Christy

• • Director

    Brendan Canty

  • Credits

    Producers
    Rory Gilmartin,
    Marina Brackenbury,
    Meredith Duff.

    Cinematographer:
    Colm Hogan

    Writer:
    Alan O'Gorman

  • Principal Cast

    Danny Power,
    Diarmuid Noyes,
    Emma Willis,
    Alison Oliver,
    Helen Behan,
    Chris Walley,
    Cormac De Bhál,
    Kabin Crew.

• Category

  Feature
  Music
  

When vulnerable 17-year-old Christy (Danny Power) is thrown out of his foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane (Diarmuid Noyes), once troubled but now gainfully employed, with a loving partner (Emma Willis) and a new baby. Christy begins to feel at home in Knocknaheeny, reconnecting with reprobate cousins - despite Shane’s firm warning to the contrary - making new friends and finding a surprising niche for himself within the community. But the brothers must come to terms with the trauma of their past before they can forge a healthy future.

This modest gem of a film is so authentic in tone and so strong in its sense of people and place, that it feels as if it has been co-authored by the working class community it represents - not least the rapping kids of the Kabin Crew.

Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

International premiere: Berlinale 2025 Ireland premiere: Galway Film Fleadh 2025

Awards:
+ Best Film, Irish Film & Television Awards 2026
+ Best Director, Irish Film & Television Awards 2026
+ Best Editing, Irish Film & Television Awards 2026
+ Best Casting, Irish Film & Television Awards 2026
+ Irish Breakthrough Award - Brendan Canty, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2025
+ Best Irish Film, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2025
+ Outstanding Irish Feature, Newport Beach Film Festival 2025
+ Best Irish Film, Galway Film Fleadh 2025
+ Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival 2025

94 minutes, Ireland, 2025, Colour