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\nPic: Rich Peppiatt, Jessica Reynolds, Liam \u00d3g \u00d3 Hannaidh, DJ Pr\u00f3va\u00ed, Naoise \u00d3 Caireall\u00e1in, Simone Kirby and Fionnuala Flaherty<\/sup>
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Rich Peppiatt\u2019s KNEECAP has won an Audience Award at the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It marks the first Irish feature film to win at the festival since John Carney\u2019s ONCE in 2007.
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\nSpeaking about the win, KNEECAP writer and director Rich Peppiatt<\/strong> said: \u201cThere\u2019s a saying in Irish \u2013 N\u00ed mhaireann solas na maidine don l\u00e1 \u2013 which means no morning sun lasts all day. Well, the amazing week we\u2019ve had here at Sundance since premiering our movie has certainly tested that wisdom \u2013 and we\u2019re basking in every moment.\u201d<\/em>
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The band Kneecap<\/strong> added: \u201cWe are delighted to have such an award bestowed upon the first Irish language film at Sundance. Hopefully it will give people in Ireland the confidence to pursue the arts through their native tongue.\u201d<\/em>
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The win follows what has been a very successful festival for the film. Since its world premiere last week, KNEECAP, which was the first ever Irish language film to be selected for the festival, has been receiving rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. It also scored a major international deal with Sony Pictures Classics during the festival with the film now set for release in North America and other major, global markets.
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Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio Kneecap, the film stars the band\u2019s Mo Chara, M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap and DJ Pr\u00f3va\u00ed in their acting debuts alongside Academy Award\u00ae nominated Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, 12 Years a Slave), Simone Kirby (Hidden Assets, Jimmy\u2019s Hall), Jessica Reynolds (Outlander), Fionnuala Flaherty (Ros na R\u00fan) and Josie Walker (Belfast, The Wonder). Set in west Belfast in 2019, it chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to \u201cchange the sound of Irish music forever\u201d.
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\nDescribed by the LA Times as \u201creminiscent of the early Eminem\u201d, the band Kneecap is gaining critical acclaim for their artful blend of Irish and English rap about the gritty reality of growing up in post-Troubles Belfast.
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\nFounded in 1978, the Sundance Film Festival is the world’s most prestigious festival dedicated to independent films. Titles that have screened at the festival in the past include The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Little Miss Sunshine, and In Bruges as well as Irish productions such as John Crowley’s Brooklyn, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster, John Carney’s Once and Sing Street and Lee Cronin\u2019s The Hole in the Ground.
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\nKNEECAP was produced by Trevor Birney and Jack Tarling for Fine Point Films and Mother Tongues Films, with Patrick O\u2019Neill at Wildcard acting as Co-Producer. Funding for the film was provided by TG4, Northern Ireland Screen, the Irish Language Broadcast Fund, Screen Ireland, the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding) and Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n, with backing from Great Point Media.
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\nKNEECAP will be released in cinemas by Wildcard and Curzon later this year.
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