The New Boy stars Aswan Reid (recently named Best Actor at Australia’s AACTA Awards) in his debut in the title role alongside Cate Blanchett as Sister Eileen. The film also stars Deborah Mailman as Sister Mum and Wayne Blair as George. The New Boy was shot on location in South Australia and features a score from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis . When an Aboriginal child arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, the new boy’s presence disturbs a delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of hiding oneself away to survive.

The New Boy is produced by Cate Blanchett, who accompanied Warwick to the ASC Awards, and Andrew Upton for Dirty Films, Kath Shelper for Scarlett Pictures and Lorenzo De Maio of De Maio Entertainment. Co-producer is Georgie Pym with Coco Francini serving as executive producer for Dirty Films and Gretel Packer as executive producer for Longbridge Nominees. The film received production funding from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department, Screen NSW and the South Australian Film Corporation, alongside Fremantle and Longbridge Nominees.

About DIRTY FILMS:

Dirty Films is an independent film, television and podcast production company run by Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Coco Francini. In 2023 they produced Warwick Thornton’s award-winning The New Boy . They also produced Christos Nikou’s Apple Original Films feature Fingernails , with Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White, and Noora Niasari’s award-winning debut feature Shayda , starring Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Dirty Films executive produced Christos Nikou’s Apples , which was named one of 2020’s Best International Films by the National Board of Review. Blanchett and Francini produced the 10-time EMMY nominated Mrs America for FX, which was named one of 2020’s Best Television Shows by the American Film Institute. Dirty Films also co-created and produced the 13-time AACTA-winning series Stateless for Netflix, in addition to executive producing the feature documentary Burning from director Eva Orner for Amazon. Other film credits include Truth , Carol , Little Fish and The Turning . Upcoming producing projects include Peaches starring Emma Corrin and Lucie Zhang, The Champions with director Ben Stiller, and an adaptation of Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women . For Dirty Films she also created and produced the Audible Original podcast Climate of Change , and produced Evolver , a VR interactive experience. Dirty Films recently launched Proof of Concept , a program offering financial support, mentorship and exhibition opportunities to women, trans and non-binary filmmakers. www.dirtyfilms.com About SCARLETT PICTURES: Scarlett Pictures is the production company of Kath Shelper who has produced many projects with Warwick Thornton, including Samson & Delilah , documentary hybrid The Darkside and multiple award-winning short form projects. Kath has also produced actor Mia Wasikowska’s directing work including in omnibus films The Turning and Madly and Lynette Wallworth's documentary Tender . Other credits include Ruben Guthrie for Brendan Cowell, Here I Am for Beck Cole and Black Comedy, a TV series made for ABC TV. Alongside the Camera d’Or for Samson & Delilah ,

Kath’s body of work has won numerous awards in Australia and internationally. In the past year, along with The New Boy , Kath has also produced Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel for See-Saw Films.