Salma’s Season chronicles the Australian adventures of Salma, a 45-year-old Australian-Pakistani woman whose traditional world is turned upside-down when she rebels against her roles as a dutiful wife and doting mother to chase her dream of playing at the Australian Open grand slam tennis championship.
Kauthar says: “It’s an exciting time to be releasing Salma’s Season after nearly five years since I conceived of the idea. Muslim women across the board are thrilled and elated to be seeing themselves and their day to day lives authentically reflected on screen. It is a privilege to be one of the few trusting voices in Australia that is centering the Australian Muslim experience on screen without compromising on our culture and traditions. Making this series with an underpinning Inclusion Rider and Cultural Safety Policy makes it even more worthwhile and rewarding. ‘Salma’s Season’ is a show about Muslims, for Muslims and made by a team that includes Muslims. It’s our time to serve!”
Salma’s Season portrays Melburnian Muslim women with rich characterisation, authentic detail and a splash of humour. It tells the life-affirming story of women who must overcome the prejudices they encounter both in their own communities and in the broader Australian society if they are to live their lives to the fullest.
The series stars Faryaal Jabbar as Salma with Seble Girma, Pudak Nayati and Lyeba as her friends Nur, Maryam and Zoya, with Salma’s tennis coach, Brod, played by Bryan Hynes.
The series is produced by Kauthar Abdulalim and Sher-Li Tan with Lucy Maclaren as supervising producer, and executive producers Kauthar Abdulalim, Tony Jackson and David Collins.
International distributor is Vidly who will release the series worldwide via SVOD app and their YouTube channel.
Salma’s Season received principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen.
