Posting on her X account, she told her 69,400 followers: 'Just saw an incredible movie that needs to win an Oscar.'
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 Cailin Ciuin .
Kneecap, which stars the Belfast rap trio of the same name and tells their "riotous and ground-breaking" origin story, has already taken honours at the Sundance Film Festival in the US and the Galway Film Fleadh. "To get the opportunity to represent our nation on the biggest film stage of them all is an absolute privilege. Mile Buiochas 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." "One thing we've noticed in America is it resonates internationally. It's an international story and makes people reflect on their own culture and language, and to consider the relationship they have with their indigenous or native language."
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