Stateless (TV series)

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Stateless
Genre Drama
Created by
Written by
  • Elise McCredie
  • Belinda Chayko
Directed by
ComposerCornel Wilczek
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Sheila Jayadev
  • Paul Ranford
EditorsMark Atkin
Martin Connor
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release1 March 2020 (2020-03-01)

Stateless is an Australian television drama series launched on ABC TV on 1 March 2020. The six episodes were released on Netflix on 8 July 2020.

Contents

The series is partly inspired by the real-life story of Cornelia Rau, an Australian who was unlawfully detained under the Australian Government's mandatory detention program.

Synopsis

The series centres on four strangers in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert: an airline hostess escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal. When their lives intersect they are pushed to the brink of sanity, yet unlikely and profound emotional connections are made amongst the group. [1]

After the sixth and final episode, the epilogue states the program was based upon true stories about Australian immigration detention.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date  [2] Australia viewers
1"The Circumstances in Which They Come" Emma Freeman Elise McCredie1 March 2020 (2020-03-01)441,000 [3]
    2"Incognita"Emma FreemanElise McCredie8 March 2020 (2020-03-08)363,000 [4]
    3"The Right Thing"Emma FreemanBelinda Chayko15 March 2020 (2020-03-15)390,000 [5]
    4"Run Sofie Run" Jocelyn Moorhouse Elise McCredie22 March 2020 (2020-03-22)430,000 [6]
    5"Panis Angelicus"Jocelyn MoorhouseBelinda Chayko29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)409,000 [7]
    6"The Seventh Circle"Jocelyn MoorhouseElise McCredie5 April 2020 (2020-04-05)469,000 [8]

    Production

    The series is partly inspired by the real-life story of Cornelia Rau, an Australian who was unlawfully detained under the Australian Government's mandatory detention program. [9]

    Blanchett says that the title "refers to statelessness in a more poetic sense, not in a legal, physical sense. It's more about identity and the loss of people's identity when they are faced with long-term detention, when they become a number, when they are dislocated from markers in their life like home and culture, and separated from their families". [10]

    The music for the series was composed by Cornel Wilczek. [11]

    Release

    Stateless had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, in the new Series section, along with Mystery Road Series 2. [12] [13]

    The Australian television channel ABC premiered the series in Australia soon afterwards, on 1 March 2020. [14] Netflix released the series globally on 8 July 2020. [15] [16] [17]

    Awards and nominations

    The script for Episode 6 by Elise McCredie was shortlisted for the Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting at the 2021 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. [18]

    YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef(s)
    2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA Awards) Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, Tony Ayres, Sheila Jayadev, Paul Ranford, Liz Watts, Andrew Upton Won [19]
    Best Screenplay in Television Elise McCredie (for "The Circumstances in Which They Come")Won
    Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama Fayssal Bazzi Won
    Jai Courtney Nominated
    Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Yvonne Strahovski Won
    Asher Keddie Nominated
    Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Darren Gilshenan Won
    Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Cate Blanchett Won
    Best Direction in Television Emma FreemanWon
    Jocelyn Moorehouse Nominated
    Best Cinematography in Television Bonnie Elliott (for "The Circumstances in Which They Come")Won
    Best Editing in TelevisionMark Atkin (for "The Circumstances in Which They Come")Won
    Martin Connor (for "The Seventh")Nominated
    Best Sound in TelevisionTom Heuzenroeder, Pete Smith, Michael Darren, Des Kenneally (for "The Circumstances in Which They Come")Won
    Best Original Music Score in TelevisionCornel Wilczek (for "The Seventh")Won
    Best Production Design in Television Melinda Doring (for "The Circumstances in Which They Come")Won
    Best Costume Design in TelevisionMariot Kerr (for "The Circumstances in Which They Come")Won

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