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CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR ALBERTO VAZQUEZ ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023 |
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GKIDS WILL RELEASE THE GOYA AWARD WINNING FEATURE THEATRICALLY MARCH 10, 2023
Alamo Draft House Preview Screenings Begin March 6
WHAT: “UNICORN WARS” Virtual Press Day
WHEN: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 5:00PM-
WHERE: Zoom/Virtual
WHO: ALBERTO VAZQUEZ, Director
DIRECTED BY: Alberto Vázquez SCREENPLAY BY: Alberto Vázquez CAST: Jon Goiri, Jaione Insausti, Ramon Barea, Txema Regalado PRODUCED BY: Iván Miñambres, Chelo Loureiro, Nicolas Schmerkin RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes LANGUAGE: Spanish
SYNOPSIS GKIDS presents UNICORN WARS, the latest film from acclaimed filmmaker and illustrator Alberto Vázquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children). The technicolor horror-comedy recently won Spain’s Goya Award for Best Animated Feature. The film previously featured in competition at Annecy, and was an official selection at BFI London, Animation is Film, and Fantastic Fest.
It’s “Bambi meets Apocalypse Now” in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy from the auteur filmmaker, who uses its outrageous candy-colored premise to explore religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism, and the depths of the soul.
For ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluey and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear boot camp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will come to determine the fate of the entire war. Not Rated.
About GKIDS GKIDS is the producer and distributor of award-winning feature animation for both adult and family audiences. Since 2010, the company has scored an astounding 12 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations with The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, and Wolfwalkers in 2021. GKIDS also handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, one of the world’s most coveted animation collections with titles Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and others; as well as the critically acclaimed television series, Neon Genesis Evangelion. GKIDS also hosts ANIMATION IS FILM (AIF), an annual LA-based film festival which embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic art form, and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the boundaries of the medium to its fullest range of artistic expressions. www.gkids.com
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