Kneecap

Of the 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland and three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue.

Director Rich Peppiatt

Screenplay Rich Peppiatt

Producers Jack Tarling, Trevor Birney

Cast Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker, Simone Kirby

Sales agent Charades

UK distributor Curzon, Wildcard

North American distributor Sony Pictures Classics

Broadcaster TG4 IRELAND

Credits summary A Mother Tongues Films and Fine Point Films production, co-produced with Wildcard, supported by BFI, Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, TG4 and Northern Ireland Screen, in association with Great Point Media and Curzon

Festival highlights Sundance Film Festival