6 x 10-minute series for SBS as part of the Digital Originals initiative.
Supported by Screen Australia and Screen NSW. Produced with Lazy Susan.
Synopsis: When their able-bodied friends hook up at a bar, lovelorn Frank (Angus Thompson) and Sarah (Hannah Diviney) are thrust together and form a reluctant bond over their shared disability and its impact on their romantic lives – or lack thereof. Latecomers is both an expression and representation of the intricacies of sex and disability.
Written and created by: Emma Myers, Angus Thompson, and Nina Oyama,
Directed by: Madeleine Gottlieb and Alistair Baldwin.
Starring: Angus Thompson, Hannah Diviney, Miriama Smith, Patrick Jhanur and featuring Tracy Mann.
Broadcasters: Latecomers premiered on International Day of People with Disability in 2022, on both SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand,
and CBC Gem Canada. Latecomers has been bought and broadcast on ARTE (which includes: France, Monaco, Andorra, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland)
Awards: Selected for Series Mania 2023, C21 International Drama Awards 2023,
Winner of the AACTA - Best Online comedy/ drama 2023.