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'.
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.
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.
Experienced producers Leonie Mansfield ('Kick-Ass 2') and Lisa Shaunessy ('Killing Ground') are aiming to produce projects with 80 per cent female writers, directors and protagonists.
Ashley Zukerman has returned to Australia to star in sci-fi 'In Vitro', directed by Will Howarth and Tom McKeith.
Production and distribution company Arcadia Films is set to expand with two new appointments to its management team in Bec Janek and Anna Dadic.
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.
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.