Family
Australia,
2019, 98 min
Directed by:
John SheedyScreenplay:
Lisa HoppeComposer:
Nerida Tyson-ChewCast:
Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson, Deborah Mailman, Catherine Moore, Alison Van ReekenVOD (3)
Plots(1)
Young Candice Phee finds herself on an adventurous mission when, as part of a school project, she resolves to become a peacemaker in her quarrelsome, grief-ridden family. She is doggedly enthusiastic – and often unintentionally comical – as she devotes herself to making others happy. Her new schoolmate, Douglas Benson, believes that he has come from another dimension, but he turns out to be an unexpected ally and an ardent admirer. Based on Barry Jonsberg's novel “My Life as an Alphabet”, theatre director John Sheedy's film adaptation portrays all the colourful facets of life between a fantastical, magical forest and small-town conservatism. From A to Z. (Berlinale)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2020 - John Sheedy (Special Mention (Kplus))
- 2020 - John Sheedy (Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film (Kplus))
Zlín Film Festival
- 2020 - Wesley Patten (Jury Prize for the Best Children Performance in a Feature Film for Children)
- 2020 - John Sheedy (Award of the Children’s Jury for Best Feature Film in the Children’s Category)
- 2020 - John Sheedy (Golden Slipper - Feature Film for Children)