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Does Irish Hit ‘Kneecap’ Have the Legs to Make It to the Oscars?
After dominating the British Independent Film Awards, could Sony Picture Classics' hit Irish-language biopic make a dent on the BAFTAs or Oscars?
“ Kneecap,” a wild and semi-autobiographical tale about the formation of the band of the same name which features proud use of the local language and frequent run-ins with the authorities, paramilitary groups and hard drugs, recently dominated the British Independent Film Awards (the U.K.’s scrappier, scruffier distant cousin of the BAFTAs). But for all its success in 2024, the question remains whether “Kneecap” — which Sony Pictures Classics acquired in Sundance — has a cat’s chance in hell of keeping the party going into the new year once the awards big dogs start roaring to life. But the BAFTAs’ attempts to mirror the Oscars has often — barring the odd Scanlan-style exception — seen it accused of treating British indies much like second class citizens in the main categories (there was polite uproar earlier this year when BIFA favorite “All of Us Strangers” didn’t land a best film nomination).
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