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Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Irish Examiner
Watch: Christy Premiere
Watch as The Kabin Crew entertain the crowd on the red carpet at the premiere of Christy at the Omniplex in Mahon Point Shopping Centre, we also catch up with director Brendan Canty, along with cast members Danny Power and Diarmuid Noyes.
Irish Examiner
5 days ago
- Irish Examiner
'It's such a Cork story, the homecoming feels special': 'Christy' makes its home debut
'This feels like the big one,' says Cork director Brendan Canty at his film Christy's premiere. It's not the Berlin International Film Festival — it premiered there in February. No, this is Mahon Point shopping centre on a Wednesday evening, and the atmosphere is electric. As the Kabin Crew entertain the gathering crowds nearby, Canty is recalling a conversation with his wife the night before where he shared his nerves. 'She was like, 'what, Mahon Point?' But, like, it's such a Cork story and for all the cast especially, this is the one, like. Cork is their world. It's such a Cork story, the homecoming feels special.' Despite his nerves at home, Christy is a resounding success internationally. In Berlin, Canty won a top award for his street-cast, Cork-shot debut feature film and he describes it as a whirlwind experience. 'It was chaos, but it was amazing. You go from making this film for eight years, almost privately, to it being shown in front of 1,000 people in the opening. It was just crazy and it went down so well.' Christy follows two estranged brothers as they grapple with their past and resolve to unite over one summer in Cork City's northside. At the centre of the film is actor Danny Power, who said it was 'scary' bringing the film home to Cork but that he enjoyed working in his native northside. Brendan Canty, actor Danny Power, and Danny's five-year-old son Keano on the red carpet at Mahon Point Shopping Centre. Picture: Chani Anderson 'I live up the northside anyway and I used to hang around Knocknaheeny, and I was in the Cabin when I was younger. It's really a tight-knit community, like everyone knows everything about everyone. It's really community-orientated, you wouldn't find it in many places, that tight.' Canty, who grew up in Ballincollig, notes Power was the first person he cast through the Kabin Crew and he describes the rap collective as their gateway to the community. 'It allowed me, who's not from the area, access to the area, just going up there and having a purpose and hanging out and stuff like that. I got to meet the wider community and hear the stories,' he says. Christy tackles dark topics and Power says he put a lot of his own experiences into the character. 'It was weird because I felt a lot of the emotions that Christy was feeling in the film that I felt before myself in life,' Power says. 'Not everything, obviously, but I was able to portray him a lot easier than I thought I would.' The pair say it was a tight-knit crew on set and they formed strong friendships, and soon co-star Chris Walley is walking over to poke fun at Power. Jamie and Tiny from the Kabin Studio performing on the red carpet at the premiere of 'Christy' at Mahon Point. Picture: Chani Anderson Walley, best known as Jock in The Young Offenders, says he is proud of the work being done in Cork. 'It fills me with enormous pride to see the film and the TV projects that are coming from here and to be a part of that means an awful lot to me,' he says. 'This is where I grew up, where my love for acting began. So to be able to come back to actually work here on screen is an enormous privilege.' The balance of light and dark subjects in Christy is impressive, says Walley. 'I think the way Brendan's managed to balance both the drama and the reality of situations like this with the humour is again, very true and reflective of Cork. I'm very proud to be part of the film.' Christy is in Irish cinemas from August 29.
