Open Air Cinema: Kneecap

As rambunctious but sincere as Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap is during festival performances (last year at Down the Rabbit Hole and this year Best Kept Secret) so is their biopic; a Trainspotting-like film full of humor, drugs, sex and violence - winner of the audience award at Sundance and BAFTA for best debut. Even though the band members play themselves in the film, Kneecap is definitely not a documentary. That most of the scenes are true-life based in troubled Belfast is something you will believe immediately, as this hilarious film convinces from the first second.

About the film:
When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise & Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish language, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries & politicians trying to silence their defiant sound - whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies.

In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic KNEECAP play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures.

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin e.v.a
Director: Rich Peppiat
Duration: 102 minutes
Language:  Irish/English spoken and subtitled in English

Cushions and blankets will be provided (First come, first served). You can buy your drinks and snacks at Erasmus Paviljoen. In case of bad weather, the film will be postponed to the week after.