When teacher JJ, is roped in to act as Liam Og Irish language interpreter during a Police interrogation, he happens upon Liam and childhood friend Naoise’s raw lyrical prose. JJ convinces both that they should set their words to music, and a hip-hop act like no other is born. Rapping in their native Irish, Kneecap become the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue .Musically daring, anarchic and fun, the trio dodge police harassment, paramilitaries, and their own chaotic iifestyle to change the sound of Irish music forever.' A fiercely original sex drugs, and hip-hop biopic, Kneecap play themselves, with Michael Fassbender in tow, producing a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures

KneecapDirector:Rich PeppiattCast:Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai, Michael Fassbender, Jessica ReynoldsFILM INFO:105minutes,UK, Ireland,2024,IFCO 16, BBFC 18Short synopsis (less than 60 words)ProvocativeBelfast Irish language hip-hop sensationKneecap, play themselves, with MichaelFassbender in tow, in a fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, becoming unlikelyfigureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue.Dodgingpoliceharassmentandparamilitaries to'change the sound of Irish music forever',Móglaí Bap, MoChara,andDJ Próvaiare a riot.Short synopsis (less than 120 words)When teacher JJ, is roped in to act as Liam OgIrish language interpreter during a Policeinterrogation, he happens upon Liam and childhood friend Naoise’s raw lyrical prose. JJconvinces both that they should set their words to music, and a hip-hop act like no other isborn. Rapping in their native Irish,Kneecapbecome the unlikely figureheads of a civil rightsmovement to save their mother tongue.Musically daring, anarchic and fun, the triododgepolice harassment, paramilitaries, and theirown chaoticlifestyleto'change the sound of Irish music forever.' A fiercely original sex,drugs, and hip-hop biopic,Kneecapplay themselves, with Michael Fassbender in tow,producing a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.

:★★★★“Shot in much (ahem) orangesntreetlight, the film has the momentum of a hopped-up joyride.”–Donald Clarke, The Irish Times.

”Where else would the memory of severe generation-spanning trauma produce humour of such calibre?”–Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter