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'A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 later, he sets out to find his lost family.' (Production summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Aactas 2017 : Do Australia's Biggest Screen Awards Have a Problem with Populism?
2017
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 December 2017;'There were notable snubs again this year and the most popular movie always wins. Still, quibbles aside, Lion is a great film.'
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AACTA Awards 2017 : Lion and Ali's Wedding Sweep Early Categories
2017
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 December 2017;'The internationally acclaimed film Lion has swept the early prizes of Australia’s biggest film and TV awards, winning seven of eight feature film categories at the industry luncheon on Monday, before the main award announcements on Wednesday.' (Introduction)
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2017 Arts Highlights of the Year
2017
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 396 2017; (p. 39-43)'To celebrate the year’s memorable plays, films, concerts, operas, ballets, and exhibitions, we invited twenty-six critics and arts professionals to nominate some personal favourites.' (Introduction)
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True to His Words
2017
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14 January 2017; (p. 4) The tale of one man’s quest to find his biological mother captured all the qualities of the movies — and of life itself, writes Philippa Hawker. -
Young Talent a Roaring Success
2017
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14 January 2017; (p. 13) 'For months we have been hearing about Lion, a new Australian film that wowed North American audiences in Toronto last September (but was withheld from Venice, where it also might have appealed to Europeans) and that has gained, as the result of expert publicity and occasional sneak previews, favourable word of mouth.' (Introduction)
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Harvey Weinstein Gets Oscar Boost After Lion Screens at Toronto International Film Festival
2016
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— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 14 September 2016;
— Review of Lion 2016 single work film/TV'A week ago, most Oscar prognosticators and strategists had effectively written off Harvey Weinstein as a player in this year's awards race.'
'His movie company, troubled by executive departures and box-office misfires, had neither the money nor the manpower needed to sustain an awards campaign, Hollywood conventional wisdom held. And Weinstein's primary contender this time around, Lion, an adoption drama set in India and based on an astonishing true story, was generating virtually no tastemaker buzz. ...'
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Destiny’s Child
2016
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— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 10 December 2016;
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Kidman Backs First-Timers
2014
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December 2014; (p. 30) -
Saroo on Set to See Story Take Shape
2015
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— Appears in: The Mercury , 31 January 2015; (p. 10) 'Hobart's Saroo Brierley is watching his life play out on camera in front of his eyes...' -
Stars Sparkle as Filming Hits Hobart
2015
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— Appears in: The Mercury , 14 April 2015; (p. 1) 'Hollywood has come to Hobart with filming of a block-buster movie in locations from the River Derwent to a Dunalley oyster shed...' -
Stars Align for Saroo's Story
2015
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— Appears in: The Mercury , 9 April 2015; (p. 1 and 4)'Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara and Aussie star David Wenham will join Divian Ladwa, Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel in the film Lion, which starts shooting in Hobart next week...'
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Nicole Sneaks Back For a Shoot
2015
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 May 2015; (p. 26)
Awards
- 2017 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Original or Adapted
- 2017 winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Director
- 2017 winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- 2017 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2017 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
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Calcutta,
cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cAustralia,c