Culture That Made Me: Cork filmmaker Brendan Canty on Coldplay, Talos, and Father Ted 

Take Me to Church video-maker and Christy director brings us through his cultural touchstones

Brendan Canty, director of Christy, and an upcoming documentary in Cork Film Festival. 

Born in 1989, Brendan Canty grew up in Ballincollig, Cork. In 2013, his video for Hozier’s track, Take Me to Church, became a viral hit. His award-winning short films include For You, starring Barry Keoghan. Christy, his debut feature film, premiered in February at the Berlin International Film Festival where it won a Grand Prix prize. His Knocknaheeny-set documentary, Gealtra, will be screened as part of the Cork International Film Festival, on Friday, November 7. See: www.corkfilmfest.org.