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The Lost Thing

2010 animated short film directed by Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Movie animated_short_film Q1672704
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Summary

The Lost Thing is an animated short film[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3], Annecy Cristal for a Short Film[4], Q139822008[5]
  • Director: Andrew Ruhemann[6], Shaun Tan[7]
  • Screenwriter: Shaun Tan[8]
  • Composer: Michael Yezerski[9]
  • Genre: children's film[10], post-apocalyptic film[11], drama fiction[12]
  • Based on: The Lost Thing[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Color: color[15]
  • Country of origin: Australia[16], United Kingdom[17]
  • Publication date: June 3, 2010[18]
  • Voice actor: Tim Minchin[19]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[20], AACTA Award for Best Short Animation[21]
  • Title: The Lost Thing[22]
  • After a work by: Shaun Tan[23]
  • Duration: 16 minutes[24]
  • Fabrication method: computer animation[25]
  • Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience[26]
  • P14449: 107653[27]

Why It Matters

The Lost Thing is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did The Lost Thing receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3], Annecy Cristal for a Short Film[4], and Q139822008[5].

Related Entities

Australia United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . annecy.org. annecy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . facets.org. facets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'fr', 'hy', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv', 'uk']
    Ampas collections film id → W103328
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 74306
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 107653
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  4. 21w ago · Lunchboxhero · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    Screenwriter → Shaun Tan
    Based on → The Lost Thing
    Genre → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Award received: Q139822008, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257978|batch #257978]]"
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