Ready or Not
What Katie and her mates think will be a carefree summer chilling out on their Dublin housing estate turns more complicated when they push toward an adulthood they are ill-prepared for in Claire Frances Byrne’s debut feature.
Director Claire Frances Byrne scheduled to attend.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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Dublin, 1998. School is out and the long, lazy summer holiday stretches out before tomboy Katie and her best mates, Sarah and Danni, who exchange their school uniforms for low-waist jeans, high ponytails, and brash confidence. At 13 years-old, Katie feels the first pangs of adolescence: her soccer teammate Steo is suddenly a little bit more than the gawky boy who passes her the ball. What would change if they became more than just friends? Meanwhile, the tender attentions of her parents and the confines of her suburban estate grow more and more stifling. Securing invites to a local, raging party, the friends giddily revel in their newfound popularity. Katie attracts the unwelcomed attentions of Steo’s brother, the loutish Byrner, but finds herself drawn to the much older, sweet-talking charmer David. However, when these fun and games turn dark, the trio of friends find themselves on the tempestuous threshold of teenage life, pushed towards a maturity for which they are ill-prepared. Invigorated by an outstandingly vivacious young cast, Ready or Not vibrantly evokes such coming-of-age films as Mean Girls, Thirteen, and the work of Catherine Breillat, yet in her debut feature, director Claire Frances Byrne crafts a vital, singular vision all her own.
- Director: Claire Frances Byrne
- Principal Cast: Ruby Conway Dunne, Alex Grendon, Molly Byrne, Alicia Weafer, Lewis Brophy
- Premiere Status: North American
- Country: Ireland
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 84 min.
- Producer: Ruth Coady
- Screenplay: Lynn Ruane
- Cinematographers: Philip Blake
- Editors: Nathan Nugent
- Music: Stephen Shannon
- Awards: Dublin International Film Festival 2025 (Michael Dwyer Discovery Award)
- Filmography: Debut Feature Film
- Language: English
- Format: DCP
- International Sales: Bankside Films