On a chilly Sunday morning, a man awakens to the mischievous stare of a unicorn that seems to have come straight out of his dreams. Carried along by an early morning sensuality, his fantasies transform his lonely apartment into a garden of delights, in which this young creature can freely reap the fruits of his desires.
Cinematography
Intimate handheld work that dissolves reality into reverie.
Costume
The unicorn—playful, uncanny, perfectly unsettling.
Director
Shanti Masud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Shanti Masud trained at La Fémis and often explores queer desire through magical realist lenses in her short film work.
The unicorn as queer symbol subverts its medieval 'untamable' purity myth—here it's curious, available, and slightly predatory.
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