Sunburnt Unicorn

Sunburnt Unicorn
Directed byNick Johnson
Screenplay byNick Johnson
Produced byNick Johnson
Patrick Wilding
StarringKathleen Barr
Tabitha St. Germain
Brian Drummond
Laara Sadiq
Diana Kaarina
Edited byNick Johnson
Music byTiffany Ayalik
Inuksuk Mackay
Animation byBrittany MacDonald
Production
company
2448223 Alberta
Distributed byNMS Releasing
Release date
  • June 10, 2024 (2024-06-10) (Annecy)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Sunburnt Unicorn is a Canadian animated feature film, directed by Nick Johnson and released in 2024.[1] The film centres on Frankie, a young boy who is stranded in the desert after a car accident, and must travel through the strange and increasingly hallucinatory environment to try to find his father.[1]

The voice cast includes Kathleen Barr, Tabitha St. Germain, Brian Drummond, Laara Sadiq and Diana Kaarina. The film's soundtrack was composed by Piqsiq, an Inuit throat singing duo consisting of Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay.[1]

The film premiered at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival,[2] and had its Canadian premiere at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.[3] It is also slated to screen in competition at the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Kate Taylor, "Sunburnt Unicorn’s coming-of-age tale depicts the inner landscape of adolescence". The Globe and Mail, June 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Amid Amidi, "Annecy Selects 23 Animated Features For Competition Lineups". Cartoon Brew, April 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Kim Izzo, "André Forcier’s Ababouiné to close 2024 Fantasia film festival". Playback, July 4, 2024.
  4. ^ Debbie Diamond Sarto, "7 Animated Features to Compete at OIAF 2024". Animation World Network, July 8, 2024.