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Irish Examiner
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Cork-shot film directed by Brendan Canty wins Best Irish Film at Galway Film Fleadh
A Cork-shot feature film directed by Irish director Brendan Canty won the Best Irish Film prize at the 37th edition of the Galway Film Fleadh earlier this week. Christy, which was written by Alan O'Gorman, directed by Brendan Canty and produced by Marina Brackenbury, Meredith Duff and Rory Gilmartin, won Best Irish Film in association with Element Pictures at the Fleadh. The Fleadh welcomed filmmakers and audiences from around the world to celebrate bold storytelling, new voices, and cinematic excellence. Christy, based on Canty's short film of the same name, follows a 17-year-old after he is thrown out of his foster home and moves in with his estranged older half-brother in Cork. Danny Power, Emma Willis, and Chris Walley star in the UK-Ireland co-production, which is due to be released in Irish cinemas on August 29. The acclaimed coming-of-age story received its world premiere as the opening film of the Generation 14 plus competition at Berlinale 2025 and won the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury in Berlin in February. A total of 97 feature films, including 44 Irish features, and more than 100 shorts from Ireland and the rest of the world were screened over six days at this year's Fleadh. The festival closed with a sold-out screening of The Life of Chuck, directed by Mike Flanagan and based on the novella by Stephen King, which was followed by the presentation of this year's awards. The Best Irish First Feature went to Horseshoe, the Best Irish Feature Documentary was awarded to Sanatorium, the Bingham Ray New Talent Award was awarded to Jessica Reynolds for her role in The Wolf, The Fox & The Leopard, the Best Irish Language Feature Film was awarded to Báite, and the James Horgan Award for Best Animation Short, was awarded to Éiru. Donncha Gilmore's Girls & Boys and Eamonn Murphy's Solitary won Best Independent Irish Film, and the Audience Award went to Lance Daly's Trad. Several awards were also given to projects presented at the Galway Film Fair, including Gary Lennon's John Lennon's Island (Best Documentary Project, supported by Impronta Films) and Fiona Ashe's Beneath the Surface (Audience Design Award, supported by Síle Culley).
RTÉ News
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Christy, one of the best Irish films, opens in cinemas in August
Christy, the Cork-set feature debut of Irish director Brendan Canty, will open in cinemas on 29 August following its award-winning world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year. The acclaimed coming-of-age story won the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury in Berlin in February. Christy stars newcomer Danny Power (The Young Offenders) alongside Diarmuid Noyes (Pure Mule: The Last Weekend, Five Minutes of Heaven). "Seventeen-year-old Christy (Danny Power) is at a crossroads," says the synopsis. "Kicked out of his suburban foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane (Diarmuid Noyes) and his young family. "As far as Shane is concerned, this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork's working-class 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. "Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost - even if it means he has to push him away. "As the brothers look to reconcile their turbulent past, their family and the community around them offer hope for Christy's future." Joining the leads are Emma Willis (Vikings, The Young Offenders, Dating Amber), Alison Oliver (Saltburn, Conversations with Friends), Chris Walley (Bodkin, The Young Offenders), and Helen Behan (The Virtues, This Is England '90). "The film also features members of The Kabin Studio, a Cork-based community arts collective known for its work in hip-hop and spoken word," the synopsis adds. "In 2024, The Kabin Crew's viral hit The Spark, recorded in collaboration with Lisdoonvarna Crew, amassed over one billion views and was hailed as the 'song of the summer' by The New York Times." Christy 's Irish premiere will take place at next month's Galway Film Fleadh with star Diarmuid Noyes nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the festival. Following Christy 's Irish cinema release on Friday 29 August, it will open in UK cinemas on Friday 5 September. The Dublin-based Sleeper Films is among the producers of Christy, which has been funded by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and BBC Film.
