Arrows the Thunder Dragon: the Australian Oscar contender you won't have heard of

By Garry Maddox
Updated October 15 2015 - 3:18pm, first published October 9 2015 - 1:05pm
Contending for an Oscar ... former Buddhist monk turned filmmaker Greg Sneddon. Photo: Tim Swallow
Contending for an Oscar ... former Buddhist monk turned filmmaker Greg Sneddon. Photo: Tim Swallow
National sport in Bhutan ... <i>Arrows the Thunder Dragon</i>.
National sport in Bhutan ... <i>Arrows the Thunder Dragon</i>.
Tshering Zangmo in <i>Arrows of the Thunder Dragon</i>.
Tshering Zangmo in <i>Arrows of the Thunder Dragon</i>.

It has to be Australia's least-known contender for an Academy Award - a film shot by a former Buddhist monk in Bhutan in the language of Dzongkha.

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