The Highly Acclaimed Debut Feature from Student Academy Award-Nominated Writer/Director Leah Meyerhoff, Oscar-Nominated Producer Heather Rae (Frozen River) and Executive Producer Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging), the Grand Jury Prize Winner at the Atlanta Film Festival and SXSW World Premiere Arrives on DVD.
Davina (Natalia Dyer) is an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who often escapes into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new relationship with Sterling (Peter Vack), an older boy. And while she’s swept into an electrifying whirlwind of romance and adventure, the enchantment of her new relationship quickly fades when his volatile side begins to emerge. I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS takes audiences on a road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love, called “one of the most authentic and down-to-earth coming-of-age stories I’ve seen in cinema.”
From Student Academy Award nominated director Leah Meyerhoff (Twitch), Oscar® nominated producer Heather Rae (Frozen River), and Emmy Award winning executive producer Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging), I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS stars emerging talents Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack (Mozart in the Jungle), Julia Garner (Sin City 2), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color) and the director’s mother Toni Meyerhoff. “Dyer and Vack are dynamite young actors on the verge of major career breakthroughs”, says the Huffington Post.
I Believe In Unicorns premiered in competition at SXSW, won the Grand Jury Prize in Atlanta and additional awards from Nashville, Woodstock, Anchorage, First Time Fest and San Francisco Film Society. It is supported by Tribeca All Access, US in Progress, Film Society of Lincoln Center, IFP Emerging Narrative Labs and the IFP Finishing Labs. I Believe in Unicorns was recently nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award and received a Directing Award from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation.
CAST
Natalia Dyer (The Between, Till Dark)
Peter Vack (Mozart in the Jungle, “MTV’s “I Just Want My Pants Back”)
Julia Garner (Sin City 2)
Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color)
SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS
Below is a listing of select film festivals I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS has played since 2014; the list is in chronological order:
South By Southwest Film Festival/Austin, TX (March 2014)
Atlanta Film Festival/Atlanta, GA (April 2014) – GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER
Dallas Film Festival/Dallas, TX (April 2014)
Sarasota Film Festival/Florida (April 2014)
Nashville Film Festival/Tennessee (April 2014) – BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Edinburgh Film Festival/Scotland (June 2014)
Munich Film Festival/Germany (July 2014)
Jerusalem Film Festival/Israel (July 2014)
Woodstock Film Festival/New York (October 2014) – HONORABLE MENTION
Starz Denver Film Festival/Colorado (November 2014)
