Unicorns

Àlex Lora

Special Sessions Spain 94 min Catalan premiere Fiction

Synopsis

Isa could have it all… She is an intelligent, beautiful young and confident artist who would like to become an influencer. Being a polyamorous feminist, she strongly defends her way of life. When Guillem asks her to be just exclusive, she denies and they break up. Then Isa has to return to her mother’s house, where she encounters some old trauma that might have shaped her in the past. At her cool but precarious job in a trendy agency, her new coworker Abril, a successful influencer photographer, is generating both fascination and professional doubts in Isa. Ultimately all her contradictions will come to light when her world falls apart.

Presented by the director

Themes

Catalan CinemaFeminismYouthSocial Issues

Filmmaker

Àlex Lora

He studied Media and Arts Production at the City College of New York, and received a scholarship under the tutelage of Antonio Tibaldi and Chantal Akerman. His films have been part of the official selection at Sundance on two occasions, he has been the winner of a New York Emmy and has won more than a hundred awards in international festivals. With his films, he has participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus, among others, and his documentary The Fourth Kingdom won a Gaudí Award, among many other awards.

Filmography: Unicorns (2023, D'A 2023), The Fourth Kingdom (co-directed, 2019), Thy Father's Chair (co-directed, 2015), Godka Cirka (short film, co-directed, 2013), Only Solomon Lee (short film, 2013), Odysseus Gambit (short film, 2011), Us (short film, 2011), (En)terrados (short film, 2009)

Àlex Lora

Film information

Director: Àlex Lora
Script: Àlex Lora, María Mínguez, Pilar Palomero, Marta Vivet
Contact: Inicia Films
With: Greta Fernández, Nora Navas, Elena Martín
Country: Spain
Year: 2023
Format: DCP
Length: 94 min
Language: Spanish, Catalan
Subtitles: Spanish
Edition: 2023

Poster

Unicorns