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WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY Premieres

WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY premieres today on SBS and SBS on Demand. Co-creator Monica Zanetti has also directed and written an episode of this eight-part queer dramedy series.

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WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY

WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY premieres on SBS and SBS on Demand Wednesday, 27 September. Yellow Creative client Monica Zanetti is not only a co-creator of this series but also a writer and director of an episode.

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ELLIE AND ABBIE (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt)

Let’s keep the Mardi Gras celebrations going. Monica Zanetti’s charming, queer coming-of-age comedy, ELLIE AND ABBIE (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt) is now streaming on Netflix! This was Monica Zanetti’s debut feature, about Ellie; a teen working up the courage to ask her classmate Abbie to the school formal with the help of her dead aunt, […]

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WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY announcement

SBS has unveiled the lead cast and directors of WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY, an 8-part queer revisionist comedy about the Women’s Land Army during WW2. Gemma Ward, Benedict Hardie, Shaka Cook and Max McKenna have been announced as the lead cast. Monica Zanetti co-created the series and will also direct an episode.

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Amazon Gives First Look at 2023 Slate

It is an exciting time for Australian TV as Amazon has given a first look at its 2023 slate as part of a drive to increase investment in Australian Produced content. They have finally given a sneak peak of scripted shows THE CLASS OF ’07, DEADLOCH, and THE LOST FLOWERS OF HART. THE CLASS OF […]

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YCM clients selected for Screen Australia Talent Gateway Programme

Two YCM clients have been selected as recipients of the Screen Australia Talent Gateweay programme. Gemma Bird Matheson and Monica Zannetti  have both been chosen. This Talent Gateway programme provides Australian screenwriters and directors with support to attract international investment and partnerships. With the help of Screen Australia and Australians In Film along wiht their […]

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Monica Zanetti’s ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT) selected for MIFF

Monica Zanetti‘s heartwarming LGBTQI rom-com ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT) will delight audiences as part of MIFF’s online festival in August. MIFF will screen 60 feature films and 44 shorts as part of a revised festival program over 17 days from August 6 – 23, 2020.  Dubbed “MIFF 68 1/2” the festival will […]

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ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT) to open 2020 Mardi Gras Film Festival

Yellow is very excited to announce that writer/director Monica Zanetti and her debut feature film ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT) is set to be the first Australian film to open the 2020 Mardi Gras Film Festival in the festivals 27 year history. ELLIE AND ABBIE (AND ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT) is an endearing and heartfelt […]

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Monica Zanetti Directors, Writers

Monica Zanetti is an award-winning screenwriter and director. Monica created, wrote and directed WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY for SBS.

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