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Dale Frank
Nobody's Sweetie

Directed by Jenny Hicks
2024
Australia
107 minutes
All Ages
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A charmingly intimate portrait of Dale Frank, hardworking artist and hermit, laying bare his creative process and his place in today’s art world.

By turns irreverent and brash, charming and vulnerable, Dale Frank is not easily pigeonholed. He’s an abstract painter, with occasional forays into ready-mades and sculpture. Contrasts abound even between his current cutting edge artistic output and his beautifully restored 19th century mansion in the NSW Hunter Valley. Eight weeks to his next exhibition at Sydney’s Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, and with commissions coming in from overseas, Frank is working at pace. At the same time, he’s creating a vast botanical garden and battling ongoing pain. Director Jenny Hicks (The Stranger, SFF 2021) revels in Frank’s provocations, painting a cinematic and, er, frank portrait of a singular artist.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.

Special Guest

Jenny Hicks
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Jenny Hicks is a filmmaker with credits in directing, producing, screenwriting and editing. She worked as an assistant editor on major international films such as The Matrix, The Thin Red Line and The Lord of the Rings. As an editor, her credits include A Million Colours, One Last Look, Emu Runner and You Can't Ask That. Jenny recently moved into directing and her debut short The Stranger screened at Sydney Film Festival's Dendy Awards in 2021.

Tickets

Fri 14 Jun
6pm
State Library of NSW
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Sat 15 Jun
1:30pm
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Presented By
Program Strand
Documentary Australia Award
Year
2024
Classification
All Ages
Country
Australia
Language
In English
Director
Jenny Hicks
Producer
Sarah Beard, Jenny Hicks
Screenwriter
Jenny Hicks
Cinematographer
James Falconer Marshall
Editor
Andrea Lang, Scott Walmsley
Premiere
World Premiere
Genre
Australian Films, Documentary, World Premieres, Women Directors, Arts, Biography
Company Credits
Australian Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
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