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KNEECAP opens in U.S theatres

KNEECAP opens in US theatres

KNEECAP, a rollicking look at the titular hip hop trio, will return to theaters in a big way. The indie film will get re-released in 154 theaters across the country this coming weekend. The renewed theatrical push coincides with the band’s return to the States this month for a tour to support their new album, “Fine Art.” It’s a visit that will see the group hit venues in places like Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Louisville and Washington, D.C. The film has been selected as Ireland’s entry for the Academy Award for best international feature this year.

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Fassbender talks KNEECAP

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THE KILLER lead Michael Fassbender plays a pivotal role in the new politically fueled documentary KNEECAP. Fassbender plays Cairealláin’s onscreen dad Arlo, with Simone Kirby as his mother Dolores. The documentary won the Audience Award at Sundance 2024 and went on to screen at SXSW, Sundance London, and Tribeca and was released in Irish theatres on Aug 8. Fassbender chats to BBC Radio about the film and attention-grabbing performance.

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KNEECAP’s box office smash

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KNEECAP has opened at number three in the Irish box office, enjoying the biggest ever opening weekend for an Irish language feature film. The film set in West Belfast in 2019 tracks the rise of hip-hop trio Kneecap. It had the widest ever opening of an Irish film in cinemas across Ireland, opening in 109 screens across the island. It was the biggest weekend opening for any homegrown film at the Irish box office since 2022′s Oscar-nominated THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, directed by Martin McDonagh.

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KNEECAP for The Oscars

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KNEECAP has been selected to represent Ireland in the Oscar International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards. Set in West Belfast in 2019, it chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to ‘change the sound of Irish music forever’. KNEECAP film received its World Premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in January this year, where it won a NEXT Audience Award, the first Irish language film to win at the festival and lands in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on August 8.

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KNEECAP trailer

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A new trailer has been released for the award winning Irish language documentary KNEECAP. In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic KNEECAP play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures. Rapping in their native Irish language, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries & politicians trying to silence their defiant sound – whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies.

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KNEECAP trailer

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A trailer for the award-winning Irish language documentary KNEECAP has been released. Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio, the film stars bandmembers Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts. Set in west Belfast in 2019, the film chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to “change the sound of Irish music forever.” KNEECAP will be in Irish theatres Aug 8.

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KNEECAP in theatres Aug 2

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Wildcard Distribution has announced today that Rich Peppiatt’s award-winning feature film KNEECAP will open in Irish cinemas on August 2. Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio, the film stars the band’s Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts alongside Academy Award nominated Michael Fassbender. Set in West Belfast in 2019, it chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to “change the sound of Irish music forever”.

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KNEECAP to open Sundance London

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Fresh from its success at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January, rambunctious Irish-language film KNEECAP will open the 11th edition of Sundance Film Festival London. The documentary won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: NEXT in January and is the real-life story of how an anarchic Belfast rap trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. The infectious documentary’s UK Premiere takes place on 6 June. 

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