UNICORNS

UNITED KINGDOM

Directors: Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
Writer: James Krishna Floyd
Cast: Ben Hardy, Jason Patel, Hannah Onslow, Grant Davis, Val The Brown Queen, Ravin J. Ganatra, Nisha Nayar, Michael Karim, Ali Afzal, Sagar Radia, Harrie Dobby, Saba Shiraz, Jaimie Tank
Genre: Queer drama, Romance, Identity
159 minutes: English – 2023

World Premiere – Toronto International Film Festival 2023 | Official Selection – BFI London Film Festival 2023 | Nominee – Best British Feature, British Independent Film Awards | Winner – Best Performance (Jason Patel), Queer Lisboa 2024

When Luke, a straight white single father and car mechanic, crosses paths with Aysha, a queer South Asian drag performer living a double life, both their worlds begin to unravel and reform. Aysha is caught between the dazzling freedom of nightlife and the suffocating expectations of her conservative Muslim family. Luke is navigating fatherhood and masculinity in a society that offers little room for vulnerability.

As their connection deepens, the central conflict isn’t desire—but identity. The question is not whether they can be together, but whether they can be fully themselves.

Directed by Sally El Hosaini (The Swimmers) and James Krishna Floyd, Unicorns is a tender, bold, and emotionally resonant story about love in the margins. With luminous breakout performances—particularly from Jason Patel, who won Best Performance at Queer Lisboa—Unicorns explores the complexities of gender, family, race, and self-acceptance with depth and empathy.

Produced by an acclaimed team including Philip Herd, Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray, Bill Pohlad, and Kim Roth, and featuring a captivating score by Stuart Earl, this is a film about embracing contradiction and finding truth in the in-between.

“Mechanic meets drag queen in touching drama with real-world edge.”
The Guardian

“Cross-culture love story explores secret LGBTQ+ world.”
BBC

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