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Lion dominates at the AACTA Awards as producer thanks industry for calling out sexual harassment

Zoe Samios

December 7, 2017 11:14

Australia’s award-winning Lion picked up the most gongs at last nights Australian Academy of Cinema, Television and Arts (AACTA) Awards, winning all five of its nominated categories.

The film – which is based on the true story of a young boy who goes searching for his birth mother – won best film while Garth Davis won the award for best direction, Dev Patel winning the award for best supporting actor and Nicole Kidman winning best supporting actress.

Nine-year-old star of Lion, Sunny Pawar, received the AACTA Award for the bets lead actor, becoming the youngest winner in the category in more than 40 years.

Lion took home five awards last night

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Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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AACTA AACTA Awards Bentley Dean lion Martin Butler Phillip Noyce Simon Baker

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