Spanish auteur Alberto Vazquez’s Unicorn Wars will get a North American theatrical run after it was announced today that GKIDS has picked up distribution rights to the film for the territory.
Unicorn Wars is playing in competition at many of this year’s biggest festivals including Annecy, Ottawa International Animation Festival, BFI London Film Festival, and is about to make its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin later this month.
The film is a psychedelic anti-war allegory which unspools in the middle of a religiously fueled battle between cuddly colorful bears and shadowy unicorns. It’s as funny as it is morbid and a visual feast of color and movement, as seen in the trailer below.
