Christy

Winner of Best Irish Film at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Director Brendan Canty’s feature debut (based on his short film of the same name), follows 17-year-old Christy (Danny Power) at a crossroads after he’s kicked out of his suburban foster home and moves in with his estranged older brother (Diarmuid Noyes) in Cork’s Northside. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to protect him.

Drawing inspiration from the lived experiences of the young people involved, the film assembled much of its ensemble cast from the Kabin Studio in Cork, a non-profit community space that has grown out of a love for hip hop and art. Christy celebrates the power of community through its honest and warm-hearted depiction of finding tribe and a family, and provides a hopeful, humorous and inclusive snapshot of Ireland's contemporary youth: a story that champions universal themes of a search for identity and belonging.

Brendan Canty | Ireland, United Kingdom | 2025 | 94 mins | 15

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