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GKIDS Acquires North American Rights to Alberto Vazquez’s Unicorn Wars

Kerri GuilletteBy Kerri Guillette09/15/20223 Mins ReadUpdated:09/23/2022
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GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced today it has acquired the North American distribution rights for Unicorn Wars, the latest genre-bending animated feature for adults from Goya and Annecy Cristal-winning director Alberto Vázquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), before the horror-comedy film’s upcoming US premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. The film was also featured in competition at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and was just announced for the upcoming 2022 BFI London Film Festival.

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GKIDS will release Unicorn Wars theatrically in early 2023, following a domestic release this fall. International sales are represented by Charades. GKIDS and Charades previously pacted on local distribution rights for past Academy Award nominee Mirai and hit film Belle, among others. The new deal marks the next collaboration between GKIDS and Alberto Vázquez, following GKIDS’ local distribution of the Goya Award-winning feature Birdboy: The Forgotten Children and the short film Decorado.

“There is nobody on Earth who could make a film like Unicorn Wars except Alberto Vázquez,” said GKIDS’ President David Jesteadt. “We are proud to partner again with this exceptional filmmaker on his richly layered and darkly funny new film about cute characters doing horrific things. It continues to haunt me.”

Synopsis:

It’s “Bambi meets Apocalypse Now” in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy from acclaimed filmmaker and illustrator Alberto Vazquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children), 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 Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn into 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.

Director/Writer: Alberto Vázquez

Executive Producers: Chelo Loureiro, Iván Miñambres, Nicolas Schmerkin

Production Assistants: Ana Fernández, Diana Cano

Music: Joe Beristain

Animation Director: Khris Cembe

Art Director: Alberto Vásquez

Backgrounds Supervisor: Leire Acha

Lighting Supervisor: Martín Romero

Compositing Supervisor: Joseba Hernández

Heads of Production: Laura Aguado, Fiona Cohen

Production manager (SP): Iván Miñambres

Production manager (FR): Shanti Bourse, Emilie Chaulet

2D Animation Supervisor (SP): Pamela Poltronieri

2D Animation Supervisor (FR): Elsa Boyer, Chloé Roux

3D Animation Supervisor: Léo Silly-Pelissier

Ink & Paint Supervision: Arkaitz del Río

Editing: Iñigo Gómez, Estanis Bañuelos

Sound Supervisor: Iñaki Alonso

Additional Music: Victor García

 

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