Kneecap reveal who they are most looking forward to meeting at next year's Oscars
Kneecap have been shortlisted for Best International Feature Film and also in the Best Original Song category.
Kneecap's DJ Próvaí has said the band are most looking forward to meeting Hollywood legend Samuel L. Jackson as the trio are nominated for their first Oscar.
Kneecap have been shortlisted for Best International Feature Film and also in the Best Original Song category for their track Sick In The Head.
The musician, whose real name is J.J. Ó Dochartaigh, said that the band cannot wait to meet Jackson at the awards ceremony and dig into the famous goodie bags.
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And he said that if Kneecap go to Hollywood, they’ll "teach them the wrongs of their ways".
"It'll be good to get over there and rub shoulders with some of these people," he said.
"I’d look forward to meeting Samuel L Jackson, he’d be good craic I’d say. We’d get him over and tell him to get a ticket for the next Kneecap show".
The star revealed the band heard about their film being shortlisted for an Oscar after getting a "big golden letter in the post".
"It told us we've won, but not to tell anybody!" he said on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.
Kneecap is the second-ever Irish language film and the third Irish film in general to make the shortlist for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. Kneecap is one of 15 films shortlisted from 85 countries who submitted to the category.
DJ Próvaí said: "It’s massive for the Irish language community, and it's great that minority languages and cultures are having a bit of a revival now, and people are getting back to their roots.
"People from indigenous cultures and communities around the world have been resonating with it and reconnecting with their own heritage, and using the film as a stepping stone to learn their own languages".
The musician said that acting was "really easy" and that his message to the Academy was that they needed to "up their game" if three working-class men from Derry and Belfast could get nominated on their first try. He added that he had no regrets at all about giving up his job as a teacher.
"People who I was working with in the school, and a lot of the students have gone on to be Irish teachers themselves now... they've been saying that they've been showing some of the clips to students, and it's been inspiring them. So job done on that front.
"I think we're reaching more people doing what we're doing at the minute".
Kneecap is one of three Irish nominations at next year’s Oscar, which take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
The Apprentice, produced by Irish production company Tailored Films, has been shortlisted in the Best Make Up and Hairstyling Category.
Room Taken, a short film funded under Screen Ireland’s flagship Focus Shorts scheme, and directed by TJ O’Grady Peyton, is shortlisted for Best Live Action Short.
Désirée Finnegan, Chief Executive of Fís Eireann / Screen Ireland said: "We would like to extend our sincere congratulations to the creative teams behind Irish films Kneecap, The Apprentice and short film Room Taken on today's Academy Awards shortlist announcements. Comhghairdeas ó chroí libh! This is the second time in history that a film in the Irish language has been shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film - and to have three films shortlisted across various categories is an incredible achievement for Irish cinema.”
Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and ends on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025. The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
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