Sunday World
25-07-2025
- Sunday World
The 13 major Hollywood productions now shooting across Ireland
Netflix smash hit Wednesday is about to hit our screens and it's one of a glut of Hollywood productions to be filmed here The new series of Netflix smash Wednesday comes to our screens next month and is set to showcase Ireland in one of the biggest productions ever to come to this country. Choosing Ireland as the new location for series two is no mean feat for the country's profile internationally - the first series of the standalone Addams Family series starring Jenna Ortega was a giant hit for the streamer. Wednesday ended up becoming Netflix's most-watched original series, passing out Stranger Things 4 and Bridgerton season one in winning over fans. Ortega is joined by Steve Buscemi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lady Gaga and Billie Piper in the show, which comes to our screens from August 6th. The series was filmed over several months across many locations in Wicklow and Dublin, with Powerscourt, Enniskerry and the gothic Charleville Castle in Co Offaly all set to feature. News in 90 Seconds - July 25th The Irish locations look fantastic in the new series, according to co-showrunners and executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. They described the locations as 'truly magical' and the perfect backdrop for the series. 'It adds a sense of timeless beauty, wonder, and epic spectacle to the world of Wednesday,' they added. 'It's no coincidence that Dracula author Bram Stoker hailed from Dublin, and his stories were inspired by the stories of Irish folklore.' As fans wait for Wednesday to arrive, several other movies and TV shows filming around Ireland are coming to a screen near you soon. They include: Christy (Cork) This buzzy new drama features the stars of Cork's Kabin Crew, with the stars of last year's viral smash among the cast of a tale filmed in Cork city and the Northside suburb of Knocknaheeny. Christy tells the story of a teenager in foster care as he sets out to find his place in the world. The movie, due on our screens soon, won Best Irish Film at this week's Galway Film Fleadh. The Wayfinders (Limerick) Limerick's ginormous Troy Studios are currently home to the forthcoming major fantasy TV series which is shooting on location in the mid-west. Filming will continue until the end of the summer on the series, which follows the tale of three high school students transported to a brutal, medieval world. Cast includes Issy Knopfler (daughter of Dire Straits star Mark) and Tamara Smart, with hundreds of Irish crew working on the big-scale new show. Lisa McKee. Incidents Around the House (Dublin) Hollywood star Jessica Chastain has been regularly spotted filming on the streets of the capital this summer as part of her role in a forthcoming horror. The movie focuses on a young girl who becomes convinced she has another 'mother' haunting her family. Kung Fu Deadly (Dublin) Martial arts meets Irish humour in this movie which completed filming in Dublin earlier this summer. YouTube star Steven He - who has grown an enormous online following with his comedic videos - takes the lead role in a film which blends Irish wit and Asian storytelling. The plot revolves around two hapless pest controllers who accidentally get caught up in a band of Chinese undead aka Jiangshi who are making their presence felt in the city. Tall Tales & Murder (Dublin) Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan and Veep's Chris Addison are joining forces on a new comedy-crime series for BBC and RTÉ. Rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland (who previously starred in hit series Black Doves and Fifteen-Love) joins a cast that includes Aidan Gillen. The plot is being kept under wraps but centres around a number of interconnected characters in the capital. Everybody Digs Bill Evans (West Cork) Independence Day star Bill Pullman has been spotted in West Cork filming his latest movie, a biopic about the famous jazz musician. The film will revolve around the recording of some of jazz's greatest-ever albums and their aftermath. Laurie Metcalf, who played Saoirse Ronan's mammy in Lady Bird, will also star. Hokum starring Adam Scott. Victorian Psycho (locations TBC) US stars Maika Monroe and Jason Isaacs are due to these shores next month to begin filming their new horror thriller. Ireland will double for Victorian England in the movie, in which the Longlegs actress plays an eccentric governess who arrives at a remote gothic mansion. We have a feeling this doesn't go well… How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (Northern Ireland) The buzz is big for this new comedy series from Lisa McKee, the creator of Derry Girls, which recently completed filming up North. Roisin Gallagher, Sinead Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne play friends who reunite following the death of an old classmate - and get pulled into an adventure that brings them across Ireland. Bloodaxe (Wicklow) The cameras will begin rolling shortly on this new drama from the makers of Vikings, filming on location in Ireland for Prime Video. Jessica Madsen and Xavier Molyneax are among the stars of the new series, a historical action thriller which follows Erik Bloodaxe and his wife as they fight to wrestle control of the throne of Norway. 500 Miles (Kerry) A countrywide road trip that goes all the way to Dingle forms the backbone of this movie starring Bill Night and Clare Dunne. The action centres around a tale of two boys who run away from home in a bid to be reunited with their grandfather. Hokum (Cork) Severance star Adam Scott came to Ireland to film the new horror from the maker of global hit, Oddity, which has just finished filming in Bantry. Native filmmaker Damian McCarthy's latest frightfest centres on a horror novelist who comes here to spread his parents' ashes - unaware the location he chooses is rumoured to be haunted. Saipan (Louth, Belfast and Wicklow) The highly anticipated tale of Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy's epic falling out is coming to Irish screens soon. The movie is set to divide us all into Team Roy and Team Mick once more as it recalls the infamous confrontation between the Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) and his manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) during the team's preparations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Trad (Donegal) Aidan Gillen and Sarah Greene co-star in this forthcoming drama set around a trad community in the northwest. The film follows a gifted fiddle player and her young brother as they leave their home in the Donegal Gaeltacht and take to the road with a troupe of wandering musicians.
