Christy

Director: Brendan Canty

Starring : Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Alison Oliver, Emma Willis

FILM INFO: 94 minutes, Ireland, 2025, 15A

When 17-year-old Christy is kicked out of his foster home for attacking his foster brother, he is released into the care of his half-brother Shane, and back to the community of his childhood. Having tragically lost his mother when he was very young, he has no sense of connection to the place or it’s people and he struggles to settle in. But slowly the local community start to connect with Christy, helping him finally feel like he may have found somewhere to call home.

Brendan Canty’s debut feature, based on a short of the same name, is a love song to the truest sense of community, with moments of pure joy and fun that break through the bleaker moments.

Festivals:

Berlin International Film Festival 2025

Karlovy Vary Fillm Festival 2025

Galway Film Fleadh 2025

‘’Canty’s film is at its strongest, and most authentic, in its depiction of two boys who lost everything and trust nothing, not even each other… two lovely central performances..’’

-Fionnuala Halligan, Screen International

‘’Christy is an uplifting portrait of community through the lens of a teenager searching for his place within it. Its plot may not be revelatory for the genre, but Power’s magnificent performance lends authenticity and tenderness to every scene.’’

-Andrew Murray, The Wrap

‘’There’s pain in Brendan Canty’s Berlinale Generation 14plus opener, Christy, and loneliness, too, but there are also bouts of pure joy – and plenty of rapping. This joy is probably the film’s biggest strength, setting it apart from many, many well-meaning but grim stories of working-class struggles and kids growing up on their own.’’

-Marta Balaga, Cineuropa