Monday Movie Club: Lion

16 Feb 2026

#CULTURE + LIFESTYLE

Welcome to Monday Movie Club! Through your Timaru District Library card, you will get access to Beamafilm. Beamafilm is just like another service through the library called Kanopy. Beamafilm is an on-demand streaming video platform which people can access for free through their library cards.  You can watch films, TV shows, educational videos and documentaries.

This week's Movie Monday is Lion directed by Garth Davis

You can stream it for free with your library card here:  Watch "Lion" full movie for free - Beamafilm

LION

Movie released: 2016

Run time: 1hr 53min

Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

Closed Captions available: yes

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