Baltic premiere

Christy

Local title
Christy
Director
Brendan Canty
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Year
2025
Festival
25th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Youth Programme, Children's Rights Programme
Genre
Drama
Subject
familial relationships, children, abuse, belonging, sibling relationships, childhood

Does your past define your future?

The film’s fantastic ensemble cast perfectly captures the spirit of an Irish small town where the dark shadows of the past still loom large. The story centres on 17-year-old Christy, who is about to reach adulthood and must therefore leave the orphanage that has been his home for half his life. With nowhere else to go, Christy returns to his childhood home, where his estranged older brother Shane now lives with his family. After years apart, tension quickly rises between the brothers when Christy starts treading the same dangerous paths as their parents, while Shane tries to keep his younger brother away from a tragic future. But when pain and anger run deep within a family, how can they move on?

Director
Brendan Canty
Screenwriter
Alan O'Gorman
Cast
Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis
Producer
Meredith Duff, Rory Gilmartin, Marina Brackenbury
Cinematographer
Colm Hogan
Production Design
MARTIN GOULDIND
Editing
Allyn Quigley
Production
sleeper films, Wayward Films
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
Director
Brendan Canty

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Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening030713 / Christy
SubtitlesEstonian
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening041213 / Christy
SubtitlesEstonian
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening131215 / Christy
SubtitlesEstonian
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