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Director
Rich Peppiatt
Credits
Producers: Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Patrick O’Neill
Cinematographer:Ryan Kernaghan
Writer: Rich Peppiatt
Principal Cast
Naoise Ó’Caireallán, Liam Óg O’Hannaidh, DJ Próvaí, Michael Fassbender, Simone Kirby, Fionnuala Flaherty, Josie Walker, Jessica Reynolds.
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FeatureIrish LanguageMusic
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low-life scum’ Naoise & Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, Kneecap fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries and politicians trying to silence their defiant sound - whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies. In this fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, Kneecap play themselves with Academy Award Nominee Michael Fassbender in tow, laying down a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures. Awards: Audience Award, NEXT, Sundance Film Festival, 2024 [World premiere] Best Irish language feature film, Galway Film Fleadh, 2024 [Ireland premiere] Best Irish film, Galway Film Fleadh, 2024 Audience Award, Galway Film Fleadh, 2024 Best International Film, Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards, 2024 Best Film, TAP Revelation Award, Lisbon Film Festival, 2024 Best Irish Film, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, 2024 Best Debut Screenwriter, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best British Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best Casting, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best Editing, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best Music Supervision, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best Original Music, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best joint Lead Performance, British Independent Film Awards, 2024 Best Actor, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2025
105 minutes, Ireland, 2024, Colour
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 15:30
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME – MÍ NA GAEILGE (DOUBLE BILL) 12.10
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 16:30
I’M STILL HERE 13:40, 19:20
IFI & DIFF: DIVINE INTERVENTION (35MM) – ELIA SULEIMAN RETROSPECTIVE 14.00
IFI & DIFF: IT MUST BE HEAVEN – ELIA SULEIMAN RETROSPECTIVE 16.45
INGMAR BERGMAN: THE SILENCE 12.00
THE BRUTALIST (DIGITAL) 18:50
THE LAST SHOWGIRL 13:30, 20:45
VERMIGLIO 11:10, 18:20
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