The short film, New Boy, directed by Steph Green, was nominated for a 2009 Academy Award in the Best Live Action Short category, but the Award went to director Jochen Alexander Freydank's Toyland. New Boy tells the story of a nine-year-old African boy named Joseph, who transfers to a new school in Ireland.Zanzibar Films: New Boy Academy Award Nomination

• Joseph: Olutunji Ebun-Cole
• Christian Kelly: Simon O'Driscoll
• Seth Quinn: Fionn O'Shea
• Hazel O Hara: Sinead Maguire
• Teacher Lady: Norma SheahanZanzibar Films: New Boy'

• "New Boy is a fun little movie that works well both on a comedic and dramatic level. The actors involved, most of them kids, are quite good, including Olutunji Ebun-Cole in the lead role."—Film JabberFilm Jabber: Movie Review: Oscar Nominated New Boy

• "Agreeable and well-acted, but also slight and more than a little patronizing. Never count a film out that's about schoolchildren and Important Life Lessons, when it comes Oscar time."—SalonSalon: Oscar Shows Us His Shorts