Project Detail

Unicorns

Synopsis

Set against a secretive London subculture, Unicorns follows a British Indian performer living a double life and a single father working as a mechanic, whose lives collide after a chance encounter.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - European premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 119 min
Director: Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd
Producer: Philip Herd, Bill Pohlad, Celine Rattray, Kim Roth, Trudie Styler, Christa Zofcin Workman
Co-Producer: Greg McManus, Bianca Vermooten, Sophia Pedlow, Jenny Halper, Sean Wheelan, Kristina Börjeson, Sawsan Asfari, Joanna Plafsky, Alva Greenberg, Preston Whiteway
Executive Producer: Ori Eisen, Karl Sydow, Ivan Mactaggart, Peter Sobiloff, Mike Sobiloff, Luke Healy, Benjamin Kramer, Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd, Stephen Daldry, Jackie Donohoe, John Harris, Michael Liebman, John Fahy, Asifa Lahore
Editor: Iain Kitching
Screenwriter: James Krishna Floyd
Director of Photography: David Raedeker
Production Designer: Robert Wischhusen-Hayes
Sound: Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor: Jesper Miller
Composer: Stuart Earl
Principal cast: Ben Hardy, Jason Patel, Sagar Radia, Michael Karim, Nisha Nayar, Hannah Onslow

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Sweden, US co-production

A Chromatic Aberration (UK), Maven Screen Media (UK), River Road Entertainment (US) production in association with Cambridge Picture Company (UK), Film i Väst (SE), Notorious Prods (US)

Maven Screen Media

35 Endell Street
London
WC2H 9BA

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