The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) is a biennial celebration and exploration of Australian and international screen culture with a unique program of screenings, forums and special events. The event has rapidly established itself as one of the boldest and most innovative in the country with a reputation internationally as a platform for exciting new talent in the Australian industry.
Placements are offered to Flinders students to gain hands on experience in administration, program management, coordination, marketing, partnerships and digital marketing.
The State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA) is a vital component of the state’s dynamic cultural sector and fosters an environment of creativity, innovation, awareness and accessibility.
Flinders University’s Drama School is a 'Centre of Excellence' and works closely with the company to provide students with hands on opportunities, experience and insights into the real world of drama and theatre.
Students are encouraged to observe, participate and learn from the very best theatre professionals gaining invaluable knowledge and experience through guest lectures, seminars and other interactive events.
As a part of Flinders Universities sponsorship of the Adelaide Fringe, students are offered the opportunity to work for several weeks during the highly successful and fast paced Arts festival.
The internship work experiences are fun, highly rewarding and allow students to learn in a real world festival environment.
Tasks vary across areas of ticketing, reviews, events, content management, social media and marketing activities.
CDW Studios of visual effects and entertainment in partnership with Flinders University have developed world class courses and facilities to service the highly competitive entertainment and design industries.
The highly sought after courses are taught by professionals who have worked for a range of big name companies like Disney, Blizzard Entertainment, Rising Sun Pictures, WETA, Wizards of the Coast and Lego to name a few.
The courses on offer are practical and relate directly to industry needs, so many students have work opportunities straight after graduation.
Students experience live demonstrations, individual advice and feedback along with instructor workflow pipeline techniques. Anyone wanting to explore the rich and massively expanding world of digital art can benefit from these course in 3D modelling, 2D character design and more.
Flinders University, in association with the Adelaide College of the Arts, has formed a partnership with one of our national flagship Dance Companies, the Australian Dance Theatre.
Through the forging of this relationship, students are provided with outstanding access to company classes, repertory and mentorship by the company dancers.
They are also exposed to opportunities to engage with the director, Garry Stewart, first hand. Most recently, three students were seconded to the company for their season “Objekt” in which they performed.
This partnership provides students entering the college with unique access and inspiration to the profession they aspire to.
*The Rookies, Best Creative Media & Entertainment Schools report 2017
The Rookies
The highest honour for creative media and entertainment students, The Rookies is the place to find outstanding emerging talent.
An annual awards and mentor platform open to young creatives in film, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3D visualisation.
The end goal? Launch young creatives into great careers.
Flinders University Creative Arts graduate and Rookies finalist, Rebecca Ohorn, talks about her experience in the video below.
For over 50 years Flinders has nurtured the aspirations of those who would pursue creative roles in theatre, film, writing, music and more.
Many of our alumni have established remarkable and influential creative careers. Brink Productions, The Border Project, Circus Oz, Red Shed and The Angels are amongst the many stellar success stories to emerge from Flinders.
Xavier Samuel
He’s been Hamlet, a vampire, the Earl of Southampton, Frankenstein’s monster, and many more characters: Xavier Samuel is one of Australia’s most dynamic young actors. He performed in the State Theatre Company of South Australia’s The Seagull for the 2014 Adelaide Festival. Samuel’s film roles have included cult horror movie The Loved Ones, Fury alongside Brad Pitt, and Twilight: Eclipse.
Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent’s debut novel, Burial Rites, has taken the literary world by storm. Winning several awards and landing on shortlists for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Guardian First Book Award, it has been translated into over 20 languages and is being adapted into a feature film. Hannah is also the co-founder of Australian literary journal Kill Your Darlings.
Phillip Kavanagh
Winner of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award for his first play Little Borders, Phillip Kavanagh is one of Australia’s most promising emerging playwrights and dramaturgs. Works such as Deluge, Replay and Jesikah have seen Phillip earn a Colin Thiele Creative Writing Scholarship, State Theatre Company SA Flinders University Young Playwrights Award, and Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award.
Pathways to University
Whether you are looking for alternative pathways to the course of your choice or you’re wanting to start your University studies, we offer a range of pathways to study at Flinders.
How to apply
All undergraduate and most postgraduate applications are made through the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC).
