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SHAYDA REVIEW — A DEFIANT MIDDLE FINGER TO TOXIC IRANIAN MASCULINITY

THE TIMES

CHRISTOS NIKOU’S ‘FINGERNAILS,’ STARRING JESSE BUCKLEY AND RIZ AHMED, TO CLOSE KARLOVY VARY

VARIETY

“…THE GREATEST SCREEN EXPERIENCE OF CANNES 2024…”

THE TIMES

PROOF OF CONCEPT AIMS TO CHANGE FILMMAKING FOR WOMEN, TRANS AND NONBINARY CREATORS

THE ADVOCATE

EVOLVER BRINGS XR PASSION TO CANNES

VARIETY

DIRTY FILMS TO PRODUCE THE ZELLNER BROTHERS’ ALPHA GANG

VARIETY

EVOLVER SELECTED FOR CANNES FILM FESTIVAL’S FIRST EVER IMMERSIVE COMPETITION

VARIETY

DIRTY FILMS ACQUIRES FILM RIGHTS TO THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

DEADLINE

PROOF OF CONCEPT PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT’S ‘INTENSELY PRACTICAL’

INDIEWIRE

LILY GLADSTONE, CHLOÉ ZHAO, GRETA GERWIG AND MORE RECRUITED FOR PROOF OF CONCEPT SELECTION COMMITTEE
CATE BLANCHETT AND WARWICK THORNTON TALK TO DAZED ABOUT A RENEGADE NUN IN THE OUTBACK

DAZED

CATE BLANCHETT ON THE NEW BOY

THE SUNDAY TIMES

THE NEW BOY TACKLES FAITH AND COLONIALISM

BBC

ASC SPOTLIGHT AWARD FOR THE NEW BOY

SCREEN HUB

WARWICK THORNTON WINS ASC SPOTLIGHT AWARD FOR THE NEW BOY

IF.COM

ASWAN REID TAKES BEST ACTOR AWARD FOR THE NEW BOY

YOUTUBE

‘SHAYDA’ REVIEW: FINDING REFUGE IN COMMUNITY

NYT CRITIC’S PICK. THE NEW YORK TIMES

CATE BLANCHETT EXPLAINS WHAT DREW DIRTY FILMS TO ‘SHAYDA’

ROLLING STONE

DIRTY FILMS LAUNCHING PROGRAM AT USC TO EMPOWER FEMALE FILMMAKERS

PEOPLE

CATE BLANCHETT, COCO FRANCINI AND DR STACY L SMITH TALK PROOF OF CONCEPT

GOOD MORNING AMERICA

AN IRANIAN MOTHER FIGHTS FOR HER DAUGHTER’S FUTURE IN AUSTRALIA’S POWERFUL OSCAR SUBMISSION

DEADLINE

HOW CATE BLANCHETT, COCO FRANCINI AND DR. STACY L. SMITH’S PROOF OF CONCEPT PROGRAM IS CHAMPIONING DIVERSITY BEHIND THE CAMERA

Deadline

THE NEW BOY AND SHAYDA NOMINATED FOR AACTA AWARDS IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY
Shayda Review: Amir Ebrahimi Is Superb In Noora Niasari’s Powerful Feature Debut

ScreenRant

‘WHO AND WHAT WOULD YOU RISK EVERYTHING FOR?’ CATE BLANCHETT AND CHRISTOS NIKOU ON EXTRAORDINARY NEW MOVIE ‘FINGERNAILS’

Toronto Star

‘Fingernails’ with Director Christos Nikou | Academy Conversations

The Oscars

‘Fingernails’ Director Christos Nikou On Casting Riz Ahmed And Jessie Buckley In His Surreal Sci-fi Romcom – TIFF Studio

Deadline

Christos Nikou on the Romantic Retro-Futurism of ‘Fingernails,’ Collaborating With Cate Blanchett and Dirty Films, and His Hugh Grant Obsession

Variety

‘Fingernails’ Director Christos Nikou Interview from Rome Film Festival

The Hollywood Reporter

‘Fingernails’ Is a Sci-Fi Romance Without Cell Phones — Hear from Director Christos Nikou in this Interview

IndieWire

‘For all its whimsy, ‘Fingernails’ is delicately profound’

The Atlantic

PRESS RELEASE

The New Boy Takes the Top Prize in the Main Competition at the EnergaCamerimage Festival 2023

EMMA CORRIN & LUCIE ZHANG TO STAR IN DIRTY FILMS’ ‘PEACHES’

Deadline

CRITIC’S PICK – ‘FINGERNAILS’ REVIEW: LOVE, FACTUALLY

THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘Fingernails’ Review in LA Times

“… there’s an endearing bizarreness to “Fingernails,” his first film in English, that allows him to grasp at some of the intricacies of the human condition, steeped in silences as much as heartfelt analysis.”

‘Fingernails’ Exclusive Feature on Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

‘Fingernails’ Clip: Jessie Buckley & Jeremy Allen White Discuss “The Test” In Christos Nikou’s New Romantic Sci-Fi Drama [Exclusive]

The Playlist

BFI London Film Festival Director Kristy Matheson reveals top 6 must-watch movie picks for 2023: THE NEW BOY

Hello Magazine

Fingernails trailer with Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White makes love a science

Entertainment Weekly

Cate Blanchett’s ‘The New Boy’ Snapped Up for U.K., Ireland by Signature Entertainment

Variety

Noora Niasari’s ‘Shayda’ wins $100,000 CinefestOZ prize

if.com

Oscars: Australia Submits Sundance Prize Winner ‘Shayda’ For Best International Feature Race

Deadline

BFI London Film Festival Full Lineup to include FINGERNAILS, SHAYDA, THE NEW BOY

Time Out London

FINGERNAILS and SHAYDA: 46 Must-See New Movies to Watch This Fall Season

IndieWire

FINGERNAILS: First Look: Love Really Hurts in the Trippy, Melancholy Fingernails

Vanity Fair

Press Release: Three Films in Three Days for Dirty Films at TIFF

The world’s largest public film festival will showcase three new films from Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Coco Francini’s production company, Dirty Films Press Release. 15 August 2023. For immediate release FINGERNAILS: 12 September, 9:30pm – Special Presentation at Princess…

SHAYDA: An exciting new voice in Australian cinema has arrived

The Guardian

SHAYDA: The true story behind this gut-wrenching Australian film

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cate Blanchett In Support Of SAG-AFTRA No Longer Attending Locarno ‘Shayda’ Premiere As Producer

Deadline

THE NEW BOY: Thornton asks the big questions ☆☆☆☆☆

The Australian

THE NEW BOY: Colonial forces seek to stamp out Aboriginal spirituality in Warwick Thornton’s haunting outback fable

TimeOut

THE NEW BOY Review: Warwick Thornton and Cate Blanchett Find Magic in This Spiritual Fairy Tale

Indie Wire

THE NEW BOY Review: Cate Blanchett Returns to Australia For an Eerie, Atmospheric Clash of Faiths

Variety

Cate Blanchett stars in this spiritual drama about an Indigenous Australian boy’s encounter with Christianity

Screen Daily

THE NEW BOY: First Look At Cate Blanchett In Cannes Religious Drama From Warwick Thornton

Deadline