreneurship. Supported by Launch Vic.

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Partnerships and collaboration

A designer working on Bluey at Ludo Studio, image courtesy of Ludo Studio

ACMI X + Ludo Studio Residency

2024

We partnered with Ludo Studio, the Emmy-award winning production company behind Bluey, Robbie Hood and The Strange Chores, to establish a 3-month $10,000 residency giving local animators the opportunity to create the next global hit from our co-working hub, ACMI X.

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ACMI + RMIT Young Creators' Lab

2024 –

ACMI and RMIT invites local digital developers aged 10–16 years to showcase their projects and products at ACMI.

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ACMI + MESS Partnership - multi-coloured plugs on a soundboard

ACMI + MESS

2021–23

ACMI partnered with Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) in North Melbourne on a new initiative to support local musicians and producers.

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Completely Stretchy and Uncomfortably Sticky (Daniel Ferguson) | Download & play for Big Games Night In

ACMI + RMIT Games Prize

2019 –

A unique opportunity to support the next generation of Australian game developers, championing graduate students to hone their skills and transition into the games industry.

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Apply for the ACMI RMIT Audience Lab

ACMI + RMIT Audience Lab

2018 –

ACMI and RMIT invites game developers, filmmakers, moving image artists, emerging tech developers and individual creators to show their products/works at ACMI and gather audience feedback. 

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Festival Partners

A diverse range of festivals on Melbourne’s cultural calendar call ACMI home.

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Experimentation and innovation

VideoMAE debug output — Google Colab Notebook

ACMI Labs

Read about ACMI's experiments in media, technology & user experience.

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A closeup of the ACMI Lens in action

The Lens

The Lens is a free handheld, take-home device that lets visitors collect the artworks and objects they discover in our exhibitions.

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Two men using the Constellation table - Joshua Heath

AI/Machine Learning

We are exploring the potential of machine learning and generative outputs with our online collection.

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Web3 Fellowship

February – April 2023

Seven of our staff joined representatives from twelve cultural institutions from around the world to develop Web3 literacies and learn more about what blockchain technologies might offer the arts and cultural sectors.

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Mad Max, as dreamt by a computer from the ACMI Public API Work metadata for Mad Max.

Open Source

Our digital initiatives are driven by an ethos of open sourced and open access technologies wherever possible.

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Collector's Card - Courtesy DFF

Konstellationen // Constellations

Our collaboration with Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum (DFF) to create an interactive visitor experience for their museum inspired by ACMI’s Constellation is now live.

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XOS

XOS (eXperience Operating System) is a collection of software and related hardware devices that we use to run exhibitions. It connects together collection data, images and videos, Internet-of-things (IoT) devices in the exhibition, constellations and content online and is designed to deepen the impact our exhibitions have on our visitors. We do this through the Lens.

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Industry co-working

ACMI X colourful wall

ACMI X

Our community of creative practitioners, startups and businesses working with creative technology across film, TV, videogames and art.

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Short Film: Floating Bodies (Alexandra Kirwood and Laura Banfield)

ACMI X Screen Industry Works-In-Progress Night

A free, bi-monthly showcase of evolving projects by makers working across film, TV, videogames and art.

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Emporium Creative Hub, Bendigo

A communal work space in Regional Victoria where creatives can create, connect, learn and grow through networking, business development programs and mentoring.

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Research & evaluation

ARC Linkage Projects

Learn more about the Australian Research Council projects we have undertaken, and the ones that are in progress.

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Touring exhibitions

ACMI creates and produces exhibitions focusing on the ever-expanding universe of the moving image. Our projects celebrate screen culture in its myriad forms through ideas and unique content, showcasing the processes and artistry behind moving image creation and production across film, TV, videogames, digital culture and art.

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