If there's one thing I've always found are peas in a pod, it's artistic authenticity and absurdist comedy. The medium to absurdity can always change, but something that Matty Kiel found a particularly niche voice with in their debut feature Unicorn Boy is through a colorfully unique animation style. Unicorn Boy is a semi-autobiographical fantasy tale of Matty's heartbroken induced self discovery. Made over the course of eight years and originally premiering at 2023's Slamdance, Unicorn Boy is an incredibly sleekly- animated gem that extols the artistic process both on and off the screen, elevated even further with a deep benched comedic cast of friend's in Matty's community, as some big comedy names like Patton Oswalt and Maria Bamford. We had the chance to catch up with Matty at LA's comedy screening Show&Tell just in time for the theatrical premiere Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Laemle NoHo. Check out our interview below, please! No Film School: How long did it take you to finish Unicorn Boy and what was the creative process writing it?Matty Kiel: The whole process took around eight years from the initial creative idea to the release, and the animation itself took around four years. It started as a live action/animated music video idea, that morphed into a live action/animated short film, then I was like, well, I’m working towards a feature film, might as well just make the feature film. So I built up the ideas and themes I wanted to write about for a few...
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