South Australian development program Film Lab: New Voices is again open for applications from creative teams, with First Nations practitioners being encouraged to apply.

Delivered through the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Adelaide Film Festival, in collaboration with Mercury CX, the initiative will offer three filmmaking teams the chance to develop and produce a feature film to premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival 2024.

At least one member of every filmmaking team – producer, writer and/or director – must be from a group under-represented in the sector. One of the three teams selected for development will also be First Nations-led, with at least two members of the key creative team identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Applications are to be assessed on the originality and creative ambition, the marketability and potential audience of a project, the diversity of the key creative team, and the potential for the project to be realised within the proposed budget.