Irish language rap trio Kneecap have been shortlisted for two Oscars for their film, 'Kneecap'.
Irish language rap trio Kneecap are among a host of talent from the island to be shortlisted for the Oscars . The film Kneecap has been shortlisted in the best international feature film category and for best original song for Sick In The Head. The comedy movie, which also stars actor Michael Fassbender, follows the Belfast group on their mission to save their mother tongue through music, and is directed by Rich Peppiatt.
It comes after the group won their discrimination court battle against UK Leader of the Opposition and former business secretary Kemi Badenoch, after the UK Government conceded it was 'unlawful' to refuse them a €17k Music Export Growth Scheme funding award. Earlier this month, Kneecap scooped seven gongs at the British Independent Film Awards, including best British independent film. Meanwhile The Apprentice, produced by Irish production company Tailored Films, has been shortlisted in the best makeup and hairstyling category, and Room Taken, a short film funded under Screen Ireland’s flagship Focus Shorts scheme and directed by TJ O’Grady-Peyton, is shortlisted for best live action short. Nominations voting begins on January 8 and is set to conclude on January 12 ahead of the announcement of nominations on January 17 and the glitzy awards ceremony in March. Peppiatt described a rollercoaster journey. 'If someone had walked into the pub in 2019 – back when me and Kneecap were still dreaming up what this movie could be – and they told us five years later we’d be in the running for Oscars, we’d probably have asked for a blast on whatever they were smoking,' he sai
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