SBS queer revisionist dramedy 'While The Men Are Away' will join projects from Europe, South America, South Africa, and the US in the tenth-anniversary edition of the Berlinale Series Market.
SBS's queer, revisionist take on Australia during World War II, 'While The Men Are Away', managed to lure director Elissa Down home to Australia for work for the first time in more than a decade.
In SBS’s queer revisionist dramedy 'While The Men Are Away', two women’s land army recruits from Sydney arrive in the country and undergo a heady course in race relations, rural politics, spirituality, sex, and personal growth – oh, and farming.
Italian star Michela De Rossi has taken up a central role in Arcadia’s 1940s-set 'While The Men Are Away', which has begun filming in Sydney.
Contemporary tales of love and lust will round out a trio of drama titles for SBS in 2023, with anthology 'Erotic Stories' added to the broadcaster's upcoming slate alongside revisionist historical dramedy 'While the Men are Away' and thriller series 'Safe Home'.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Experimental film and video art platform Prototype has announced a collaboration with English auteur Peter Strickland, commissioning his new short 'Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp)'.
The AMC-owned horror streamer pounced on the film ahead of its world premiere at SXSW over the weekend, where it impressed critics with its sense of humour and performances - it has a 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes so far.