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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:
+ 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

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