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

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 […]

By Alex Ritman