Next March, Trevor Birney might find himself at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles as one of the producers of an Oscar-nominated movie. On December 17, the 15 films on the shortlist will be announced and Birney is hopeful that Kneecap is among those in contention for Best International Feature. “That’s just the quarter-finals,” he says.  The final five will be announced in January but already the film has been an astonishing success. When we meet at Beacon Studios on Baggot Street in London, Birney is just back from London where the film received seven awards at the British Independent…

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