Kneecap‘s dream of strolling down the pink carpet on the 97th Academy Awards has ended, with the announcement of the Oscars nominations record. Having been long-listed within the Greatest Worldwide Function and Unique Tune classes, the west Belfast hip-hop trio didn’t make the ultimate shortlist for both class, when the complete record of nominees was revealed yesterday, January 23.
The band can take some comfort in the truth that their self-titled ‘heightened actuality’ movie is nominated for six BAFTA Fiilm Awards, and obtained 17 nominations from the Irish Movie and TV Academy. The British Academy Movie Awards are set to happen in London on February 16, whereas the IFTA awards ceremony will probably be staged on the Dublin Royal Conference Centre on February 14. Final yr Kneecap, the movie, obtained seven awards, together with the highest honour, Greatest British Impartial Movie, on the British Impartial Movie Awards
Posting on their social media channels following their Oscars snub, the outspoken group supplied a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that voters may need been motivated by elements unrelated to the movie’s deserves, writing, “Fuck the Oscars. Free Palestine” as a caption above a ‘doctored’ picture of a left-wing political pamphlet from the Nineteen Nineties – titled ‘The British Media and Eire’ – which sought to analyse British media protection of Eire affairs, and concluded that Irish voices have been usually silenced.
Talking with Louder late final yr, DJ Próvaí joked, “if we win an Oscar, we’ll take it to Money My Gold, soften it down and get some gold enamel made.”
“Perhaps Tom Hanks wasn’t prepared for Kneecap smoking a joint on the pink carpet,” the movie’s director Richard Peppiatt joked to The Guardian within the wake of the Oscars nominations announcement. “They didn’t get their large second. I’m not ecstatic, however we’ve achieved far past what we may have anticipated a yr in the past. It’s a controversial movie, however we’ll go once more and subsequent time we’ll get there. We’ve got the Baftas and Iftas [Irish film and TV awards] to come back. I feel that is an incredible second for the native, indigenous trade.”
Kneecap can even sit up for one other large night time out later this yr, having immediately introduced an enormous enviornment present In Eire. The Northern trio will play Dublin 3Arena on December 17, having already bought out their summer time present within the metropolis at Fairview Park. Tickets for the 3Arena present go on sale at 10am on January 31l, and will probably be accessible right here.
The band are additionally set to play numerous UK exhibits this yr, most notably a headline present on the Broad Awake competition in London on Could 23. They’re at present engaged on their second album, with producer Toddla T.
