My Mother Frank
Encyclopedia
My Mother Frank is a multi-award-winning Australia
n film
released in 2000
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and has very little social life. David tells her that she should get out more and much to his surprise, Frank enrolls at the same university. Frank falls for her poetry tutor, who hates mature students. David falls for his best friend's girlfriend, who isn't interested in the least.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
released in 2000
2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
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Plot outline
David Kennedy is preparing to go to university. His mother, Francis (Frank) is a widowWidow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed...
and has very little social life. David tells her that she should get out more and much to his surprise, Frank enrolls at the same university. Frank falls for her poetry tutor, who hates mature students. David falls for his best friend's girlfriend, who isn't interested in the least.
Awards
- Nominated for Best Original Screenplay by the Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
(Mark Lamprell) - Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role by the Australian Film Institute (Sam Neill)
- Won ASSG Soundtrack of the Year from the Australian Screen Sound Guild (multiple nominees)
- Won Best Achievement in Sound for Dialogue & ADR Editing for a Feature Film from the Australian Screen Sound Guild (multiple nominees)
- Won Best Achievement in Sound for Foley for a Feature Film from the Australian Screen Sound Guild (multiple nominees)
- Won Most Popular Feature Film at the Melbourne International Film FestivalMelbourne International Film FestivalThe Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....
(Mark Lamprell) - Won Audience Award for Best Feature at the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival (Mark Lamprell)
- Won Viewers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Film at the Temecula Valley International Film FestivalTemecula Valley International Film FestivalTemecula Valley International Film Festival is a film festival held in Temecula Valley, California.Begun September 1995 and held every September since, it is a celebration Film and Music. It drew 600 attendees in 1995 and more than 20,000 in 2008...
(Mark Lamprell)