Learn from industry practitioners
Professor of Creative Arts - Department of Drama
Julian Meyrick is Strategic Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders University. He is a theatre historian and cultural policy analyst, as well as an award-winning theatre director. Previously he was Associate Director and Literary Advisor at Melbourne Theatre Company, where he was responsible for establishing Hard Lines, a new play development programme.
Professor Meyrick has published widely on the Australian theatre, culture, and cultural policy. He is currently Chief Investigator on two ARC Linkage Projects: AusStage Phase 5 and Laboratory Adelaide and Accounting for Culture's Value in the Arts, Cultural Organisations and Events.
Professor Meyrick is Artistic Counsel for the State Theatre Company of South Australia and a member of the Currency House editorial board. The Retreat of Our National Drama, his second Currency House Platform Paper, was published in 2014.
Teaching Program Director (Creative Arts) - Department of Screen & Media
After graduating from UNSW Alison worked in film and television at the BBC, Film Australia, ABC, and SBS, studied Producing at AFTRS and worked as an independent producer in Sydney before moving to Adelaide to teach Screen Production at Flinders University.
Alison continues to produce, write and direct and is currently in production for a series of documentaries on bullying research in India. Her most recent work is the series Asperger's and Bullying. Her educational resource Come into My World, about Alzheimer's was nominated for an ATOM award in 2009. Alison was the recipient of a CASS fellowship and has taught internationally at Butler University, Indianapolis, CUHK (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and FAMU (Film and TV School of Academy of performing Arts in Prague).
Alison is on the board of the Media Resource Centre and is a corresponding member of The International Association of Film and Television Schools.
Lecturer - Department of Drama
Rosalba trained as an actress at NIDA.
She has performed for most of Australia's premiere theatre companies including Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin, STCSA, Melbourne Comedy Festival,Performance Space, Bay St,Playbox, Entracte, Rokato and many more.
She has appeared on film and televsion, most notably in GP, Police Rescue, Relative Merits, Poor Man's Orange and The Lacking. She performed two acclaimed and awarded one person shows written especially for her - Witchplay by Tobsha Learner and Spooltime by Alana Valentine.
She has directed for major companies across Australia as well as for second tier, experimental and independent theatre making collectives such as Teatar di Migma and Rokato Productions. Rosalba has served nationally on many boards for theatre companies and arts finding bodies.
More recently Rosalba has also begun to write for the theatre. Both her plays, Helly's Magic Cup and Disarming Rosetta have received notable productions with Windmill Adelaide Festival Centre and Hot House Theatre.
Lecturer - Department of Screen and Media
Katie Cavanagh grew up in Los Altos, California while Silicon Valley was still emerging as a digital hub. She majored and completed Honours in English and also was a Sculpure Major for three years at North Adelaide School of Art.
After graduating she worked as a Graphic Designer, Web Monkey, and Project Manager for TechWorks and TMP Worldwide. She currently lectures in 'hands-on' digital media topics where she happily frolics and explores the convergence and combination of text, design, image and meaning.
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Amy T Matthews is an award winning novelist and a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Flinders University. Her novel End of the Night Girl was shortlisted for the Dobbie and Colin Roderick Literary Awards and her non-fiction companion book, Navigating the Kingdom of Night, is a landmark text in exegetical writing.
Amy also writes historical romance under the name Tess LeSue and has shortlisted for the Romance Writers of Australia's Emerald, EmeraldPRO and STALI Awards. She is a member of the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice and Chair of the SA Writers Centre.
Adjunct Lecturer - Flinders University / Principal Lecturer – Performing Arts (Dance) TAFE
Peter’s professional career commenced in Canberra at Human Veins Dance Theatre under the direction of Don Asker in 1986. The next twenty years became an intense period of performing and collaborating in leading contemporary dance companies including Dance North, Australian Dance Theatre, Chrissie Parrott Dance Company, Taipei Crossover and Leigh Warren and Dancers.
In that time Peter collaborated with leading Choreographers and Directors such as Graeme Watson, Nanette Hassel, Douglas Wright, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Per Jonnson, performing in lead roles like Glen Tetley’s “Pierrot Lunaire” and William Forsythe’s “Enemy in the Figure”.
Throughout this time Peter has taught extensively in Contemporary dance studies and received choreographic grants from ARTSA and the Australia Council.
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