From ‘Kneecap’ to a Karlovy Vary Hit to Mia Hansen-Løve’s Next Film: Ireland’s Wildcard Makes Instant Splash as Producer

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

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When setting up a production company, most filmmakers hope that the first feature out of the gate at least makes a little bit of noise.

Thankfully for Dublin-based Wildcard, “Kneecap” didn’t do anything quietly.

Rich Peppiatt’s rowdy, raucous, drug-soaked and politically-charged directorial debut, a comedy almost-biopic about the Northern Irish rap group of the same name, became the standout hit of Sundance 2024, where it was snapped up by Sony Pictures Classics. Starring the bandmates as versions of themselves and with Michael Fassbender supporting, the film would go on to make the Oscar’s International Feature shortlist, dominate the British Independent Film Awards and even win a BAFTA.

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