‘Kneecap’ getting Irish re-release after BAFTA nomination success

,knees,” Rich Peppiatt’s acclaimed comedy-biopic about the Belfast rap trio of the same name, is returning to Irish theaters this week after landing six BAFTA nominations,

Wildcard Distribution – which also co-produced the film – is re-releasing “Kneecap” across Ireland just a year after it became the first Irish-language film to have a world premiere at Sundance 2024, where it was the festival’s breakout hit. Became one of the. and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics.

Telling the wild and semi-fictional story of how Kneecap came together as a band and their proud use of Irish, “Kneecap” has already broken records on home soil, where last year it won the Best Non-English Language Film Had the biggest dramatic debut for. and, with $1.5 million, the biggest box office take for an Irish-language film. There’s hope that the success of the ongoing awards season — and growing optimism that the feature will be nominated for an Oscar this weekend — will help it get even more exposure in local theaters. “The Quiet Girl”, which becomes the first Irish-language film to make it to the Oscars in 2023, took in more than half of the Irish box office following its nomination.

“We are so excited to bring ‘Kneecap’ back to Irish cinemas on the first anniversary of its historic world premiere at Sundance, where this crazy adventure began,” said Gillian Cooper, head of distribution at Wildcard. “Kneecap himself certainly doesn’t do things by halves and it’s exciting to see that energy carried over to the film. Be it awards, festivals or cinema releases, everything has been the ‘best’, ‘first’ and ‘biggest’. It is incredibly gratifying to see Irish independent film celebrated on such a large scale and we are delighted that cinemas are excited to bring ‘Kneecap’ to their screens once again to celebrate the fantastic achievements of the last year.

Along with a barrage of BAFTA nominations, last week’s “Kneecap” Received 17 nominations from the Irish Film and TV AcademyAnd it dominated the British Independent Film Awards late last year, winning seven honors including Best Film.

The film will be up for grabs at the BAFTA Film Awards on February 16 with nominations for Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut, Original Screenplay, Not in the English Language, Casting and Editing.

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