MOV:MENT Lab

Residents’ projects will culminate in the creation of short films that reimagine how body, movement, and performance can be experienced on screen. The works may adopt experimental, hybrid, or cross-disciplinary approaches within the short film format, engaging with ideas and perspectives shaped by the artist’s practice in response to the residency theme!

Participants will receive focused consultations with industry professionals Elysa Wendi, a filmmaker, artist, and curator whose practice spans performance and the moving image, and Jeremy Chua, Executive Director of the Singapore International Film Festival, offering artistic and developmental guidance throughout the process.

Up to four projects will be selected for this edition, with each project receiving production support of up to SGD $8,000. The completed films will be premiered at COMMA 2027 and Singapore Art Week 2027.

Sub-Urbs explores life at the edges – the people, communities, and experiences that exist outside dominant narratives of the city. Within an ordered urban environment, many stories unfold in quieter, less visible ways, in overlooked spaces, informal networks, and personal worlds that rarely occupy the centre of attention. The theme foregrounds these margins as sites of lived experience, resilience, and creativity.

*SCAPE invites artists to reflect on and explore these peripheral conditions, bringing forward perspectives that are often unseen or unheard and translating them into shared encounters within the festival context. Emphasising experimentation and process, the residency positions the margins not as places of absence, but as spaces of agency – where new forms of expression, connection, and imagination can emerge.

Programme Package

• Project support of $8,000
• Meeting and rehearsal spaces at *SCAPE, subject to availability
• Focused consultation sessions with Elysa Wendi and Jeremy Chua
• A platform to premiere your work during COMMA 2027 and Singapore Art Week 2027

Individuals

• Individuals who are at least 18 years old and at most 35 years old at the time of registration.
• Applicant must be practicing artists with at least 2 years of relevant arts experience.
• Applicant must commit to the entire duration of the programme period.
• Only Singaporeans or Permanent Residents of Singapore may apply.

Collective/Group

• Majority of members who are at least 18 years old and at most 35 years old at the time of registration.
• Applicants must be practicing artists with at least 2 years of relevant arts experience.
• Applicants must commit to the entire duration of the programme period.
• Only Singaporeans or Permanent Residents of Singapore may apply.

Prior to submission, please ensure your proposal includes the following components:

Project Proposal

• A written description of your proposed short film project.
• Proposals should outline the concept, artistic vision, and how body, movement, or performance is central to the work, as well as the intended approach to translating the project to screen.
• Where relevant, proposals should respond to the residency theme.
• Please also indicate the themes or subject matter, narrative or conceptual direction (if applicable), intended duration (8–15 minutes), and possible location or setting.

Key Members’ Information

• Names and roles
• Short biographies (100–150 words each)
• Relevant experiences
• Portfolio links (CV, videos, works, website, etc.)

Budget Proposal

• Simple breakdown of how funds will be used within the $8,000 support

Production Plan & Timeline

• Outline of how the project will be completed
• To note film submission date of 8 November 2026, 2359hrs for IMDA Classification Rating submission (will be applied by *SCAPE)

Visual References / Moodboard

• Images, stills, sketches, or references

All applications must be submitted by 14 Jun 2025, 2359hrs. You may submit your applications early, in advance of the application window. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered.