Saroo film fails to shine at Oscars

LION, the story of Tasmanian man Saroo Brierley, missed out on getting a gong at the Academy Awards yesterday.

The film was nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Dev Patel and Best Supporting Actress for Nicole Kidman.

The movie had also previously received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild, BAFTAs and Critics Choice awards.

Lion has already raked in almost $US100 million in box office takings, including more than $22 million in Australia.

It recently surpassed Red

Dog, Mad Max: Fury Road and Strictly Ballroom to claim the No. 8 spot on the list of the most popular Australian films of all time and continues to rise.

AFTER a record 14 nominations, Australian films only won golden statuettes in two categories — Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing (both for Hacksaw Ridge).

Lion, which was nominated for six Oscars, including Nicole Kidman for Best Supporting Actress, missed out altogether.

The inspirational true story of a Tasmanian man who used Google Earth to track down his birth family to a small village in India is currently No.7 on the list of the top 10 Australian films of all time — and climbing.

There was one more jarring note for Aussies earlier, when the Academy botched up a tribute to acclaimed costume designer Janet Patterson in the In Memoriam segment.

They used an image of producer Jan Chapman instead.

The pair had worked together on The Piano.