The Lost Tiger

The Lost Tiger (2025)

It's time for a true hero to earn his stripes.

Adopted by a big, lively and spirited kangaroo family of traveling wrestlers, Teo’s life is pretty great. But when mysterious visions lead him to a faraway land, Teo is forced to rediscover his roots and embark on an epic journey to save his homeland from impending destruction.

Date of release
2025-02-27
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director
Chantelle Murray

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lost Tiger is a 2024 Australian animated adventure film directed and co-written by Chantelle Murray. The film follows Teo, one of the last thylacines, who is taken by a family of kangaroos, and he embarks on an adventure to save his homeland from being destroyed. The Lost Tiger is a sixth film in Like a Photon Creative's The Tales from Sanctuary City franchise.

Production

The Lost Tiger was the debut animated feature film directed by filmmaker Chantelle Murray, who grew up in Djarindjin Community in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Murray is of mixed descent, with a white father and Malaysian / Aboriginal primary school teacher mother of Bardi descent. The film was co-written by Murray, Philip Tarl Denson, and Anthony Mullins.

It was co-produced by Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis of Brisbane studio Like a Photon Creative, along with Ryan Greaves and Chantelle Murray.

The animation is created using a process in which only every second frame is animated, known as "stepped keys". Computer-animated film usually show 24 frames of motion per second, but using this method, the viewer sees only 12 frames per second. This pose-to-pose movement gives the film a "stop-motion feel". The Lost Tiger is the sixth film in Like a Photon Creative's The Tales from Sanctuary City franchise.

The score was composed by Ack Kinmonth, and the film was supported by Screen Queensland.

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