Festivals – 2016 turns into teeny assault from the Antipodes

Australia's alleged film of the year remains invisible until it opens in Toronto while The Piano pops up, with short film Trespass.
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Image: The Boys in the Trees. 

Ask people who have privileged access to the year’s screen output (aka financiers, publicists and distributors) about the Australian film of 2016 and they are likely to say Lion. At the moment it is the only new feature film from Australia in the Toronto Film Festival, which opens on 8 September. 

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