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form y separately published work icon An Angel at My Table single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of An Angel at My Table : An Autobiography Janet Frame , 1984 single work autobiography and To the Is-land Janet Frame , 1987 single work autobiography and The Envoy from Mirror City Janet Frame , 1985 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 An Angel at My Table
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Film Details - Hibiscus Films ; Channel 4 Films ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1990

Producers:

Bridget Ikin and John Maynard (producers).

Production Companies:

Hibiscus Films.
Channel 4 Films.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Finance Organisations:

New Zealand Film Commission.
Television New Zealand.

Director of Photography:

Stuart Dryburgh.

Editors:

Veronika Jenet.

Production Designers:

Grant Major.

Music:

Don McGlashan.

Cast:

Including Kerry Fox (Janet Frame), Alexia Keogh (Janet Frame as adolescent), Karen Fergusson (Janet Frame as a teenager), Iris Churn (Mother), Jessie Mune (Baby Janet), Kevin J. Wilson (Father), Francesca Collins (Baby Jane), Melina Bernecker (Myrtle), Mark Morrison (Bruddie Frame as child). Katherine Murray-Cowper (Young Isabel), Mark Thomson (Billy Delaware), Brenda Kendall (Miss Botting), and Paul Moffat (Dis McIvor).

Release Dates:

Premiered on 5 September 1990 at the Venice Film Festival.

Released in Australia 20 September 1990.


Location:

  • Filmed primarily in New Zealand and Spain.

Post Production:

Audioloc Sound Design.

Awards:

  • New Zealand Film and Television Awards, Best Film (won), 1990.
  • Independent Spirit Award, Best Foreign Film (won), 1992.
  • Silver Ribbon (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists), Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) (nominated), 1991.
  • New Zealand Film and Television Awards, Best Cinematography (won), 1990.
  • New Zealand Film and Television Awards, Best Director (won), 1990.
  • CFCA Award (Chicago Film Critics Association), Best Foreign Language Film (won), 1992.
  • Venice Film Festival, Little Golden Lion (won), 1990.
  • Venice Film Festival, OCIC Award (won), 1990.
  • Venice Film Festival, Filmcritica 'Bastone Bianco' Award (won), 1990.
  • Venice Film Festival, Grand Special Jury Prize (won), 1990.
  • Valladolid International Film Festival, Best Actress (won), 1990.
  • Venice Film Festival, Elvira Notari Prize (won), 1990.
  • New Zealand Film and Television Awards, Best Screenplay (won), 1990.
  • International Critics' Award (Toronto International Film Festival), 1990.
  • New Zealand Film and Television Awards, Best Performance in a Supporting Role (won), 1990.
  • New Zealand Film and Television Awards, Best Performance, Female (won), 1990.

Notes:

Script editor: Jan Chapman.

Subjects:
Settings:
  • c
    New Zealand,
    c
    Pacific Region,
  • 1920-1940
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