DIRECTED BY: BRENDAN CANTY - CHRISTY AND HIS BROTHER

A heartwarming Irish coming of age with Christy, a boy on the threshold of adulthood. He goes to live with his brother Shane and his young family in a working-class neighborhood in Ierse Cork, after his foster family kicked him out. The brothers haven't seen each other for a long time and Shane sees this as a temporary situation. Christy, however, starts to feel more and more at home and is accepted into a small, close-knit community. He also comes into contact with bad influences from his past that Shane, with the help of the local community, wants to keep him away from. Together they must reconcile with their turbulent past and decide what the future could look like. About the director: The feature film debut of the Ierse Brendan Canty won the Grand Prix (Generation 14plus) Internationale Jury at the 2025 Berlinale and shows the authentic and raw life in a working-class neighborhood of Ierse Cork, with convincing acting by the young leads and a powerfully portrayed sense of community. Canty previously made a short film of Christy (2019), in which Danny Power also played the lead role, and a number of other young actors from that version now also play in this feature film. Canty directed, among others, the award-winning short film For You with Barry Keoghan, Hozier's music video Take Me To Church, and directed commercials for, among others, Adidas. The screenplay for Christy was written by Alan O’Gorman and is based on a story by Alan and Brendan Canty. Christy is inspired by the experiences of involved young people and a large part of the cast comes from the Kabin Studio in Cork, a non-profit community space that arose from a love for hip-hop and art.