The Irish language film was chosen by the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) as the Irish entry for the International Feature Film category at next year's Oscars
Last month, the Irish language film was chosen by the Irish Film and Television Academy as the Irish entry for the International Feature Film category at next year's Academy Awards, following in the footsteps of An Cailín Ciúin .
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"To get the opportunity to represent our nation on the biggest film stage of them all is an absolute privilege. Míle Buíochas to IFTA and everyone who's been part of and supported our wee film." "For a culture that was so brutally oppressed for so long, the language was almost driven to extinction, now it's on the biggest stage of the world and it's an absolute privilege."
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