Director's statement:

When I was sixteen, I longed for a movie that I could truly relate to. A decade later, I am finally ready to make that film.

While there are plenty of male coming-of-age stories, realistic female protagonists are few and far between. I am interested in giving voice to a female perspective that often goes unheard – particularly in relation to the grey areas of domestic violence. Since coming-of-age films help shape the way teenage girls come of age in real life, this film has great potential to affect social change.

Unicorns is not the story of the nerdy girl who gets a makeover and becomes prom queen. It is about a pair of lonely outsiders and their messed-up relationship. It is about the dark underbelly of teenage love and lust. Although it may not always be pretty, it is a story that needs to be told.