Department of Film, Games and Animation

The words “Salad Fingers” may not mean anything to some readers, but for others they will trigger nostalgia, some very discomforting memories - or perhaps a “weird” combination of both.

Australian kids today have greater access to screen entertainment than any generation before. Across smartphones, tablets, laptops and the old-school TV set, streaming services mean there is an endless supply of kids’ content from around the globe.

A Swinburne-based research team, Australian Children’s Television Cultures, has studied why and how adult audiences in the streaming era engage in nostalgic screen practices, and what impacts Australian children’s television has had on multiple generations.

Produced by three Swinburne Film and TV students, French documentary film N’Oubilez Jamais is about the experiences of a young Jewish woman during WWII.

Swinburne students have played a major role in producing Monologue, a satirical web miniseries by award-winning production company Truce Films.  

Sixty years ago the animated series The Jetsons finished its first and only season before being cancelled. Just 24 episodes were broadcast between September 1962 and March 1963.