Digital media giving refugees a voice
Refugees in Australian detention centres are shaping the nation’s political debate by harnessing the power of digital media, an award-winning Flinders University writer claims.
Refugees in Australian detention centres are shaping the nation’s political debate by harnessing the power of digital media, an award-winning Flinders University writer claims.
“I’m a bit obsessed about getting people to go and see it; at festivals every screening is sold out, but now we have to get people to go to the cinema, which is a bit terrifying.”
Flinders Screen and Media students have featured in the newsletter of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
A movie directed by a former Flinders University student and shot over 52 consecutive Tuesdays in Adelaide has won a major award at the Sundance film festival in Utah.
Flinders is to offer an intensive course in digital special effects in partnership with one of the world’s leading visual effects (VFX) companies, Rising Sun Pictures.