Psychological science and criminology student Luca Sardelis steps into the director’s seat, while other successes include Flinders’ Deputy Chancellor playing a part in renewing South Australia, and Flinders’ researchers appearing in an internationally renowned journal.
Into the director’s seat
Flinders University psychological science and criminology student Luca Sardelis will be trying her hand at telling her own stories as a writer and director, thanks to a $10,000 grant from Carclew.
The 21-year-old will use the grant to develop her short film The Night Bus (working title). The 12-minute short is described as a romantic coming-of-age drama that is an “ethereal ride through the afterlife and a young woman’s subconscious”.
Sardelis is perhaps best known for SBS’s The Hunting, in which she played Zoe. More recently, she starred in A Perfect Pairing, which became the number 1 film on Netflix worldwide after its release.
Playing a part in renewing South Australia
Flinders University deputy chancellor Stephen Hains AM has been announced as Renewal SA’s new chair. Renewal SA is the South Australian Government’s leading urban development agency that leads, supports and drives investment and growth through property and projects, now and into the future. SA Planning Minister Nick Champion announced the appointment of Mr Hains.
Recognising the history of immigrants and minorities
Professor Andrekos Varnava and Dr Evan Smith, from the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, along with Associate Professor Marinella Marmo from the College of Business, Government and Law, have been published in a special issue of the internationally renowned journal, Immigrants & Minorities. “Undesirables”: Monitoring Migrants in Britain and Australia (1905-1972) and its Contemporary Significance focuses on the history of British and Australian border control and policing of migrant groups who were deemed by authorities to be ‘undesirable’. The research was part of the team’s ARC DP180102200 research, titled: ‘Managing migrants and border control in Britain and Australia, 1901-1981’.