Reel Short: NEW BOY

Reel Short: NEW BOY

Jun 20

I had the pleasure of seeing Steph Green’s fantastic short film New Boy at the Manhattan Short Film Festival in 2008. It blew the competition out of the water, ticking every box technically, in story, delivery, composition, cinematography, performance, direction– one of the most perfect independent short films I have ever seen. I voted for it on the night and was pleased to learn it won Best Short Film. It also won Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

However, the real surprise from seeing and knowing New Boy came when I discovered it was nominated for an Oscar in 2009.

New Boy: 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.

REEL SHORT

Each Sunday Reel Thinker shares a short film we have enjoyed.

As independent filmmakers ourselves, we enjoy a good, wholesome, well-told short film. Not only do they provide something for us to aspire to, quality short films demonstrate that the format can achieve wonderful, memorable film experiences for the viewer. We look forward to sharing the short films we’ve discovered & enjoyed.