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THE NEW BOY

SPECIAL SCREENING with Q&A
SAT 15 MARCH 5:15PM AEDT  (M)

Warwick Thornton 

Australia | 2023 | 93min

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Join us for a special screening of this extraordinary movie in company of the director Warwick Thornton. 

 

In the 1940s, during the dead of night, a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan arrives at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun (Cate Blanchett). 

 
Masterfully shot and full of evocative moments, The New Boy is a poetic portrait of faith, humanity and spirituality. A compelling drama directed by one of Australia’s most original filmmakers, Warwick Thornton, and starring Cate Blanchett in a standout role.  

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The New Boy will be presented in a newly edited version and the screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Warwick Thornton discussing the making of the movie. 

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An ambitious, visually lustrous fable.” -  Variety 

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“Warwick Thornton’s command of visual storytelling has possibly never been as striking as it is in the rural setting of The New Boy. The visual power of Thornton’s gorgeous compositions remains transfixing.” - Hollywood Reporter â€‹â€‹

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6 - 16 March 2025

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Bangalow Film Festival is held on the lands of the Bundjalung Arakwal people of the Bundjalung nation.

We acknowledge these custodians, and the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders both past and present.

We recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters, skies, communities and stories. 

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