New Boy
2007 | 11m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Steph Green |
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| Writer: | Roddy Doyle, Steph Green |
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| A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 14, 2007 |
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| Director: | Steph Green |
| Writer: | Roddy Doyle, Steph Green |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | immigrant, gun, trauma, bullying, racism, african, ireland, school teacher, based on short story, schoolboy, african boy, discrimination, woman director, new student, teachers and students, british school system, short film, school bullying, irish |
| Production Companies | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Zanzibar Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $94,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Olutunji Ebun-Cole | Joseph |
| Simon O'Driscoll | Christian Kelly |
| Fionn O'Shea | Seth Quinn |
| Sinead Maguire | Hazel O'Hara |
| Norma Sheahan | Teacher Lady |
| Byron Kumbala | Joseph's Father |
| Sade Oyewole | Pamela |
| Daniel Culleton | Student 1 |
| Karl Donovan | Student 2 |
| Oisin Pollock | Student 3 |
| Conor Kennedy | Student 4 |
| Chukwudi Ugwu | Lead Soldier |
| Boye Karumwi | Armed Soldier 1 |
| Kayode Ayinde | Armed Soldier 2 |
| Keith Buggy | Boy in Class |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roddy Doyle | Writer |
| Steph Green | Writer, Director |
| Eamonn Cleary | Production Manager |
| Len Arran | Original Music Composer |
| Lee Hickey | Editor |
| Francis Taaffe | Production Design |
| Sandra Burns | Costume Design |
| Eleonora McNamara | Co-Art Director |
| Donal O'Farrell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Garret Baldwin | Gaffer |
| David O'Connor | Grip |
| Kieran Hennessy | Location Manager |
| P.J. Dillon | Director of Photography |
| Robert Flanagan | Production Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
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| Tamara Anghie | Producer |
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When "Joseph" (Ulutunji Ebun-Cole) arrives at his new Irish junior school, he is immediately reminded of his school at home (somewhere in Africa) and of the trauma that he experienced there that rather dwarves the petty bullying that he is soon experiencing from two of his classmates. Luckily, the y ... oung "Hazel" (Sinead Maguire) takes a bit of a shine to their new boy and her behaviour might just offer a conduit for all to move past their initial hostilities and share a laugh. Aside from anything else, it makes you remember that being a primary school teacher is no walk in the park, but mostly it's a reminder that it's not always the easiest path to make friends - picking fights is often simpler. The kids do quite well here, with a minimum of dialogue, and I did quite enjoy the simplicity of the story.