As a young boy coming up in rural India, Saroo Brierley often helped his big brother Guddu scavenge for food and money on trains. One evening in 1986 the brothers got separated. Five-year-old Saroo accidentally wound up a thousand miles from home, after boarding what turned out to be an empty, decommissioned train. “Dickensian” doesn’t begin to describe the conditions he toughed out in Kolkata, West Bengal, before being adopted by a well-heeled Australian couple. A qu...

"A.L.I.C.E." will play the Bush Fire Festival in Malkerns, Swaziland May 27-29, 2011. Gold Lion Festival director James Hall who is curating a special presentation of Gold Lion selectees notes that the film was included because: "We have had previous stories about Alzheimer's, and the selection committee likes your clever viewpoint (i.e., don’t count anyone out just yet!).  Good script, and the technical credits are all good, with beautiful locations that provide the p...