I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS, Written & Directed by Leah Meyerhoff, Starring Natalia Dyer & Peter Vack with Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz, & Toni Meyerhoff, 2014 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE, April 11 and 13

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***2014 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE***

Friday

 

April 11th

,

 5:15pm 

 at 

the Regal Hollywood Theater

 
I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS
 

Written & Directed by Leah Meyerhoff

Starring Natalia Dyer & Peter Vack
with Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz, & Toni Meyerhoff
 

 

OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2014 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL – NARRATIVE COMPETITION
 OFFICIAL SELECTION – DALLAS FILM FESTIVAL –  NARRATIVE COMPETITION

OFFICIAL SELECTION – NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL –  NARRATIVE COMPETITION

OFFICIAL SELECTION – IFFBOSTON –  NARRATIVE COMPETITION

 

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS

 takes us on a road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love.  The film tells the story of Davina, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who often escapes into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new relationship with an older boy. Davina is swept into a whirlwind of romance and adventure, but the enchantment of her new relationship quickly fades when Sterling’s volatile side begins to emerge. 


 
Leah Meyerhoff is a New York based filmmaker whose previous short films have screened in over 200 film festivals, won a dozen awards and aired on IFC, PBS, LOGO and MTV.

 

 

Her debut feature film, I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS,

 was an official selection of the Tribeca All Access Labs, IFP Emerging Narrative Labs, IFP Narrative Finishing Labs, Edit Center Program, US in Progress program at the Champ Elysees Film Festival, and the Emerging Visions program at the New York Film Festival, with additional support from NYU, IFP, Tribeca Film Institute and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation.

 
Florida natives from the film include: 

Actress Amy Seimetz, Executive Producer Castille Landon, 
and 

 

Associate Producer Hannah Beth King.

 

 
 

 A

 sensitively observed and arrestingly impressionistic drama that feels at once deeply personal and easily accessible. 

 

Joe Leydon, Variety

 

 

O

ne of the most authentic and down-to-earth coming of age stories I’ve seen in cinema. 

Danielle Lurie, 

Filmmaker Magazine

 

Tough, textured film about first love anchored by lovely, mature lead perf

ormances
.


Susanna Locascio, Hammer to N

ail

 

 

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Friday, April 11th at 5:15pm at the Regal Hollywood Theater – Sarasota Premiere 
*Director Leah Meyerhoff and 
actor

 Peter Vack in attendance  

 

 

Sunday, April 13th at 2:15pm at the Regal Hollywood Theater – 2nd Public Screening 
*Director Leah Meyerhoff and

actor

 Peter Vack in attendance

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PRESS MATERIALS

 

Film stills and filmmaker photos:  http://bit.ly/1j1lzt4

 

Official Festival Poster: http://bit.ly/1lCHJW4

 

Official Teaser: http://bit.ly/1goktDx
Official Clip: http://bit.ly/PjoTp9

 

For interview inquiries, please contact:

Sara Sampson / 

Wilder Communications
[email protected]

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