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Country: Great Britain
T-Port Partner: Festival Formula
Bio: Brendan Canty is a writer/director from Cork, Ireland. In September 2013, Brendan made a video for then-unknown artist, Hozier for his track, TAKE ME TO CHURCH. The powerfully emotive film went viral and has over 1 billion views and two MTV VMA 2015 nominations to date - Best Direction and Best Rock Video. The Irish Times selected him as one of the 50 most creative people in Ireland. In 2017 he directed his first short film, FOR YOU, which starred Barry Keoghan (DUNKIRK, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER). It won Best Short Film at the Kinsale Sharks, was nominated for an IFTA, and in 2019 was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick. In 2019, he completed his second short film, CHRISTY. He is now developing his first feature film with BBC Films based in the world of this short film, which Yann Demange will Executive Produce.
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