Irish film about rap trio Kneecap wins audience award at Sundance

Promoters say the film, set in west Belfast in 2019, chronicles how fate brings the trio together

Kneecap perform during the Electric Picnic Festival in Stradbally, County Laois (Niall Carson/PA)

An Irish-language film based on rap trio Kneecap has won an audience award at the prestigious Sundance film festival.

The movie held its world premiere last week and has since signed a major international distribution deal with Sony Pictures Classics at the festival in Utah.